FLAT ROCK, Alabama (WDEF) - A 76 year old couple took matters into their own hands after complaining to county officials about deep potholes in their community. After failing to get a response from Jackson County leaders, the Sand Mountain…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting from Sunday night. It happened around 6 PM on the Plateau south of Crossville near Bledsoe County. Deputies found 73 year old Billy…
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge says every polling place in Georgia must have at least one updated paper backup of the electronic pollbooks that are used to check voters in. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg called the requirement “a…
Tennesseans who want to vote in the Nov. 3 State and Federal General Election only have one week until the voter registration deadline on Monday, Oct. 5.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Grammy Award for cutest collaboration of the year goes to Carrie Underwood and her 5-year-old son Isaiah. He provides adorable vocals on “Little Drummer Boy,” one of the 11 tracks on the country superstar’s new…
NEW YORK (AP) - First it was toilet paper. Disinfectant wipes. Canned beans. Coins. Computers. Now, desks are in short supply. The slew of kids attending virtual school has parents scrambling to find furniture for them even as workers realize…
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to chip away at his Democratic rival’s advantage with Black and Hispanic voters, wrapping up a two-day campaign swing that is ticking off boxes, both geographically and with key constituencies. Trump…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee prosecutor says he won't enforce a new law that requires abortion providers to tell their patients it may be possible to reverse the action of abortion medication half-way through the procedure. In a Thursday…
CLEVELAND, Tenn (WDEF) - A Cleveland non profit that works to combat human trafficking has been awarded a grant from the Department of Justice. Willowbend Farms has been awarded over $700 hundred thousand dollars to continue to fight against sex trafficking…
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's largest beach towns are delaying the reopening of their beaches because the cleanup from Hurricane Sally is taking longer than expected. Officials in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach say the beaches won't reopen until…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge will not block a Tennessee law that makes it a felony for anyone other than election officials to distribute absentee ballot applications. The decision by U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson in Nashville came…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The GBI has charged a Dalton man with child molestation and pornography counts. The investigation began into 20 year old Zachary Moore after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about child…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed an executive order establishing the Asian Carp Advisory Commission.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ashley McBryde, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Sam Hunt and Thomas Rhett top the 2020 CMT Music Awards nominations with three each. The fan-voted music video awards show was delayed from the summer because…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The State of Tennessee is calculating just how much students lost by not going to class during the pandemic. The Department of Education estimated data regarding learning loss by students after schools closed. Their preliminary data shows…
Online sports betting begins in Tennessee on November 1st.
Marquita Bradshaw: “It’s been over a year ago since I took a leap of faith and launched my campaign for US Senate."
“Jenkins exploited as many as 150 girls for his perverse satisfaction"
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A feared increase in Alabama's coronavirus caseload after Labor Day get-togethers has yet to materialize two weeks after the holiday. That's got health officials cautiously optimistic about the state's progress in the pandemic. New cases are…
Investigators at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are trying to identify who mounted a cardboard sign with a racist message and hung the skin and head of a black bear over one of its signs.
How Tennesseans will be able to vote has been debated, specifically absentee voting.
ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden is using a campaign cash advantage over President Donald Trump to add Republican-leaning Georgia and Iowa to his paid media footprint, bringing the Democratic challenger’s television and digital battleground map to an even dozen states.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In the early 2000s, a harvest of pine trees on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau led to a remarkable discovery. Once sunlight hit the ground, native grasses and wildflowers that had lain dormant for decades began to spring…
CLEVELAND, Tenn (WDEF) - The Foundation house is a nonprofit organization in Cleveland, that provides last refuge for Mothers and Women in crisis pregnancies . The organization is the only maternity home within 150 miles for mothers exiting crisis lifestyles. The…