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…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee protesters will face harsher penalties, including losing the right to vote, for breaking certain laws during demonstrations under a new law enacted by Gov. Bill Lee. The Republican quietly signed off on the bill Thursday.…
"We believe this is the ‘shot in the arm’ our community needs right now."
Harold Wayne Nichols was a serial rapist in Chattanooga who killed Karen Pulley in 1988.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rapper and music producer Kanye West has submitted a petition to appear on Tennessee’s ballot this November as an unaffiliated presidential candidate. Secretary of state's office spokeswoman Julia Bruck confirmed Thursday that West had submitted the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee could release more data on COVID-19 cases in schools after all, if Gov. Bill Lee gets the answer he wants from the federal government. At a news conference Thursday, the Republican said his administration is…
"The big thing is appropriate medical care and preventative medical care."
2 trucks, motorcycle and another vehicle all in 3 days
New jobless claims in Tennessee rose to 13,806 after three weeks of declining numbers.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Auburn University said a number of students are quarantined after COVID-19 cases were reported in a campus residence hall and a fraternity house. Spokesman Preston Sparks said Wednesday that the university is aware of multiple students…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Lottery's leader expects the state's first online-only sportsbooks to go live no later than Nov. 1. At a board meeting Wednesday, Lottery CEO Rebecca Hargrove said four operators have submitted completed applications to date.…
"concerned residents who wanted to make sure that we had not forgotten Evelyn. We didn’t, and we won’t."
Tennessee will become the latest state to ask the federal government for an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits under President Donald Trump’s supplemental plan.
CALHOUN, Georgia (WDEF) - Gordon Central High is the latest Georgia school to shutdown because of Covid-19 problems. But the case here is a little different. School officials say the problem isn't active cases, just a teacher and staff shortage.…
They blame the change of policy on their reading of the HIPPA laws.
"It's important to make sure that our businesses can reopen without the burden of frivolous lawsuits."