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…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A Fort Payne Police Officer was escorting a driver with mechanical problems Wednesday on I-59, when another vehicle stuck his patrol car from behind. The driver, 32 year old Tremel Evans of Moody Alabama, was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will funnel $300,000 of federal coronavirus relief dollars to help cover the cost of 90 additional police cadet scholarships as part of Gov. Bill Lee’s initiative to strengthen policing. The announcement comes as advocates across…
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy spotted the animal Wednesday night at an industrial park.
Jobless claims in Tennessee slightly improved for the week of September 5 with new claims dropping to 11,706 from 12,035.
Hamilton County info is not in the database yet. Only Grundy County is all in from our area so far.
Officials say a third person has died in a small plane crash near a Tennessee airport.
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.…
The “Everywhere You Look, UT” campaign aims to paint a mural in every county in the state. Take a look at the murals so far.
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…
Georgia’s secretary of state said Tuesday that his office is investigating double voting in the June primary.
The twenty - eighth annual Labor Day Car and Motorcycle Show was held Monday at the Walker County Civic Center. Proceeds will benefit the Stocking Full of Love of Walker county organization. "We try to provide between fifty and seventy-five…
LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The mayor of a small east Tennessee city has been arrested on charges that he used city workers and equipment to work on property he owned. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says LaFollette Mayor Michael Stanfield…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper who was fired after a man filming a traffic stop accused him of ripping off his face mask has now been charged with assault. Court records filed Thursday say Harvey Briggs…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Fire officials say a natural gas leak from a water heater caused an explosion that injured seven people in a home in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis Fire Department Lt. Wayne Cooke said four adults and three children…
NEW YORK (AP) - Research is increasingly pointing to a retreat of working mothers from the U.S. labor force, as the pandemic leaves parents with few child care options and the added burden of navigating distance learning. The trend threatens…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Zoo says the oldest African elephant in North America has died at the age of 56. Tyranza was the longtime matriarch of the elephant herd at the Memphis Zoo. She was put on hospice…
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — A longtime pastor with metro Atlanta churches was sentenced to five years in prison and another 15 years of probation on child molestation charges. On Thursday, the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office said 81-year-old Benjamin…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Sheriff of Cumberland County says his officers are investigating a homicide from Thursday. Deputies did a welfare check at a home west of Crossville Thursday night. They were called by someone who had not been…
JACKSBORO, Tennessee (WDEF) - A former school nurse in the Campbell County school system has been indicted. 56 year old Sherry Lancaster faces charges of Obtaining Drugs by Fraud and Theft. TBI agents were called in to investigate the case…
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WDEF) - CoreCivic may be pulling out of Hamilton County, but they have much bigger plans in Alabama. Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced the next step in her proposal to overhaul the state's overcrowded and violent prison…
Investigators accuse him of ordering city crews to work on his private property and then lie about it.
Continuous unemployment claims in Tennessee dropped to 184,781 while new claims rose for the week of August 29.
TOCCOA, Georgia (WDEF) - A Georgia case worker has been charged with exploiting seniors that were in his charge. 49 year old Ronald Thomas from Athens, GA faces ten counts of Elder Exploitation. The investigation began on August 21st into…