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…
The departure of the President was unexpected.
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…
"rutting bucks see their reflection in glass or mirrors, they will often ram (it)"
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