Krystal execs leaving in midst restaurant changes
The departure of the President was unexpected.
Southwest pilots union: Boeing may be rushing 737 Max return
Boeing may be rushing its troubled 737 Max back into service and Southwest Airlines should consider buying planes from another aircraft maker, the union president for Southwest Airlines' pilots said in a memo to his membership. The letter comes as…
Grundy County Probation Officer Arrested
GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- After an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tara Van Hooser-Prater, a probation officer with the State of Tennessee, has been indicted and arrested on charges of official misconduct. TBI began investigating Van Hooser-Prater on…
Walmart moves Black Friday to Wednesday
Attention holiday shoppers: Walmart's Black Friday will officially start on Wednesday this year. The nation's largest retailer announced its main holiday-shopping event will kick off online at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 27, followed by an in-store deals…
Police respond to shooting at high school in California
[cbsn] UPDATE - 11:43 a.m. - (AP) The Los Angeles County Fire Department says now there are three confirmed injuries following a shooting at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita. Department spokesman Christopher Thomas says initial accounts…
Deval Patrick announces he is running for president
Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, has announced he is running for president in the 2020 race. Patrick made it official in an online video posted early Thursday morning. A CBS News contributor since September, Patrick will no longer serve…
14-year-old baker gives cupcakes homeless
Out of a home bakery in Bowie, Maryland, a young entrepreneur creates treats that are as delicious as they are helpful. For each cupcake this baker sells, he gives one away to someone in need. Behind the operation is 14-year-old…
Marine vet wrongfully held by ICE will get $190,000
Grand Rapids will pay a $190,000 settlement to a Latino American war veteran who was wrongfully detained by federal immigration officials. The City Commission unanimously approved the payment to Jilmar Ramos-Gomez on Tuesday to resolve a Michigan Department of Civil…
Ex-TV medical correspondent charged with asking girl for racy photos
Pacific Palisades, California — Former television medical correspondent Dr. Bruce Hensel was charged Wednesday with asking a 9-year-old girl to send him sexually suggestive pictures, reports CBS Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department said detectives began a child sexual exploitation…
Georgia man executed for 1994 killing of store clerk
A man convicted of killing a Georgia convenience store clerk 25 years ago was put to death late Wednesday night, authorities said. Inmate Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, was pronounced dead at 10:59 p.m. Wednesday after an injection of pentobarbital at…
Hamilton County Schools teacher recruitment fair
OOTELWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) - It was a Hamilton County Schools teacher recruitment event Wednesday that had several job seekers at Ootelwah High School, like soon to be graduated college student Deanne Lee. "It's been a little nerve-wrecking. I'm not from…
State Dept IG expected to recommend disciplinary action for Trump official
The State Department inspector general's report on political targeting was received by Congress Wednesday, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffers are poring over it. It's expected to be released publicly within a day. The report recommends disciplinary action against U.S.…
Insurance exec sentenced to 6 months in college admissions scandal
A judge on Wednesday sentenced Toby MacFarlane, a former executive at WFG National Title Insurance Company, to six months in prison for paying $450,000 to get his two children into the University of Southern California as athletic recruits. It's a…
Three cows swept out to sea during Hurricane Dorian found alive
"Miracle" dog survives Hurricane Dorian's wrath In early September, dozens of animals were swept out to sea in North Carolina during Hurricane Dorian, which hit the state as a Category 1 storm. Now, three cows have been found nearby, and…
Georgia election officials investigate prominent critics
By BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia’s top election official is investigating two prominent critics of the state’s new touchscreen voting machines. Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger’s office confirmed the investigation into Marilyn Marks and Richard DeMillo…
Armory named in honor of retired national guard member
A retired national guard member was honored in Chattanooga.
Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts
Facebook said it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts from its service from April to September, up slightly from 3 billion in the previous six months. Nearly all of the bogus accounts were caught before they had a chance to become…
Firefighter killed saving others in Massachusetts house fire
A firefighter in Massachusetts was killed in the line of duty while he was saving two others. Lieutenant Jason Menard was killed just hours before he was supposed to go to Disney World with his family. As the fire devoured…
SpaceX test fires crew capsule's abort engines
In a major milestone, SpaceX engineers fired the powerful abort engines in the company's Crew Dragon astronaut ferry ship Wednesday, carrying out an apparently successful ground test showing the problem that triggered a catastrophic explosion last April has been resolved.…
CDC report identifies new potentially deadly superbugs
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new report Wednesday warning that superbugs that resist antibiotics have killed nearly twice as many people as previously thought. Maryann Webb spent three years in unending pain, hooked up to…
The Latest: Tennessee House GOP won’t pursue rep’s expulsion
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on a Tennessee lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Tennessee’s House speaker says his chamber’s GOP supermajority will not move forward with a possible expulsion vote of a lawmaker accused…
Hyundai to build Santa Cruz SUV at Alabama plant
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Hyundai says it will build a pickup-style sport-utility vehicle at its plant in Alabama, which is being enlarged in a $410 million expansion project. The Korean automaker announced the project Wednesday in a statement that says…
Sheriff knabs two people suspected of stealing guns from vehicles
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Authorities have charged three people in a rash of vehicle burglaries in Rhea County. County and city officers responded to a multiple vehicle burglaries in the Edgewater area of Dayton. They found one suspect with some…
Fire Destroys house on Michaels Road in Trenton, Ga.
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Several crews responded to a house fire early this morning in Trenton. Fire fighters responded to Michael's Road off of Highway 301 around one in the morning on Tuesday. The house was still smoking late into…