Although illegal in all 50 states, cockfighting still persists, and Tennessee is one of only eight states without felony-level penalties.
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Every year for more than a decade, state Sen. Jon Lundberg of Bristol has pleaded to no avail with fellow lawmakers to lift Tennessee out of the dark ages by making the disgusting, barbarous practice of cockfighting a felony, as it once was.
Northeast Tennessee – and Tennessee as a state – has so much to be proud of and so many things to hold high. This is not one of them.
ABINGDON — A Pound man was sentenced on Monday to two years in federal prison for taking a minor to a cockfight in Kentucky, acting U.S. Attor…
The cockfighting industry in New York received a rude wake-up call over the weekend when authorities raided three locations where they arreste…
ROGERSVILLE — Six of the seven men cited in January after being caught at a Hawkins County cockfight pleaded guilty Monday to being spectators…
Legislation increasing penalties for cockfighting offenses advanced in a Tennessee Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Wednesday.
ROGERSVILLE — Based on statements made by suspects detained at an alleged Hawkins County cockfighting tournament Saturday, police believe it’s…
ROGERSVILLE — Hawkins County deputies found a garbage bag full of dead roosters, several crates of live roosters and a trophy with a golden ro…
Amended legislation to impose either a $2,500 or $500 fine on cockfighting offenders failed in a Tennessee House Agriculture subcommittee Wedn…