Comment on News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT

News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT

(AP) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it placed fake ads for prostitutes and arrested about a dozen people this week as part of an operation to better understand human trafficking in the state. The johns arrested ran the gamut from a man with a long criminal record who was carrying a razor blade on a stick in his pants to a pastor who was about to become a father. The Shelby County district attorney's office says Sandra Evette Richards was sentenced to eight years' probation after pleading guilty Wednesday to charges of forgery over $60,000, tampering with or fabricating evidence, and aggravated perjury. (AP) — Tennessee student-athletes have posted a 3.04 overall grade point average for the spring semester, their second-highest GPA since the school started recording sport-by-sport data on the subject in 2003. The women's golf team posted a 3.66, the highest GPA for any Tennessee squad since at least 2003, when the school started keeping track of that data. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is restarting a rebate program for electric car buyers.

 

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