Want To Vote? Tennessee Voting Registration Deadline is October 5
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.
Q&A: Underwood on holiday album and her little drummer boy
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…
Desk shortage forces people to get creative about workspaces
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…
As campaign heats up, President Trump woos Latino, Black voters
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…
Tennessee prosecutors at odds over abortion law enforcement
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…
Anti-Human Trafficking Organization receives grant from Dept. Of Justice
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…
Alabama coastal towns delay beach reopening after Sally
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…
Judge won't halt Tennessee ban on giving out mail vote form
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 man charged with child sexual exploitation
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 forms commission to halt invasive Asian carp
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed an executive order establishing the Asian Carp Advisory Commission.
Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs top CMT noms
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…
Tennessee calculates major "learning loss" by students stuck at home
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…
Tennessee approves Fan Duel and Draft Kings gambling licenses
Online sports betting begins in Tennessee on November 1st.
Senate Candidate jumps out of an airplane for some publicity
Marquita Bradshaw: “It’s been over a year ago since I took a leap of faith and launched my campaign for US Senate."
Man sentenced for child pornography extorted from young girls
“Jenkins exploited as many as 150 girls for his perverse satisfaction"
Labor Day holiday has yet to lead to virus surge in Alabama
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…
National park sign vandalized with racist message, bear skin
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 Absentee Voting in Tennessee is Different This Year
How Tennesseans will be able to vote has been debated, specifically absentee voting.
Biden campaign adds Georgia to their battleground states.
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.…
Efforts afoot to save South's disappearing grasslands
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…
Local Nonprofit provides last refuge for Women in Crisis Pregnancies
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…
TSA finds 8 guns in just one week at Tennessee airports
The haul includes a loaded Glock .380 caliber found at the Chattanooga airport.
Tennessee man pleads not guilty to fatally stabbing mother
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man has pleaded not guilty to fatally stabbing his mother at least 70 times. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that an attorney for Joshua Matthew Carr entered the plea Friday in Sevier County General…
Walmart, Amazon among donors to QAnon-promoting lawmaker
Walmart, Amazon and other corporate giants donated money to a Tennessee state lawmaker’s reelection campaign after she used social media to amplify and promote the QAnon conspiracy theory. That's according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance records and…