Report: Tennessee COVID hospital stays up outside big metros
Report says outbreak has moved into more rural communities with fewer health care resources.
Trump fires Tennessee Valley Authority chair
Trump fires Tennessee Valley Authority chair, citing executive compensation, hiring of foreign workers.
Delayed Stimulus
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.
Alabama police: teen bitten, possibly by a shark
“mile abrasion and a few small puncture wounds.”
Georgia: Surge beds set up, health emergency extended
critical care beds statewide are 87% full.
Deputies looking for woman they say tried to run down a drug agent
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…
Alabama governor extends mask order, requires for students
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…
House COVID oversight panel demands documents from 4 states
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…
Tennessee state senator charged with stealing federal funds
$600,000 in federal funds received by a health care company she directed.
Man sues to stop Georgia city from moving Confederate statue
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…
Warning about the China seed packages arriving in the mail
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…
GBI arrests suspected serial armed robber targeting northwest Georgia stores
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…
Gov. Lee's Back to School recommendations
"There are going to be positive cases in schools... that is something that is going to happen."
Space Camp in danger of closing permanently due to pandemic
They're launching a “Save Space Camp” fundraising drive
Georgia governor backs out of hearing on Atlanta mask order
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a request for an emergency hearing in a lawsuit that aims to block the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19…
Georgia governor backs out of hearing on Atlanta mask order
Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a request for an emergency hearing in a lawsuit that aims to block the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public.
Alabama cuts off alcohol sales at 11PM
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WDEF) - The ABC Board in Alabama on Monday voted to cut off the entire state at 11PM. Alcohol sales must end at that hour for bars, restaurants and country clubs. The decision is a compromise over the…
More die or in hospital in Georgia as vaccine trial starts
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia continued to stagger under a heavy load of COVID-19 cases Monday amid one ray of hope — a broad test of an experimental vaccine began with the first of 30,000 nationwide injections in Savannah. Deaths continue…
GBI investigating assault on police in Floyd County
ROME, Georgia (WDEF) - The GBI will investigate the case of a man who faces charges of assaulting law enforcement officers last Friday in Rome. 30 year old Kerry Lamar Grier was arrested after police in Rome say he tried…
Chattooga County is going ahead with school this week
Students go back to class on Thursday.
Tennessee resists White House COVID-19 recommendations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — White House COVID-19 task force leader Deborah Birx says Tennessee stands at the cusp at being able to significantly decrease new coronavirus cases and must take stronger steps to prevent the virus's spread. Birx recently identified…
Scottsboro residents challenge Gov. Ivey's Face Mask Mandate
UPDATE: The Governor's lawyers have asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit. They argue that Alabama has the authority under the Emergency Management Act. ______ SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - Three residents of Scottsboro are challenging Governor Kay Ivey's face mask mandate…
North Georgia police chief resigns after being arrested
FAIRMOUNT, Georgia (WDEF) - The GBI has arrested the police chief and one of his officers in Gordon County. They worked for the police department in the town of Fairmount, east of Calhoun. Chief Chandler Walter and Officer Olan Mark…
Georgia logs 4,800 new virus cases Friday as deaths climb
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia reported over 4,800 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Friday, the highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic. That caps a week that also saw the state report its highest-yet death toll. Those…