WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - A new report finds that Alabama has the best roads in America. Plus Tennessee and Georgia aren't far behind in the rankings. Suzuki Law Offices analyzed highway stats from the Department of Transportation to compare road…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making threats against Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. She represents northwest Georgia in Congress. The Justice Department accuses Sean Patrick Cirillo of making three public threats in…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A woman says her luggage was stolen at the Nashville airport and then found, looted in Chattanooga. She tells WSMV TV that when she couldn't find her luggage on the carousel, she tracked the American Airlines…
MOUNTAIN BROOK, Alabama (WDEF) - U.S. Senator Katie Britt from Alabama is introducing a shark warning bill in honor of Lulu Gribbin. Gribbin is the 15 year old girl who lost a hand…
TENNESSEE (WDEF) -- Senator Marsha Blackburn says her “Kids Online Safety Act” is finally coming up for a vote this week. The Senate is scheduled to consider her…
Nashville, Tenn. (July 23, 2024) – The following is a press release from the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. Tennessee tourism generated a record $30.6 billion in…
UPDATE: Both suspects wanted in connection to the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper have been arrested. On July 23, police arrested the driver of the white Kia Forte, Timothy L. Davis Jr., in Nashville, Tennessee. [caption id="attachment_1775284"…
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - U.S. Marshals arrested a man from the Bahamas who was working at Dollywood and is suspected of sexually abusing minors. Angelo McQueen entered the country through Florida. INTERPOL says he was suspected of committing sexual…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A new analysis by Consumer Affairs has bad news for Chattanooga drivers. We rank fourth in Tennessee for bad driving and the state does not compare well with the national averages. Consumer Affairs compared fatal crash data. And…
ATLANTA (WDEF) - Two former elected officials in our area are facing jail time. One is John Oxendine, who was once Georgia's Insurance Commissioner and a candidate for governor. On Friday, Oxendine was sentenced…
Georgia starting linebacker Smael Mondon was arrested by Athens-Clarke County police on Wednesday night on charges of speeding and reckless driving, according to jail records. One day earlier, freshman offensive lineman Bo Hughley was arrested by University of Georgia police…
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's most populous county, which has had a history of voting problems and was a focus of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, has approved a plan for an independent monitor team…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to General Motors, Stellantis and other carmakers to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- As parents are getting ready to send their kids back to school, Tennessee's annual sales tax holiday weekend is approaching quickly. The sales tax holiday will take place Friday July 26 through Sunday, July 28 this…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WDEF) -- Alabama Governor Kay Ivey granted nearly $200,000 to a non-profit to train law enforcement on methods to combat sex trafficking. Gov. Ivey granted the funds to Covenant Rescue Group, a non-profit based in Jefferson County, Alabama.…
ATLANTA (WDEF) -- A new report from the post office supports a Georgia lawmaker's vendetta against the head of the system. The new report shows that Georgia has the worst on-time mail delivery in the country. Only two thirds of the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama state Rep. Kelvin Lawrence was arrested Tuesday on felony forgery charges, the attorney general’s office announced. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office said that Lawrence, 50, is charged with second-degree forgery and second-degree criminal possession of…
Five people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their boat capsized about 11 miles off the coast of Florida, officials said Sunday. The Jacksonville command center dispatched a Coast Guard boat and helicopter crew at 10:15 a.m. after…
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press Abstract: A Nashville judge has ruled that the writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public.…
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)-The body of a 7-year-old who was the subject of an amber alert has been found. The TBI reported this morning that a dive team located the body of Serenity Alanna Marie Kinsey in the lake near…
By JOSH BOAK/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will award the Medal…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Tennessee Department of Education handed out Perkins Reserve Grants today to state school systems. The money goes toward emerging technology programs. They particularly target rural areas to promote technical training. The systems had to submit a…
MASONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Five members of a family from Georgia who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died when their small plane crashed in a wooded area of upstate New York, authorities said Monday. The single-engine…
By MARIA SHERMAN/AP Music Writer Usher accepted the lifetime achievement award at the 2024 BET Awards — even if the superstar mused it might be a bit early. The Grammy winner stayed on his feet as a parade of artists…