CMA Fest is Back After Two Year Hiatus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Grab those cowboy hats and boots - CMA Fest is back! The annual country music festival and fundraiser had to be canceled the last two years, because of the pandemic.…
SRO shoots suspect outside an elementary school in Gadsen
UPDATE: Brother of 32 year old Robert Tyler White says he was depressed and suicidal. White was the man who got into a fight with a School Resource Officer outside an elementary school in Gadsden where children were reporting for…
Fishing without a license offered Saturday in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Fishing without a license in Tennessee will be allowed for one day during the state’s upcoming free fishing day. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says anyone may fish for free without a license in Tennessee’s public…
tnAchieves makes some tweaks to scholarship mentoring program
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - tnAchieves is re-imagining their mentoring program for students to deal with the new realities of college life. Basically, fewer people are going to college since the pandemic... down 9%. The tnAchieves program offers university scholarships and…
Troopers find major drug haul inside SUV engine block
JACKSON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee state troopers say they confiscated 44 pounds of cocaine and fentanyl in one traffic stop on Monday. But they had to work for it. A trooper pulled over a flatbed truck pulling a trailer on…
1 child dies, 3 injured in fire at Tennessee home
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say one child died and three others were in critical condition following a fire that destroyed a home in East Tennessee. The Knoxville Fire Department told news outlets that crews responded Monday afternoon to a…
Fence, barbed wire being added to bridge to prevent jumpers
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - The National Park Service says a fence topped with barbed wire is being added to a 155-foot high bridge over a scenic Tennessee valley in an effort to prevent people from jumping off. Officials said in…
Unique defense for Alabama escapee Casey White
UNDATED (AP) - Lawyers have revealed a potential defense for an Alabama prisoner who walked out of jail with a corrections official, prompting an intensive manhunt. Attorneys for Casey White argue he was in the “care and custody” of jail…
Tennessee gov: No restricting firearms after mass shootings
Gov. Executive Order By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Lee has announced he does not support restricting firearms or strengthening gun control laws in response to recent mass shootings in Tennessee and around the country.…
Food City warns customers about recalled infant formula
ABINGDON, VA (FOOD CITY) - Food City has issued the following recall notice on infant formula in one of their stores: Earlier this year, Abbott initiated an infant formula recall, including Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare powdered infant formula. …
Alabama escapee is from Bridgeport
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - Law Enforcement officials in our area are on the lookout for a man who escaped from a prison in Southern Alabama. 48 year old Johnny Lewis Payne got away from the Elba Community Based Facility early…
Trump election probe grand jury hears from Raffensperger
By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top elections official appeared Thursday before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to meddle in the 2020 election in the…
Juvenile rescued after 85 foot waterfall jump at Fall Creek Falls
FALL CREEK FALLS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Dunlap Fire Department members helped with the rescue of a juvenile who jumped from the top of a waterfall. It happened at Fall Creek Falls State Park. Officials say the juvenile jumped (or…
CMA Fest bans Confederate flag imagery at country music fest
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The CMA Fest is prohibiting Confederate flag imagery at its four-day country music festival. The Country Music Association said in a statement to The Tennessean that the decision to enact the policy this year was based on…
Why the Georgia Sales Gas Break will Not end tomorrow after all
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Sticker shock was originally scheduled to return to Georgia gas pumps on Wednesday, June 1st. That's when the state gas tax suspension was supposed to end when it was passed at the end of the Georgia…
Officials review ballot problem in Etowah legislative race
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - The chairman of the Alabama Republican Party says party officials are “incredibly upset” about a mix-up in Etowah County that might have caused some primary voters to get ballots for the wrong legislative district. Secretary of…
Walker Co. Commission Chairman admits to purposefully delaying projects
The Walker County Commissioner's meeting saw an unusual number of attendance Thursday night. (more…)
Republican Lt. Governor race in Georgia finally conceeded
GEORGIA (WDEF) - Candidate Butch Miller has conceded the race for the Republican nomination for Lt. Governor of Georgia. ‘I don't know what God's plan is for my future or how I might be of service to Him and my…
Both Sen. Warnock and Herschel Walker agree to debate
(WDEF) - Senator Raphael Warnock agreed to three general election debates in November against Republican challenger Herschel Walker. “The debates are an opportunity for Georgians to see the clear choice they have in this important election.” The Walker campaign has…
Burt Jones declares victory but Butch Miller is not ready to concede
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Going into Wednesday evening, we're still not sure if there will be a runoff race among Republican Primary candidates for Lieutenant Governor. With more than 99% of the vote counted, candidate Burt Jones is just barely…
Despite Trump challenge, Georgia incumbents fare well on election night
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - You could argue the two dominating figures in the Georgia Republican primaries on Tuesday were't even in them. Stacey Abrams and Donald Trump. Stacey Abrams, who was unopposed on the Democratic side, was the common target…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defeats David Perdue in GOP primary
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has defeated his Donald Trump-backed challenger David Perdue after a furious push by the former president to punish Kemp for not…
Herschel Walker to face Warnock in Georgia Senate race
By STEVE PEOPLES and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Football great Herschel Walker, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won Georgia’s GOP Senate primary. The Republican will face Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in the November general…
Top Southern Baptists plan to release secret list of abusers
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Southern Baptist leaders say they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and church-affiliated staff members accused of sexual abuse. The announcement comes two days after a scathing 288-page report by Guidepost Solutions…