WINCHESTER, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is looking for two inmates who escaped from the jail Thursday Evening. Michael Dale Cyree of Tullahoma was charged with burglary and theft. Timothy Jerald Poe of Dechard was being held…
MCMINNVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - TBI agents have charged a McMinnville man with the murder of his roommate. Stephen Pohl was shot at his home on Lewis Road in McMinnville Tuesday. Investigators linked the roommate, 61 year old Gregory Koller with…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Tennesseans are a step closer to paying less for tag renewals. Tennessee House Bill 17-82, which will eliminate emissions testing in the state, has advanced to the full Agriculture and Natural Resources committee. In August, the Tennessee Department…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former Tennessee judge who was initially accused of helping a woman with legal troubles in exchange for sex faces a new indictment. The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release that former Davidson County…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Two people have been killed in separate industrial accidents in one Tennessee city within a week. Johnson City Fire Department District Chief Mike Oliver confirmed to the Johnson City Press that one person died in…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A divided House of Representatives committee has approved a proposal that would allow some teachers to carry or access firearms in schools. The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted…
Spring brings flowers, warmer weather and roller coasters. ATLANTA (WDEF) - For Media Day at Six Flags Over Georgia, the theme park gave us a new look at an old roller coaster. The wooden Great American Scream Machine has been…
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam is joining several other Tennessee officials voicing concerns over President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The Republican governor told reporters Tuesday he's concerned about additional costs to manufacturers, particularly the state's car industry.…
67 year old Carlton Gary, a man known as the "stocking strangler" was convicted on three counts of malice murder, rape and burglary for the 1977 deaths of three elderly women. He is scheduled to be executed this Thursday. But a…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A suspect in a Sand Mountain shooting has finally returned to DeKalb County. Back in December, a victim was shot at a home on Short Cut Drive in Henegar. DeKalb Sheriff's investigators obtained a murder…
LOXLEY, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on the crash of a tour bus that was returning to Texas from Disney World (all times local): 10:10 a.m. An Alabama state trooper says the driver was killed when a tour bus carrying…
State parks throughout Tennessee will now offer free, guided hikes later this month. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has said that all 56 parks in the state of Tennessee will host free hikes on March 24. The department says it is…
ATLANTA (AP) - Organizers of an anti-gun violence protest have filed a federal lawsuit questioning Georgia's policy requiring that events held at a plaza across from the statehouse be approved by a top elected official. The policy requires that weekend…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen says in his U.S. Senate campaign's second TV ad that he's "not running against Donald Trump." Bredesen says he learned long ago to "separate the message from the messenger." Bredesen is…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia coach Mark Fox has been fired following a disappointing regular season and a loss to Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Two men charged with damaging and defacing an Islamic center in Tennessee have apologized to the congregation.
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers are preparing to replace the state's old electronic voting machines.
Prosecutors say a person among more than a dozen Tennessee gang members and associates accused in a racketeering conspiracy was kidnapped and killed. His whereabouts had been unknown when 15 gang members and associates were charged in January. U.S. Attorney…
A state senator has halted efforts on his bill to make autopsy reports no longer public records in Tennessee. Republican Sen. Joey Hensley of Hohenwald made a motion in a Senate panel that generally ends consideration of a bill for…
Authorities say a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has shot a man. The TBI says initial reports indicate the trooper had pulled a car over for a traffic stop Tuesday night in Robertson County. The trooper noticed another vehicle driving fast. That…
Several artists have been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis, Tennessee. Singer Mamie Smith, songwriter and musician Roebuck "Pops" Staples, piano man Georgia Tom Dorsey, drummer Sam Lay and the Chicago band, The Aces are among this…
One of the nation's oldest black medical schools will provide free dental services to uninsured Tennesseans this upcoming weekend. Meharry Medical College says the event will offer cleanings, extractions, fillings and other services to hundreds of people on Saturday at…
A Tennessee man has been charged with murder and arson in connection with a house fire last year. 47-year-old Johnathan Donavan Smith of Morgan County was indicted on one count of second-degree murder and one count of aggravated arson. The case…
ATLANTA (AP) - A 15-year-old boy has died after being shot in a northwest Atlanta home over the weekend.