Gov. Lee deploys TN National Guard troops to southern border
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee plans to send National Guard soldiers to the southern border to provide support…
Why is Super Tuesday important? Here's how the vote could shape 2024 elections
Democrats and Republicans in 15 states and one territory will be voting in primaries and caucuses on March 5, which in 2024 is known as Super Tuesday. The reason why it's important as an informal benchmark in the nomination process is that…
Georgia is spending more than $1 billion subsidizing moviemaking. Lawmakers want some limits
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House members are moving to tighten Georgia's lucrative film tax credit, limiting the value of credits moviemakers can cash in by selling them to others and requiring them to spend more…
Tennessee man gets jail for using a spotlight to poach deer and threatening a landowner
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was sentenced to jail and barred for life from hunting in the state after he illegally killed 15 deer over more than three years and threatened a landowner with a gun while poaching…
Cumberland County authorities looking for man missing since 2018
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a man who has been missing since October 2018. Parker Morris, 32, went missing at…
Mourners to gather for the funeral of a slain Georgia nursing student who loved caring for others
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Family, friends and classmates planned to gather Friday at a church outside Atlanta to say farewell…
Alabama lawmakers rush to get IVF services restarted
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services Thursday after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law. Facing public…
Video shows person of interest in explosion outside Alabama attorney general's office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday released a video showing a person of interest in their investigation of an explosive device that detonated outside the Alabama attorney general’s office last weekend. The short security camera clip shared by the…
State audit finds UT overpaid a few of their scholarships
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - The University of Tennessee may look at scholarship offers a little closer next year. A state audit found that the university over-paid some scholarships in 2022-23. The auditors looked at all 14,260 students who got Title…
School voucher ideas expose deep GOP divisions in Tennessee Legislature
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With a supermajority grip over the Tennessee Statehouse, there are very few things Republicans can't push through even with the harshest of criticism and public opposition. Yet, after weeks of working behind closed doors on a…
Alabama House advances bill to give state money for private and home schooling
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have advanced a school voucher-like program that could provide eligible families with state dollars to help pay for private school or home school expenses. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 69-34 Tuesday for the…
Georgia lawmakers approve tax credit for gun safety training, ban on merchant code for gun stores
ATLANTA (AP) — Separate gun bills passed by the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday would provide a tax credit to pay for gun safety training and gun safes, while another would prohibit financial institutions from using a code to distinguish…
Georgia will spend $392 million to overhaul its gold-domed capitol and build new legislative offices
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's lawmakers are moving not only to regild the iconic dome on state Capitol, but the entire complex. Lawmakers on Monday with little dissent agreed to spend $392 million to build a new legislative office building for…
Tennessee passes fire alarm bill regarding active school shooters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill on Monday requiring schools to have a safety policy regarding active shooters and fire alarms. House Bill 1644 unanimously passed the Senate on February 26. The bill requires schools to develop a…
Court documents reveal new details of killing of nursing student at University of Georgia
By JEFF MARTIN and JEFF AMY/Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The suspect in the killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus used an object as a weapon…
Suspect in murder of Georgia nursing student entered U.S. illegally, ICE says
The suspect in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Hope Riley entered the U.S. illegally from Venezuela, officials said Sunday. The suspect, 26-year-old Jose Ibarra, was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sept. 8, 2022, after he unlawfully entered…
Atlanta is the only place in US to see pandas for now. But dozens of spots abroad have them
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It will still be months before the San Diego Zoo gets new pandas, the first such bears sent to the United States by China in decades. For now, the only U.S. zoo left with any is…
A woman was found dead on the University of Georgia campus after she failed to return from a run
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A woman found dead on the University of Georgia campus was a student at a nearby nursing school, said authorities, who were checking security cameras and advising students to travel in groups and avoid the wooded…
AT&T says its cellphone network restored after a widespread outage hit users across the US
UPDATE: AT&T said Thursday its wireless network was back after an outage knocked out cellphone service for its users across the U.S. for hours. “We have restored wireless service to all our affected customers,” the Dallas-based company said in a…
A second Alabama IVF provider pauses parts of its program after court ruling on frozen embryos
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A second in vitro fertilization provider in Alabama is pausing parts of its care to patients after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children. Alabama Fertility Services said in a statement…
Neo-Nazi rally in downtown Nashville condemned by state lawmakers
A neo-Nazi rally in downtown Nashville over the weekend is being condemned by a local Jewish group and by state lawmakers. Witness videos posted on social media over the weekend showed a small group of people, wearing red shirts and…
Georgia State Trooper dies after being hit by vehicle
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- A Georgia State Patrol Trooper was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday. The Georgia Department of Public Safety announced the death of the trooper to social media. They say Trooper First Class Chase…
TVFCU Announces Semifinalists in Three Idea Leap Grant Competitions
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 16, 2024) — Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union (TVFCU) announced today that 31 small business owners have been named semifinalists in the 7th Annual Idea Leap Grant Competition. Ten small businesses were selected for both the Chattanooga…
Food City Recognizes District Winners for Outstanding Volunteerism
ABINGDON, VA – Each year, Food City recognizes outstanding volunteerism among their dedicated team…