KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia lawmaker says Scrappy the Owl, the mascot at the university where five cheerleaders have been kneeling during the national anthem, had no business leading students in a march through campus to support the cheerleaders.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The truck stop chain controlled by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has publicly distanced itself from former employees charged with defrauding customers. But court records show the board…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The iconic Grand Ole Opry House in Tennessee's capital city will undergo a $12 million expansion to add parking, larger retail space and an enhanced area for backstage tours. The Tennessean quotes Ryman Hospitality CEO Colin…
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) - A group of Georgia cheerleaders say they'll take a knee in the stadium tunnel when the national anthem is played at Saturday's homecoming game since their university moved them off the field after an earlier demonstration.…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee education officials believe nearly 10,000 assessment tests across the state were scored incorrectly. The Commercial Appeal reports that about 9,400 of the approximately 600,000 TNReady tests that were taken in the last school year were…
ATLANTA (AP) - The average gas price in Georgia has decreased more than 30 cents over the past month. AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins told WXIA-TV that, "Motorists have enjoyed a monthlong plunge at the pump after prices skyrocketed because of…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a 3-year-old girl is dead after she fell into a grease pit at an Alabama ice cream shop and drowned.
ATLANTA (AP) - A shiny orange fish living in a north Georgia river is being considered for federal protection as a rare species.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - While Federal Emergency Management Agency denials and reversals have roiled some communities following natural disasters, officials in Tennessee's capital have been unusually successful at winning their appeals.
ATLANTA (AP) - Police have charged an Atlanta woman with murder in the deaths of two of her sons, ages 1 and 2.
LYONS, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia soldier killed in an ambush in Africa has returned home to be laid to rest.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Historical Commission has denied a request from Memphis officials to remove a statue of a Confederate general from a city park.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Chicago-based company says it could save the University of Tennessee system $6.8 million on its facilities and maintenance costs.
ATLANTA (AP) - A new report shows that airports in large cities are gaining passengers - and smaller towns are losing them.
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (AP) - Deer season has opened in Georgia for hunters using bows and muzzle-loading guns.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS News) -- A semi-truck hauling multiple cows has overturned on a highway in Tennessee, subsequently blocking several lanes of traffic in the area, CBS affiliate WTVF-TV reports.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Titans wide receiver Rishard Matthews says he made a bad decision on Twitter to threaten to quit football if the NFL institutes a new rule mandating players stand for the national anthem.
CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The 2018 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageant is in Clarksville this weekend. The contest is Saturday night at the Austin Peay State University Music and Mass Communications Building. Here's a look at…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Police have now charged three people in an overnight shootout in one of Nashville's trendiest draws for tourists. It happened near several nightclubs along 8th Avenue and Division Street in the Gulch. Witnesses say people were…
Prosecutors say Tellis thought he suffocated Chambers during sex in her car, and then used gasoline to set her and the vehicle ablaze.
COVINGTON, Ga.(CBS NEWS) -- The father of a newborn who was found dead Sunday in a duffel bag in woods near her Georgia home has been charged with murder, reports CBS affiliate WGCL. The parents of 15-day-old Caliyah McNabb told investigators the little girl…
accused of using campaign funds to purchase a Caribbean cruise, airline tickets and a six-month subscription to pornographic websites.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee forestry officials say outdoor burning permits will be required as the state heads into wildfire season. The Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry says in a news release that the wildfire season runs from Sunday…
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