Scooter rider hit by car in Nashville
As Chattanooga debates scooters on bike paths, a driver on the streets of Nashville gets plowed over.
Suspect charged in fatal weekend stabbing in northeast Alabama
CROSSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - Austin Dell Gilbert has been charged with a fatal stabbing on Sand Mountain Sunday. It happened around 2 PM on Highway 68 in Crossville. Investigators say the 27 year old got into a fight with 42…
Ambulance medic, patient killed in Tennessee highway crash
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An ambulance has crashed on a Tennessee highway, killing a medic and a patient.
The Latest: Kid Rock out of Christmas parade after comments
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on Kid Rock's comments and the Nashville Christmas Parade (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Kid Rock's profane comments on live TV have gotten him booted from leading the Nashville Christmas Parade. Instead, the parade…
Whitwell Presbyterian named to National Register of Historic Places
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Tennessee Historical Commission has added a church in Whitwell to the National Register of Historic Places. Whitwell Presbyterian Church was built around 1892, though people still argue over the exact date. It still has a small congregation…
TVA pulls the plug on Haney deal for Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
Deal collapses that would have let a private company finish the nuclear reactors that TVA began to build 40 years ago.
Nashville Mayor leans toward missing Kid Rock-led parade after remarks
Entertainer is grand marshal of Nashville Christmas parade.
Ex-Police Chief indicted over misuse of TBI data base
Middle Tennessee chief accused of making illegal requests from the Criminal Justice Portal System over several months.
Dade County Sheriff reopening cold case to confirm possible connection to serial killer
DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - The Dade County Sheriff is reopening cold case to confirm possible local connection to convicted serial killer, Samuel Little. The Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross says he found out Thursday from a Nashville news station.…
Company closing second casino in Mississippi's Tunica County
The booming casino business in Tunica, MS has hit hard times.
Murder victim's mother remembers 'bubbly, happy character'
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If David Earl Miller dies in Tennessee's electric chair next week for the 1981 murder of Lee Standifer, the slain Knoxville woman's mother won't be there to witness it. In a…
The Latest: Mom: Slain son would be alive had he been white
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on the shooting of an Alabama man by a police officer at a mall. (all times local): 5:25 p.m. The mother of a young black man killed by a police officer in an Alabama…
Sheriff: Knife-wielding woman killed by Tennessee officer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a knife-wielding woman shot by a Tennessee police officer has died. Authorities say Knoxville police officer James Gadd shot 49-year-old Sierra McCouley out of fear for his life Monday afternoon. Gadd was not wounded.…
Lawyer charged with fraud over fantasy football investment scheme
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - A former attorney faces wire and tax fraud charges from a fantasy football lottery scheme. Prosecutors says 53 year old Timothy Cobb of Atlanta promised investors he would set up the fantasy league through the Georgia…
Second Tennessee prisoner choses death in the electric chair
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A second Tennessee prisoner is requesting to die in the electric chair rather than by lethal injection. Lawyers for David Earl Miller have argued that Tennessee's midazolam-based, three-drug injection method causes…
Bishop Stika may have stent placed in his heart
Heart problem discovered during stress test.
Tennessee House elects 1st African-American minority leader
Rep. Karen Camper replaces Craig Fitzhugh who ran unsuccessfully for Governor.
Boyd lists priorities as University of Tennessee president
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - New University of Tennessee system interim president Randy Boyd has outlined his priorities. In a news release Monday, the university said Boyd plans to launch a search soon for the new chancellor of the flagship Knoxville…
Body found in Georgia park
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a man has been found dead in a park near downtown Macon with a stab wound in his back. Bibb County deputies said homeless people who camp at the park found the body Saturday…
Georgia election results still under fire
ATLANTA (AP) - A nonprofit group and three Georgia voters are challenging the results of the lieutenant governor's election. The Coalition for Good Governance, in a lawsuit filed Friday, alleges that an accurate result in the Nov. 6 election can't…
Children end effort to contest Glen Campbell's wills
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three of country singer Glen Campbell's children have dropped their fight to contest the validity of two wills that exclude them from any inheritance. The Tennessean reported the siblings agreed on Monday to dismiss their complaint.…
Tennessee woman arrested, accused of taking dog in bear hunt
She wanted to stop a bear hunt by kidnapping the hunter's dog.
Ethnically diverse singers have historic week on country music charts
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmie Allen has made history as the first black artist to have his debut single reach No. 1 on country radio, and it happened in the same week Kane Brown,…
Tennessee woman arrested, accused of taking dog in bear hunt
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A woman has been accused of interfering with a legal bear hunt in Tennessee by catching and stealing a hunting dog.