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…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man charged with killing a Tennessee sheriff's deputy and burning his body and patrol car has pleaded not guilty to federal charges. Court records show Steven Joshua Wiggins appeared before a judge Thursday in Nashville.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say the private information of nearly 44,000 TennCare members may have been stolen during a breach of the email system of a vendor for the state's Medicaid agency. The Tennessean reports that Magellan Health Systems…
ATLANTA (AP) - A missing Clark Atlanta University student has been found dead, authorities said Friday. The body of Alexis Crawford, 21, was found at a park in DeKalb County, Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields said at a news conference.…
VILLANOW, Georgia (WDEF) - The U.S. Forest Service has had to close the Johns Mountain Overlook Road because of vandals. The overlook is a popular north Georgia destination to look at fall colors. But vandals have spray painted pentagrams and…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on former Attorney General Jeff Sessions running for U.S. Senate (all times local): 8:19 p.m. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will attempt to win back his old U.S. Senate seat in Alabama after a tumultuous…
Lee Hall is the 4th Tennessee inmate to choose electrocution over lethal injection in the last year
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has arrested one of their own Corrections Deputies. Rod Edwards Hanna is charged Promoting Prison Contraband 3rd Degree. Investigators say he was bringing tobacco into the jail and delivering it to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Dunkin Donuts is teaming up with Tennessee Rotary to help fight Polio. Today Dunkin Donuts presented a $500,000 check to the End Polio Now Campaign. The money was raised through the Purple Pinkie Initiative, within a single…
ARLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) - A crash has killed two Tennessee Department of Transportation contractors and injured a state trooper. News outlets report a tractor trailer was involved in the crash Wednesday morning on Interstate 40 in Arlington. Tennessee Highway Patrol…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn University says its famed golden eagle Nova, also known as War Eagle VII, could be in the early stages of heart failure. The university made the announcement Tuesday in a news release. The 20-year-old male…
ATLANTA (AP) - For the first time in three decades, Atlanta will not host a Peach Drop to ring in the new year. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms broke the news Tuesday during an interview with…
"they become aggressive towards humans, oftentimes women when rutting activity begins."
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is expected to attend Saturday's college football matchup between top-ranked University of Alabama and Louisiana State University. The Federal Aviation Administration is advising that Trump will travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for the game. It…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is asking state agencies to hold off on seeking money for building new facilities and other capital projects in their upcoming budget requests. Lee is currently reviewing budget proposals from Tennessee's 28…
“It probably wasn’t the best decision for this individual to choose to report stolen marijuana, but we were happy to investigate it for him,”
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.