School: Alabama third-grader dies from flu
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2 Tennessee Republicans introduce medical marijuana bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to make medical marijuana legal in Tennessee, but only in oil-based products. Sen. Steve Dickerson of Nashville and Rep. Jeremy Faison of Cosby announced the bill's filing Thursday amid wide…
3 executions set for Tennessee this year; last was in 2009
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A prisons official says three executions are scheduled this year in Tennessee, which would be the first since 2009. Department of Correction spokeswoman Neysa Taylor on Thursday confirmed James Hawkins, Billy…
The Alexa Conference kicked off at Downtown Chattanooga Library
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Alexa Conference is going on right now in Chattanooga. Dozens are gathering at the Chattanooga Library downtown to discuss how voice technology being used across the world. The goal is to give developers the training needed to…
The Latest: Alabama student behind racist video says she was wrong
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on videos posted by a University of Alabama student containing racial slurs (all times local): 5:50 p.m. A former University of Alabama student is apologizing for posting videos using a racial slur. Harley Barber…
More Tennessee DA's file lawsuit against opiod producers & clinics
MANCHESTER, Tennessee (WDEF) - Fire more District Attorney Generals have filed lawsuits involving the opiod crisis in Tennessee. They represent counties in the middle part of the state. Their targets are both the companies that make the drugs and the…
Southern snow storm latest
NASHVILLE (WDEF) Snow is falling this morning in the Nashville area, stretching to Murfreesboro. West Tennessee has snow and travel advisories. East Tennessee is still clear. ___ ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on wintry weather in the Deep…
Thousands honor King at National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Thousands of people have celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with song and dance at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The holiday weekend was a special father and son trip for Alan Williams…
2 children among the dead in triple homicide in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS News) -- Police say a man went on a shooting spree in North Nashville, killing two young sisters and then carjacked and killed an elderly man. The suspected gunman's stepmother, girls' mother, suffered non-lifethreatening wound, police said.
104-year-old woman dies in house fire in Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Fire officials say a 104-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Tennessee.
Police probe man's claim that wife died on Graceland trip
HARTVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Police in Ohio are investigating what happened to a woman who went with her husband to see Elvis Presley's Graceland.
Police find man wanted for shooting at Knoxville officer
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says a man who allegedly shot at a police officer been captured in Blount County.
Tractor Trailer crashes close I 40 in West Tennessee
JACKSON, Tennessee (WDEF) There were dozens of crashes today in Tennessee's ice and snow from the Mississippi River to the Cumberland Plateau. But the worst seems to have happened near Jackson on I-40. Several tractor trailers crashed around noon in…
Groups sue over Confederate statues removal at Memphis parks
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's family and the Sons of Confederate Veterans are challenging last month's removal of Confederate statues from Memphis parks. According to The Commercial Appeal , the petition with the Tennessee Historical Commission…
Nashville airport: Plane went off taxiway, no injuries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville airport official says no one was injured when a United Airlines flight went off the taxiway before takeoff. Nashville International Airport spokeswoman Shannon Sumrall says passengers were de-boarded from United Airlines flight 4696 after…
Loaded gun found at Georgia elementary school
Parents want clear backpacks after gun incident at Georgia school
Police: Aryan Nations member shot officer in Tennessee, fled
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say a man listed in a database as an Aryan Nations gang member shot an officer and is on the run. Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch tells news outlets the man opened fire…
Alabama Senate Republicans propose modest tax cut
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Senate Republicans are proposing a modest tax cut that would allow more taxpayers to take the maximum standard deduction on their state income taxes. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said Thursday that it is…
Tennessee House speaker proposes Medicaid work requirements
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell has filed legislation to pursue TennCare work requirements for able-bodied adults without young children. In a news release Thursday, the Nashville Republican thanked President Donald Trump's administration for announcing a path…
Dolly ditches "Dixie" from the Stampedes
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - How far will the "Dixie" purge go? The company that puts on her Dixie Stampede dinners this week announced they are dropping the "Dixie" from the shows in Pigeon Forge, Myrtle Beach and Branson. The…
Toyota & Mazda pick Huntsville for their new plant
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - Toyota-Mazda officials make it official. They have chosen to build a new auto plant at a site in Huntsville, Alabama. It will build 300,000 Toyota Corollas and a new small SUV from Mazda (a Chattanooga Volkswagen…
Lawyers file appeal for Tennessee teen with life sentence
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Lawyers for a woman who fatally shot a man who had picked her up for sex when she was 16 say it's unconstitutional to keep her in prison until she's 67. The Tennessean reports Cyntoia Brown's…
Source: New Toyota-Mazda factory to be built in Alabama
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - A person briefed on the decision says Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda have picked Alabama as the site of a new $1.6 billion joint-venture manufacturing plant. The plant will employ about…
R&B singer-songwriter Denise LaSalle dies in Tennessee
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Singer and songwriter Denise LaSalle, whose hit "Trapped by a Thing Called Love" topped the R&B charts in 1971, has died. She was 78. Musician and producer Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell, a close family friend of LaSalle's,…