Sheriff: Lawsuit possible over social media comments
Sheriff cleared of lawsuits, now threatens action against social media critics.
Families of victims meet hero in Waffle House shooting
School officials said Shaw held up a replica of the check for more than $240,000 during the gathering.
Firearms dealer sentenced for false record keeping
Prosecutors say that convicted felons could tell clerks about their legal trouble and the store would set up a 3rd party purchaser for them.
Georgia woman gets 20 years for killing teen relative
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia woman has been sentenced to serve two decades in prison for stabbing a teenage relative to death.
Lawsuit filed against gunman's dad in Waffle House shooting
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - The family of one of the four people killed in a shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, is suing the suspected gunman's father, accusing him of negligence.
Tennessee election panel won't pursue Harwell complaint
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee panel has voted not to pursue campaign finance complaints that question House Speaker Beth Harwell's help from a political committee and a $3.1 million self-loan to her Republican gubernatorial campaign.
7 governors sign letter backing Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and a group of fellow governors are backing President Donald Trump's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
10-year-old boy, adult woman killed in Georgia house fire
LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) - Officials say a 10-year-old boy and adult woman have died in a Georgia house fire.
Tennessee ed commissioner: Scores can't hurt final grades
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen says school districts can decide whether student assessment scores will be included in student grades as long as the scores don't lower final grades.
UT College of Medicine ends use of pig labs
Emergency medical training included surgery on live animals
Abuse, neglect claims investigated at 460 Tennessee schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An analysis has found Tennessee's Department of Children's Services investigated 647 allegations of child abuse or neglect involving students at more than 460 schools during a recent 20-month period. Data obtained by USA Today's Tennessee Network…
Search crews recover body of missing soldier from lake
LAKE CITY, Ky. (AP) - Crews have found the body of a Fort Campbell soldier who was reported missing while tubing at Kentucky Lake.
1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting involving deputy in Georgia
CARNESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say one person is dead in a shooting involving a sheriff's deputy in northeast Georgia.
Abuse, neglect claims investigated at 460 Tennessee schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An analysis has found Tennessee's Department of Children's Services investigated 647 allegations of child abuse or neglect involving students at more than 460 schools during a recent 20-month period.
Georgia teen drowns at Little River Canyon National Preserve
(AP) - Officials say a 14-year-old Georgia boy has drowned at Little River Canyon National Preserve in Alabama.
Off-duty officer fatally shoots man in suburban Atlanta
FOREST PARK, Ga. (AP) - Police say an off-duty officer has fatally shot a man in suburban Atlanta.
2 workers hurt in train fire at Six Flags Over Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) - Two theme park employees were hurt when a fire broke out in a train engine at Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday.
High school student set to graduate drowns in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a high school student who was set to graduate later this month has drowned in a Tennessee lake.
Chemicals sicken police officers who find body in motel
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - Several officers are being treated at a hospital in DeKalb County, Georgia, after they were sickened by a chemical odor emanating from a motel room with a dead body.
Mutual admiration: Waffle House hero meets Parkland students
MIAMI (AP) - The man who wrestled an AR-15 from a gunman attacking a Waffle House in Tennessee has met with students from the Parkland high school where 17 people were killed. James Shaw Jr. and the teenagers met in…
Georgia officer resigns after dragging woman, 65, from car
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (CBS News) -- A police department in Georgia has opened an internal investigation into why an elderly black woman was dragged out of her car during a traffic stop, authorities say.
Soldier missing in the Tennessee River in Kentucky
LAKE CITY, Ky. (AP) - Authorities are searching for a missing soldier in the Tennessee River in Kentucky.
Ex-Georgia police officer gets 18 months in obstruction case
ROME, Ga. (AP) - A former Cartersville, Georgia police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for notifying drug traffickers that the FBI was conducting a court-authorized wiretap of their phones.
Evidence Ukraine computer involved in Tennessee elections attack
(CBS News) - Investigators found evidence of a "malicious intrusion" into a Tennessee county's elections website from a computer in Ukraine during a concerted cyberattack, which likely caused the site to crash just as it was reporting vote totals in this month's primary.