SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) - Authorities have identified a man who was shot inside an Alabama courthouse as being a 72-year-old resident with multiple ammunition containers. News outlets reported Thursday that Jackson County sheriff's officials say Fred Swearengin had a handgun…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Democratic Party in one northwest Georgia County has lost several office holders this week. Four county leaders have announced they are leaving the party in Chattooga County, including the Sheriff. The final match straw appears…
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - A Jackson County court officer has shot a man at the courthouse in Scottsboro on Wednesday morning. The security officer is a deputy with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff says the man entered the…
DUTTON, Alabama (WDEF) - Investigators in northeast Alabama have charged a man with killing his father two years ago. In May of 2017, 78 year old Charles Shirey died of blunt force trauma at his home on County Road 372…
Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy W. Griffin was from Greenbrier, Tennessee.
four houseboats had sunk and six other boats damaged
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say the fatal shooting of a 5-year-old Tennessee girl is being investigated as a homicide. News outlets cite a statement from the Knoxville Police Department that says officers responded to a home Saturday night to…
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal lawsuit accuses a pipeline company of failing to tell work crews where a major U.S. pipeline was underground before they ruptured the line, touching off a deadly explosion. The workers were trying to make repairs…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A water main break has caused faucets to run dry in a large metropolitan area in Tennessee. News outlets report residents in parts of Chattanooga and Hamilton County could be without water until Saturday. Tennessee American…
The officers say Jones immediately began firing at both them and the woman.
Her plane flipped off the runway after landing.
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (AP) - The Latest on an overturned cargo ship off the coast of Georgia (all times local): 8 p.m. The South Korean company that owns the cargo ship that capsized off the coast of Georgia says it's…
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MENTONE, Alabama (WDEF) - DeKalb County narcotics officers are charging a 16 year old as an adult in a meth case. On Wednesday, officers tried to stop a vehicle on Highway 117 near Mentone for several traffic violations, but it…
Investigators say he took the payments from people on probation and used them for his own benefit.
Roberto Josue Viera-Aybar is one of three men charged with killing another man and then dumping his burned body near Dalton in 2017.
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) - The Latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local): 8 p.m. Dorian is scraping the central part of Florida's east coast as it tracks offshore. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Dorian is now about 110 miles…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by man against the abortion clinic where his ex-girlfriend obtained an abortion. Madison County Circuit Judge Chris Comer ruled Friday that Ryan Magers could not bring…
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DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia probation officer has resigned and her friend has been arrested for borrowing that officer's badge and gun to get free snacks at a QuikTrip. WSB-TV reports 33-year-old Pektra LaQuiche Edgerton was arrested and charged…
The sheriff says public tips from sharing the video helped them make the case.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on the Tennessee House electing a new speaker (all times local): 10:50 a.m. Tennessee state representatives have elected a new House speaker after the former leader became engulfed in multiple scandals involving explicit text…
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