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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a request for an emergency hearing in a lawsuit that aims to block the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other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Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a request for an emergency hearing in a lawsuit that aims to block the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public.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…
Federal judge blocks sweeping anti-abortion law in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Tennessee will not be allowed to enforce one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as a legal battle over the measure’s constitutionality moves through court. U.S. District Judge…
GOP senators offer dueling endorsements on TN campaign trail
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz on Friday offered dueling endorsements of the two leading Republicans running for the U.S. Senate from Tennessee, Bill Hagerty and Manny Sethi. The heated race has become increasingly…
Alabama reports daily case record; more schools to go online
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama reported more than 2,200 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day increase in cases since the pandemic began. The spike came after several days of declining case numbers and as a number of school systems announced…
GBI announces arrests in Rome murders of two young women
ROME, Georgia (WDEF) - Investigators have charged three men with the murder of two women in northwest Georgia. Back in May, the bodies of half-sisters, Vanita Richardson and Truvenia Campbell were found under the Etowah River Bridge in Rome. The…
Judge orders mediation in Georgia mask mandate dispute
ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing a dispute between Georgia’s governor and the state’s capital over restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic has ordered the two sides to try to reach a settlement. Atlanta is among more than a dozen…
COVID-19 deaths surge anew in Georgia as hospitals stay full
ATLANTA (AP) — Surging numbers of COVID-19 deaths continued in Georgia as the number of confirmed cases in the state surpassed 150,000. The state Department of Public Health reported 81 deaths Wednesday, the second-highest number reported so far in the…
Tennessee GOP Senate race a new test for Trump's endorsement
Even President Trump has said Hagerty has a “real primary.”
Judge won't block 3 Tennessee vote-by-mail laws for primary
A federal judge will not block three Tennessee laws dealing with absentee voting for the Aug. 6 primary election.