A gunman who killed one person and wounded 14 others in a Tennessee grocery store did not appear to target anyone specifically as he rampaged through the building on a sunny Thursday afternoon.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has issued the call for a special session focused on prison construction as a solution to the state’s longstanding problems in corrections. Ivey on Thursday called for lawmakers to return to Montgomery…
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A shooting at a Tennessee grocery store left one person dead and 12 others injured Thursday afternoon, and the shooter was subsequently found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at the store in an upscale…
A shooting at a Tennessee grocery store left one person dead and 12 others injured Thursday afternoon.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Gov. Lee and the state Department of Education shared data with Tennessee lawmakers on results from their investment last year in education. Lawmakers spent $160 million in academic summer camps to address learning loss by students…
ATLANTA (AP) - State inspectors and an investigation by media outlets have found that a Georgia agency unlawfully held onto millions of dollars in seized funds, spending money on Fitbits, exercise equipment and other items. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia election investigators found that U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s wife did not commit any residency violation by voting in Georgia in the 2020 general election after requesting an absentee ballot be sent to Texas. The secretary…
The work of the task force, set into motion in June by a vote of Southern Baptists at a national gathering, could be a foundational part of how the SBC addresses the issue in the future.
A disaster relief organization founded by actor Sean Penn is boosting Georgia's drive to inoculate people against the coronavirus, though some of its pop-up vaccine clinics have struggled to attract people.
Two FIFA inspectors were in Atlanta Friday to get a look at 72,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of a record-setting Major League Soccer team and centerpiece of the city's bid.
BRYANT, Alabama (WDEF) - Authorities are looking for a missing teenage girl from Bryant, Alabama. Kiarra Durham disappeared from her home overnight on Tuesday. Her family believes she could be anywhere from Trenton to Fort Payne to Scottsboro or in…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Crossville Police say a man was arrested at an Elementary School this week after an angry confrontation with officials. WVLT TV reports that Michael Dale came to Glenn Martin Elementary on Monday, demanding that they release…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority is giving up its construction permit for an unfinished nuclear plant in northeast Alabama nearly 50 years after work began on the facility. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the TVA…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is the latest Republican to take on President Biden's Covid vaccination plan. He is one of 24 Republican state attorneys general to sign a letter raising concerns over the…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A jury has been selected for the Janet Hinds trial. It's set to start here in Hamilton County, Monday. The jurors will be brought in from Davidson County, and…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Officials at a Tennessee university say they will once again seek permission to strip the name of a Confederate general from one of its buildings. News outlets report that Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees…
FLAT ROCK, Alabama (WDEF) - A Sheriff's K-9 sniffed out a suspect on Sand Mountain on Monday. DeKalb County deputies went to a home in Flat Rock on some outstanding warrants. While they were talking to Audrey Denis Welden, Carlton…
FLORENCE, Alabama (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Mocs football team traveled to Florence last Saturday to face the North Alabama Lions. U-T-C had to tread lightly on enemy turf because U-N-A features a live…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Volunteer State is breaking national records, and not in a good way. "Hospitalizations and ICU admits currently are at their highest level ever," says Dr. Jay Sizemore,…
ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who oversees the department’s civil rights division, says the civil investigation will be comprehensive but will…
By JOSEPH PISANI and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more…
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons, citing particular concern about violence.
WALKER COUNTY, Ga (WDEF) - Due to renewed interest and some inaccurate information being spread in the community about a proposed affordable workforce housing development, a town hall meeting is being held on Monday, September 13th. The Gateway at Rossville…
Some Tennessee residents affected by last month’s flooding can apply for emergency food benefits.
