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…
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said they found a man and woman dead from apparent gunshot wounds in Crossville. It…
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Scientists at Oak Ridge labs and Volkswagen have cleared a new hurdle in charging electric vehicles. The two organizations have teamed up to research better ways to charge them. They've just passed a test of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - How should we handle the problem of kids who miss too much school? A new survey finds that most Tennesseans support fining their parents. The number of students who are chronically absent are growing... 26% last…
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) -- Authorities arrested a man and a woman for their involvement in the burglary of a fireworks store, according to the Cartersville Police Department. [caption id="attachment_1761758" align="alignright"…
By JEFF AMY/Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans settled two congressional nominations in Tuesday runoffs, with a former federal official defeating a man who was convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and an…
PIGEION FORGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - One lasting memory for a summer trip to Pigeon Forge is the traffic. More than 50,000 vehicles use the Parkway every year, many of them tourists for Dollywood, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and…
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix a software glitch that can disable the rearview cameras. The recall covers Jeep Compass, Grand Cherokee, Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer SUVs from the…
ATLANTA (AP) — In a dreary part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered people who now proudly call a former parking lot home. The gated micro community known as “The…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press Abstract: Fani Willis called out her critics in a defiant speech Thursday at a Black church outside Atlanta, not naming names but appearing to refer to Donald Trump and others. The Fulton County District Attorney…
Washington — The Georgia Court of Appeals temporarily halted proceedings in the 2020 election case involving former President Donald Trump while it reviews a trial judge's ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani…
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A family-owned metal fabrication company is creating a new facility in Crossville, Tennessee, according to Gov. Bill Lee. TSM Metal Works announced…
FYFFE, Ala. (WDEF) - The community is supporting a family from Fyffe, Alabama who lost an unborn baby in a wreck. Austin and Madisen Brown were headed to the doctor when she started feeling…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Board of Trustees for the University of Tennessee System will consider tuition hikes at their colleges when they meet later this month. That includes proposed hikes at both the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Tennessee lawmaker is asking if Donald Trump should be removed from the ballot in the state. Democrat Vincent Dixie represents a district in Nashville. He has written a letter to the state attorney general raising…
First came the spotted lanternflies, then the cicadas — and now, the spiders? The Northeast U.S. is bracing for an invasion…
The son of US Representative John Rose was spotted smiling and making funny faces at cameras in the House of Representatives in Washington on…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Skeletal remains found near the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga have been identified as a Georgia woman. The Cobb County Police Department identified the…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) -Two rescue missions took place yesterday at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. According to officials around 2 p.m. yesterday, the Tennessee National Guard and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency were notified of a hiker suffering from…
A man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges in her death. A grand jury in early May returned an indictment charging Jose Ibarra…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee is once again pushing back the deadline to apply for federal scholarship money. If you want to land a Tennessee Promise scholarship, you need to fill out a “Free Application for Federal Student Aid,” or…
Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling dangerous metal fragments. Wednesday's urgent request comes after one…
Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's coast, the sixth to fall along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore's beaches in the past four years, according to U.S. National Park Service officials. About one mile of the beach…