By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Federal agents have seized 63 dogs after discovering blood-stained carpet at the site of a suspected dogfighting pit in rural Georgia. Prosecutors say state troopers pulled over four vehicles March 17 and…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on the final day of the Georgia legislative session (all times local): 12:20 a.m. Pending the governor's signature, Georgia will soon become the 16th state in the U.S. to enact a hands-free driving law. The…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An ex-Tennessee teacher who fled with a 15-year-old student last year and set off a 39-day nationwide manhunt has asked to change his plea in federal court. A document filed by his lawyer Thursday in federal…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on the final day of the Georgia legislative session (all times local): 10:25 a.m. Georgia House lawmakers are calling on state senators to allow adults of all ages who were sexually abused as children to…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A teenager from Florida has been charged with making a threat against a northeast Alabama high school. Chief Randy Bynum says 19 year old Anthony Brett Kessler threatened violence at Fort Payne High on March…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Senate Speaker Randy McNally is echoing House Speaker Beth Harwell's call for a lawmaker's resignation after three women have accused him in a report of sexual misconduct as their high school basketball coach decades ago. McNally…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on former Sen. Zell Miller's funeral (all times local): 1:50 p.m. The motorcade carrying former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Zell Miller's flag-draped casket has arrived at the Georgia Capitol where he will lie in state…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - One of the Republican candidates for Governor is campaigning in Chattanooga. Randy Boyd spoke at the Pachyderm Club lunch today. Boyd served as Governor Haslam's Special Advisor on Higher Education. He spearheaded the state's Drive to 55…
Tourist from Wisconsin lost in Red Flag tides off Alabama coast.
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia's Consumer Protection Unit is warning consumers about a Publisher's Clearing House scam. They have gotten several complaints about them. The scammers pose as representatives from Publisher's Clearing House. They promise a big prize, but you…
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. (AP) - Three days of public remembrance have begun for Zell Miller, who served as both Georgia's governor and U.S. senator. Mourners are gathering Monday at Young Harris College in Miller's hometown. Miller died Friday at his…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama state employees are getting pay raises for the first time in close to a decade.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - An equipment manager for Georgia's football team is accused of using a hidden camera to capture images of at least one person showering in the Bulldogs' locker room.
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi judge has sentenced a Georgia woman to 25 years in prison for stabbing her 3-year-old son.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers have hit pause on their push to make many able-bodied adults work if they don't have children younger than 6 for TennCare health coverage.
ATLANTA (AP) - Thursday will mark the last day of Georgia's 40-day legislative session and several bills await action by either the House or Senate.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's Department of Mental Health Commissioner Lynn Beshear called for mental health prevention and intervention to ensure school safety in an op-ed Saturday.
(AP) - Delta Air Lines has donated three round-trip charter flights that allowed hundreds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students to participate in the "March for Our Lives" protest against gun violence in Washington.
Remembered for an "independent streak that was governed by what he thought was right."
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A University of Georgia student is accused of leaving a loaded handgun at a campus bus stop. The Athens Banner-Herald reports that university police say 21-year-old Jasmine Aris Starnes was arrested Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama will become the third state to authorize the untested use of nitrogen gas to execute prisoners under legislation signed by Gov. Kay Ivey. Ivey signed the bill Thursday, two days…
WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - Sen. Lamar Alexander says the government funding bill will fully fund construction of the Chickamauga Lock for the fourth year in a row. The $78 million in this year's budget is double the amount of last…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill to require public schools to prominently display the national motto, "In God We Trust." It would take effect immediately if Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signs it. The measure requires schools…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A city bus in Nashville has been involved in a crash that injured nine people. A statement from the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority says the crash happened Thursday morning and involved a bus and a passenger…