HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee doctor who admitted to trading opioids for sex with his patients has pleaded guilty to distributing controlled substances. A Department of Justice news release says 50-year-old Dr. Lawrence J. Valdez pleaded guilty to one…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is pushing back against speculation over whom he’ll appoint to replace retiring Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson. The Republican governor took to Twitter on Wednesday to slam the “attacks and games” and said more…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Alabama authorities say human remains discovered in a wooded area have been confirmed as belonging to a missing college student who was the stepdaughter of a UFC fighter. The Auburn Police Department said Wednesday that the…
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Alabama say a Purdue University student died in a 200-foot (60-meter) fall while rappelling in a cave. News outlets report 21-year-old Trever Col died Saturday after his equipment failed in Valhalla Cave Preserve in…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama district attorney says they have “good reason” to believe human remains found on a road belong to the missing stepdaughter of a UFC heavyweight fighter. Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes says Monday that…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Alabama (WDEF)- Lowndes County Alabama mourns the loss of their sheriff tonight. Sheriff John Williams was out responding to a call at the QV gas station when he was shot and killed Saturday. 18-year-old William Chase Johnson was…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn University is retiring its 20-year-old golden eagle mascot two years after it was grounded from flying at football games because of heart disease. A university statement issued Friday says the bird named Nova is being…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is releasing proposed rules and has hired a director for its online-only sports betting program. But there’s still no indication of when people can start placing bets. At Tennessee’s first state sports betting advisory council…
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) - Prison officers say a Tennessee inmate charged with killing a corrections administrator before he escaped a prison was seen riding a tractor outside a lawn mowing shop at the facility about…
A woman outside caught video of him running past her.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Police say a white teenage girl is accused of plotting to attack a mostly black church in north Georgia. Gainesville Police Chief Jay Parrish said in a Tuesday statement that Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has announced plans to spend part of $732 million in reserves from a federal welfare program for families with children. The Department of Human Services on Tuesday detailed $290 million in planned spending, saying it…
"The Northern part of our county can sleep more peacefully knowing he's in custody."
Foundation dropping donations to Salvation Army and FCA
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two atheist families are suing a Tennessee school system, claiming district officials there promote Christianity. The lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Nashville by the American Civil Liberties Union. It claims Smith County…
ATHENS, Georgia (WDEF) - University of Georgia Kirby Smart describes the play when photographer Chamberlain Smith was run over by a player as "a very scary moment." The football coach led off his Monday press conference wishing the Ringgold native…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on attempts to test DNA evidence in a murder 13 years after a Tennessee man was executed for the crime (all times local): 2:40 p.m. The daughter of a man executed for murder 13…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia health officials have confirmed three additional cases of measles in an Atlanta area county where a middle school student was recently diagnosed with the virus. The Georgia Department of Public Health said Friday at least two…
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By BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia’s top election official is investigating two prominent critics of the state’s new touchscreen voting machines. Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger’s office confirmed the investigation into Marilyn Marks and Richard DeMillo…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on a Tennessee lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Tennessee’s House speaker says his chamber’s GOP supermajority will not move forward with a possible expulsion vote of a lawmaker accused…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Hyundai says it will build a pickup-style sport-utility vehicle at its plant in Alabama, which is being enlarged in a $410 million expansion project. The Korean automaker announced the project Wednesday in a statement that says…
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AUBURN, Alabama (WDEF) - New court documents out today say witnesses saw Aniah Blanchard's kidnapping. 29-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed was arrested for her kidnapping late Thursday night in Florida. The court documents against him say he was seen forcing Blanchard into…