By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Republican lawmakers who have long balked at taking millions in federal dollars to expand Medicaid are moving forward with a plan that would overhaul how the state provides health care…
A police officer was one of the buffet customers who saw it all.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - More than 50 people have been sent to hospitals around Birmingham, Alabama, following a chemical spill at a water treatment plant. Authorities tell news outlets that irritating gas caused by a mixture of ferric sulfate and…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Tennessee is a step closer to passing one of the toughest abortion laws in the country. The bill would ban abortions as soon as a heartbeat is detected in the fetus. That is usually in about six…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia House lawmakers approved using new electronic touchscreen voting machines that print a paper ballot, a big step toward replacing an outdated system that offered no verifiable paper trail. The proposal disregards cybersecurity experts who say hand-marked…
Traffic is backed up for miles as Nashville copes with I 24 shutdown for at least the next week.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Officer Nicholas Galinger to be laid to rest Friday in Ohio. His family sent out affiliate in Ohio this: "It is with a heavy heart that we say farewell to Chattanooga, TN. P.D. Officer Nicholas Galinger, who was…
Dana Marie Head fled the flooding Chattooga River in Cherokee County, Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on violent weather and flooding in the Southeast (all times local): 1:40 p.m. Two Alabama towns are imposing curfews because of flooding caused by days of rain that drenched the Southeast. City officials are…
Nashville, TN (WDEF) - A lucky Tennessee Lottery Powerball player in Brentwood won $50,000 from last night's drawing by matching 4 of 5 white balls drawn, plus the red Powerball. The ticket was purchased at Publix, 10638 Concord Road, in…
Clarksville, TN (WDEF) - The TBI have been investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred Saturday morning in Clarksville. Preliminary information indicates that around 9:45am, officers with the Clarksville Police Department responded to a wrecked vehicle call…
McMinn County, TN (WDEF) - A joint investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Athens Police Department, and the Office of the 10th District Attorney General has resulted in the arrest of two men accused of attempting to purchase…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee introduced new proposal this week that would double the amount of state funding for school safety. Gov. Lee is proposing a $40 million investment for additional school resource officers and new safety…
The student filed suit about school forcing students to wear t-shirts supporting controversial lawmaker on a field trip to his office.
Lee was 17 when he joined the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Auburn, which held the "Old South" party every spring.
The priority will be to spend the money on SROs
UPDATE: The Tennessee Highway Patrol says the slide happened before daylight. A 62 year old Jonesboro man drove his pickup into hole that had just formed when the highway slid away. His truck rolled 200 feet down the slope. Troopers…
GEORGIA (WDEF)- Thousands died after overdosing on opioids this last year, bringing health officials to call it the leading cause of death in Tennessee for 20-18. Dr. Josh Paxton says, "we have to get our lawmakers to give this a top…
By SANYA MANSOOR Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - A proposal to allow Gov. Brian Kemp to pursue Medicaid waivers from the federal government has been approved by a Georgia Senate committee. The state Senate Health & Human Services Committee voted…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Two universities are withdrawing awards for a small-town newspaper editor advocating for a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. Auburn University and the University of Southern Mississippi decided Tuesday to rescind previous honors for Goodloe Sutton,…
As we told you last week, State Senator Jeff Mullis is proposing a bill in Georgia to protest ALL monuments against political attacks like this one.
it would "defend natural marriage between one man and one woman, regardless of any court decision to the contrary."
he Supreme Court's decision could make it more difficult to prosecute DUI offenses.
Suspect captured south of Clarksville in Cunningham, Tennessee