KINGSPORT, Tennessee (WDEF) - Officials at the Eastman Chemical Plant call it a "process upset." But people around the Kingsport plant say they heard two explosions and saw a plume of smoke rise from the plant this morning. The company…
the Chimney Tops Trail will reopen Oct. 6
Gilliam told deputies he was bored and wanted to see how people would react.
ASHLAND, Miss. (AP) - A north Mississippi student is dead and two are injured after a car ran under a school bus.
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - The Navy says the pilots killed in a training jet that crashed Sunday in Tennessee were from Louisiana and Mississippi.
WASHINGTON (WDEF) — At the Senate education committee hearing on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said that “Tennessee, Louisiana, and New Mexico have taken the most advantage of the flexibility we offered under the law in…
NASHVILLE – Family members, friends and clergy reported 32% of the cases of financial exploitation against an elderly person in Tennessee last year according to the Adult Protective Services (APS) division of the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS). The…
“The 15 counties within these five judicial districts border the Interstate 75 corridor, which has long been known as a major path of transportation for the illegal opioid market."
ROSALIE, Alabama (WDEF) - The Jackson County Sheriff's Department has charged a suspect in a shooting and fight Saturday night in the Rosalie community. Investigators say it happened around a bonfire off County Road 78 near the Bluff. They say…
DALLAS, Texas (WDEF) - Coaching friend Pat Dye says Gene Stallings should recover from a heart attack he suffered over the weekend in Dallas. The former Alabama coach was placed on a ventilator after developing a clot. Stallings has already…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee city will receive more than a million dollars in grant money from the U.S. Department of Justice to finish processing untested rape kits. The Commercial Appeal reports that Congressman Steve Cohen announced the $1.07…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Health officials on the Georgia coast are reporting a fatal case of mosquito-borne West Nile virus. The Coastal Health District of the Georgia Department of Public Health said in a news release Monday that officials have…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's highest court has reversed the conviction of a man who was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after he held up his middle finger and shouted at his pastor during a service. The unanimous opinion issued…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A squad of 7-foot (2.1-meter) infantrymen cast in bronze for an anti-terrorism memorial is being delivered to a Georgia museum this week by the central Ohio sculptor who created the statues. The Columbus Dispatch reports that…
ATLANTA (AP) - Travelers headed to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport could encounter more congestion at the terminal curbside, as the airport steps up construction of massive canopies outside the terminal.
ATLANTA (AP) - Liberal icon Bernie Sanders is wading into the crowded Atlanta mayor's race as he campaigns and raises money for Vincent Fort.
MORROW, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a Craigslist scammer has been arrested following a deadly hit-and-run in a store parking lot.
(AP) -- Prosecutors say an Alabama pharmacy technician tampered with vials of medicine intended for cancer patients by removing morphine to feed his opioid addiction and then shipping off diluted, ineffective medicine.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee golf course has dropped a Confederate general from its name.
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - A suspect in an armed robbery of a McDonald's was found dead behind the restaurant's dumpster, minutes after the holdup.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two men accused of spray-painting profane references to Allah on a Tennessee Islamic center and placing bacon around an entrance are facing federal charges.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's opponents from both sides of the political spectrum aren't holding back their attacks until after he decides whether to become a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court says a man can't sue over an unpaid, $1.4 million jackpot at an Indian casino.
Spangler was actually arrested in Chattanooga three years ago as a fugitive