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I 59 shooting incident near Fort Payne

FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - The State Bureau of Investigation will look into an officer involved shooting incident last night in northeast Alabama. The incident happened around 11:30 PM on I-59 between Fort Payne and Collinsville. A deputy fired at…

Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — Leading congressional Democrats are reacting furiously to lightly-substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies. In a complaint filed Monday, a nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed…

Chattanooga man fatally shot in Knoxville

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - 24 year old Lizarrius Rice from Chattanooga was shot to death over the weekend in Knoxville. Two men were shot Saturday night at some apartments in the downtown area. Rice was shot multiple times and succumbed…

Drowning at Bald River Falls

TELLICO PLAINS, Tennessee (WDEF) - An Ohio woman drowned at Bald River Falls on the Tellico River Saturday. Witnesses say the 27 year old woman and her fiancee both fell into the water above the falls. People got the fiance…

Tennessee: Lawyer accused of rape reportedly kills himself

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Tennessee defense attorney who fled rape charges apparently killed himself when law officers caught up with him in Alabama. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation tweeted on Friday that 49-year-old David Whelan “reportedly produced…

Marjorie Greene's opponent quits November race

(WDEF) - The Democrat who was challenging Marjorie Taylor Greene for a slot in Congress in November has suddenly dropped out of the race. Kevin Van Ausdal says he is moving out of the state. Greene and Ausdal are running…

Chief Judge Pamela Reeves dies

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The first female federal judge in East Tennessee has died after a battle with cancer. U.S. District Judge Pamela Reeves was 66. The UT grad was awarded the highest alumni award given by the University, the…

Tennessee school dashboard misses debut

NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Nothing has been easy about setting up a web presence in Tennessee to report Covid-19 in individual schools. Gov. Bill Lee said one was in the works more than a month ago as schools returned to class.…

Two people killed in McMinnville plane crash

MCMINNVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Two people were killed in a small plane crash in Warren County on Tuesday. The single engine plane crashed in a field near the Warren County memorial Airport around noon. The FAA says the flight had…

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