ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has become the fifth American state to record 200,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. The numbers were announced Wednesday as the state also neared 4,000 deaths from the COVID-19 respiratory illness that the virus causes. The milestone…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump has offered one more virtual boost on the eve of Election Day for Bill Hagerty, who is tangled up in a tough Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat. On Wednesday, Trump…
A fundraising drive has reached its goal of bringing in $1.5 million to save Space Camp from closing because of the coronavirus pandemic.
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency released information on Tuesday on three boating incidents from the weekend. They include a boat collision Saturday on the Hiwassee River. It happened after dark, around 10 PM near the Highway…
Lee’s state health agency had stated last week that it would not collect nor report data regarding the virus in schools.
both candidates will be in our area this week.
Jim Clayton identified his brother and business partner Joe Clayton as the person who died.
One person has died after a helicopter crashed into the Tennessee River.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee has announced he’s calling lawmakers back to the Capitol to address legislation that would provide health care providers, schools and businesses broad protections against coronavirus lawsuits. Lee said Monday that the special legislative…
UNION: "This work really does belong to the people of the valley. TVA: "We have to make this change. It's what's best for the Valley."
Report says outbreak has moved into more rural communities with fewer health care resources.
Trump fires Tennessee Valley Authority chair, citing executive compensation, hiring of foreign workers.
Recent negotiations at Capitol Hill could mean a second stimulus check is on the way. But millions of Americans are still waiting on their stimulus check.
“mile abrasion and a few small puncture wounds.”
critical care beds statewide are 87% full.
STEVENSON, Alabama (WDEF) - Deputies in northeast Alabama are looking for a woman who they say tried to run over a drug officer who was trying to arrest her. The confrontation and chase happened Tuesday night south of Stevenson. Jackson…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is extending a state order requiring face coverings in public for another month. And she says masks will be required for students in grade 2 and above in an attempt to slow…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Democratic head of a congressional coronavirus oversight panel has demanded that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and three other Republican governors provide documents showing how their states are combating the pandemic. Similar letters were sent to…
$600,000 in federal funds received by a health care company she directed.
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A middle Georgia man has filed a lawsuit to stop the city of Macon from moving a Confederate statue away from a downtown intersection. The Macon-Bibb County Commission agreed last week to move the statue to…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - State officials in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama are warning residents about mysterious packages arriving in the mail from China. The packages contain unidentified seeds, but they label may call them something else, like jewelry. No one knows…
ROME, Georgia (WDEF) - The GBI reports the arrest of an armed robbery suspect who they believe has held up stores all across northwest Georgia. They brought out the Floyd'Rome SWAT team to make the arrest last Wednesday. The suspect…
"There are going to be positive cases in schools... that is something that is going to happen."
They're launching a “Save Space Camp” fundraising drive