MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee police officer won't face charged after fatally shooting a man who pointed an air pistol at motorists and police. Shelby County's district attorney said Friday that a Memphis police officer acted lawfully when the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama reported Friday that an additional 481 students have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to more than 1,000 infections since students returned to campus. The University of Alabama System released the…
Her attorney has also requested a change of venue for the case.
Boat rallies/parades on Chickamauga, Hiwassee, Allatoona on Saturday
BLOUNTVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Megan Boswell is schedule to be arraigned Friday morning in Sullivan County Criminal Court. She is accused of murdering her infant daughter Evelyn Boswell, who was the subject of a confusing Amber Alert earlier this year…
"folks, I understand you don't want to wear the masks. I don't either.."
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Great Smoky Mountains National Park is set to reopen additional campgrounds and picnic areas that have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Park officials say in a news release that the additional areas are…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority has hired a new independent consultant to provide a fresh look into its executive compensation after President Donald Trump earlier this month blasted the CEO as being “ridiculously overpaid." At a virtual…
New jobless claims in Tennessee dropped back down to 10,988 after increasing to 13,806 the week before.
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BAXLEY, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s Republican governor says he’s considering creating mobile testing strike teams to deploy to schools and colleges to control COVID-19 outbreaks. Brian Kemp told news outlets Wednesday that the teams could also be used to control…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ordered Tennessee election officials to clearly communicate on absentee ballot applications that people can vote by mail if they think health conditions make voting in person too risky during the coronavirus pandemic. State…
Tennessee's election’s office has confirmed rapper and producer Kanye West will be on the presidential ballot in November.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum plans to reopen to the public on Sept. 10.
U.S. Secretary of Education visits largest Georgia school system offering full-time classes now.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over Republican Gov. Bill Lee's decision to let counties issue certain orders to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly citing their ability to require people to wear masks. The group Citizens for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police say a preliminary investigation into the death of singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle shows that the death was a probable drug overdose. A police spokesman says officers responded to a welfare check on Earle's home…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) – We've seen them staffing mobile test centers this summer, but the Tennessee Guard has done a lot more to fight the pandemic. The Tennessee National Guard has been at it since March 26. In the early…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga (WDEF) - In October of 2016, Donald Fickey, known as DJ, was shot and killed. Law enforcement immediately ruled the death a suicide, but his family and their private investigator has reason to believe that it was a…
Tennessee will be selling tickets for approximately 25% of the seats at Neyland Stadium this season.
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (WDEF) - Tuscaloosa is closing bars for the next two weeks after University of Alabama officials said there has been an unacceptable rise in COVID-19 cases on campus. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox announced the closures along with the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three white Tennessee police officers have had their police powers suspended after they broke down the door of an innocent Black family early Tuesday morning. Nashville police say officers used a public housing agency database to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced $61 million in emergency broadband grants through the state's share of federal coronavirus stimulus money. On Friday, the Republican's office said the state Department of Economic and Community Development has…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia has become the 10th state in the nation to report that it has surpassed 5,000 deaths caused by COVID-19. The Georgia Department of Public Health says there have been at least 5,092 deaths in the state…