Georgia moving forward with mass voter purge Monday
Voter purges in Georgia became a hot-button issue during last year’s race for governor
Johnny Majors' grand-niece stabbed to death in New York
Tessa Majors was a freshman at Barnard College in Manhattan.
Truck hauling 35,000 pounds of M&Ms overturns in Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A truck hauling about 35,000 pounds (15,876 kilograms) of M&M candies overturned on a Tennessee highway Friday morning, a Department of Transportation official confirmed. The semitrailer crashed on Interstate 40 near Knoxville around 5:30 a.m., news…
Better Business Bureau Warns about Online Puppy Scams
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Looking for a puppy or dog this holiday season? The Better Business Bureau wants to warn you about scammers out there who are only after your money. It's the holiday season and more people are shopping…
Runner apologizes for slapping reporter’s rear on live TV
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - A Georgia man has apologized on-camera for slapping a female reporter’s rear on live TV after the video clip garnered outrage among millions who viewed it online and prompted police to investigate the case as a…
Tennessee officials see 'no issue' with latest electrocution
"he made that choice and they carried that out professionally,”
Senate candidate Tommy Tuberville calls out drag queens in Christmas Parade
“Hard to believe that right in my own backyard the city of Opelika allows drag queens in the city Christmas Parade"
Hundreds attend vigil for slain Alabama officer
Suspect LaJeromeny Brown is from Chattanooga
Rep. Tom Graves announces he will not seek re-election in northwest Georgia
"I have decided not to seek reelection in 2020, and instead, join my family in their new and unique journeys. "
Take a self-guided tour of the Governor's Mansion in Nashville
This year's decorations are themed “Songs of the Season,"
The father of the victim still isn't ready to forgive Lee Hall on the eve of his execution
Lee Hall is scheduled to die Thursday evening.
Tennessee Gov. Lee says prayers for state will be answered
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says if residents pray to God to favor the state, God will answer those prayers. Speaking to religious leaders on Tuesday, Lee said he declared a statewide day of prayer and fasting…
Gov. appoints first woman to represent Georgia in U.S. Senate in 100 years
But the appointment is controversial because President Trump supported someone else
Court declines to intervene in upcoming Lee Hall execution
Hall was convicted for the 1991 killing of his estranged girlfriend.
Federal utility fined $145K for inaccurate nuke plant info
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Federal regulators are fining the nation’s largest public utility $145,000 for submitting incomplete and inaccurate backup system information at its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission notified the Tennessee…
Jimmy Carter hospitalized for urinary tract infection
AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) - A spokeswoman says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been admitted to a south Georgia hospital treatment of a urinary tract infection. Deanna Congileo, a spokeswoman for The Carter Center, said Monday afternoon in a statement…
Murder charge announced in death of fighters’ stepdaughter
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Prosecutors say the man investigators consider the lone suspect in the shooting death of the stepdaughter of a well-known UFC fighter will face a capital murder charge. Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes announced Monday that…
Pregnant woman fatally shot in Tennessee; suspect sought
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect in a shooting that killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child, paralyzed her 8-year-old daughter and injured another adult family member. According…
Aryan Brotherhood members from Georgia & Tennessee arrested
CLARKESVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office arrest Aryan Brotherhood gang members from both Georgia and Tennessee. The investigation has been going on for months into illegal drug and street gang activity. It ended with search warrants…
Tennessee prepares to execute blind death row inmate from Chattanooga
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state of Tennessee is preparing to execute a blind man this week. Lee Hall is scheduled to be electrocuted Thursday. Hall had his sight when he entered death row nearly…
Is a Republican feud brewing over Gov. Kemp appointment?
"Frankly, I could care less what the political establishment thinks."
Alabama bicentennial celebration heads to finale
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama is celebrating its 200th birthday. The 2019 bicentennial celebration will culminate in December with three days of events in Montgomery. The event marks the 200th anniversary of Alabama's admission to the United States. The celebration…
Flu season takes off quickly in Deep South states
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The flu season is off and running in the Deep South. The most recent weekly flu report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds high levels of flu-like illness in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Nevada,…
Police: Woman arrested for firing gun into KFC drive-thru
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) - Police say a Georgia woman fired a gun into a KFC after learning her order lacked napkins and a fork. News outlets report 33-year-old Jonelle Jade Dare was arrested Tuesday in Sandy Springs, Georgia, on…