JONATHAN CREEK, N.C. (AP) - Emergency repairs to a bridge in North Carolina could shut down a portion of an interstate for up to five days. The North Carolina Department of Transportation said in a news release Friday a contractor…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - A former Georgia police officer who was convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, naked man has been sentenced to serve 12 years in…
SKYLINE, Alabama (WDEF) - This was no Halloween costume! A man entered the Skyline Mart early this morning with a blue ski mask and cammo. But instead of asking for candy, he demanded cash. He held up three employees around…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's health care proposal (all times local): 3:50 p.m. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp says his newly unveiled plan to overhaul Georgia's health insurance market will give "more stability and predictability" to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Selling alcohol has worked well enough at football games that Vanderbilt is expanding alcohol sales to basketball games at Memorial Gym and baseball games at Hawkins Field next spring. Vanderbilt announced the decision Thursday. Athletic director…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The state of Alabama is offering a $5,000 reward for information about the missing stepdaughter of Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight Walt Harris. The governor's office announced the reward Wednesday for information about 19-year-old Aniah Haley Blanchard.…
Updyke pleaded guilty in 2013 to poisoning trees at Auburn's Toomer's Corner.
ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on a plane crash in the Atlanta area (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Officials confirm that a second person has died in a plane crash in suburban Atlanta. DeKalb County Fire-Rescue confirmed the second death…
We've got bears wandering hotels, a snake that has the drop on a hawk and a turkey who goes deer-hunting.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Douglas Cody Gass has been added to the T-B-I's most wanted list. Earlier this month Chattanooga police say Gass took off from officers, crashed his car, and then ran away, leaving two others behind. Passenger Kobe Burchfield…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has blocked an Alabama abortion ban that would have made the procedure a felony at any stage of pregnancy in almost all cases. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson on Tuesday issued a preliminary…
If you haven't voted in years, you could get a notice saying they are dropping you from the roles.
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bill Hagerty is not wavering from his staunch support of President Donald Trump, defending him from Democrats' impeachment efforts while heaping praise on the president for his…
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Census Bureau is giving a homework assignment to schoolchildren across the country: Tell your parents to fill out the census form. Your school's funding depends on it. Census officials…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities are searching for the stepdaughter of Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight Walt Harris after she was reported missing from Auburn, Alabama. Nineteen-year-old Aniah Haley Blanchard was last seen Wednesday. Police on Monday released video showing her…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Overall grades for Georgia's schools fell in the 2018-2019 school year, with two state leaders repeating their call to overhaul grading methods. The typical school statewide scored 75.9 points on a 100-point…
The twins were 3 years old.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville's sheriff says there's proof that Johnny Cash was granted law enforcement authority four decades ago. At the Johnny Cash Museum this week, Nashville Sheriff Daron Hall unveiled a blown-up image of the late musician's September…
We could see an improvement of more than 10 percentage points in a week, with more rain coming this weekend.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) -A pediatric cancer foundation that helps sick kids gets robbed. Two SUVs were stolen from the Austin Hatcher Foundation. The president of the foundation says this happened early Monday morning. She says the robbers jumped the fenced…
police say there was no sign of a break-in or damage to her vehicle
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - With a bandage above his left eye and a large, red welt below it, former President Jimmy Carter has met with a cheering crowd while preparing to help build a home…
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2016 killing of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent. The TBI said on Twitter that Brenden Burns pleaded guilty Monday in the shooting death of…
JACKSONVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - In Alabama, 12 men are now charged in connection with the suspected statutory rape of two underage girls. One of the latest suspects is 19-year-old Reece Barton, who graduated from Marion County High school. The incident…