A bill in Tennessee that allows teachers to carry guns in schools has been approved. On Wednesday, a house committee voted to expand the number of teachers in all school districts to be able to carry a gun. The school districts…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on Delta's decision to cut marketing ties with the National Rifle Association (all times local): 12:50 p.m. A Democratic candidate for the Georgia governor's office says the state's lieutenant governor may have broken anti-corruption laws…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A bipartisan bill wanting to legalize medical cannabis in the state of Tennessee is working its way through the General Assembly. Tuesday, the state's House Criminal Justice Subcommittee passed the Medical Cannabis Act by a 4-3…
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three people at a northern Virginia military base have been transported to a medical facility and are in stable condition after a suspicious piece of mail was opened and nearly a dozen people felt ill.…
WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - Bob Corker has decided not to reconsider his decision to retire from the U.S. Senate. Some Republicans had asked him to reconsider, fearing that Rep. Marsha Blackburn would not beat Democrat Phil Bredesen in the general…
NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on companies reacting to the Parkland, Florida massacre and the NRA (all times local): 8:30 a.m. FedEx says it's sticking with the NRA and has not asked to be removed from the organization's website…
NEW YORK (AP) - One more company is finding itself embroiled in an intensifying discussion about guns in the United States after the school massacre in Parkland, Florida.
OLD FORT, N.C. (AP) - A Georgia man has fallen to his death from a North Carolina waterfall.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two Democratic lawmakers are proposing a ban on child marriages in Tennessee.
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - A frontrunner in the race for Governor of Georgia vows to take on Delta Airlines after the company cuts ties with the NRA. Lt. Governor Casey Cagle tweeted today that he would retaliate against Delta for…
By R.J. RICO and BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Last week, hundreds of gun control advocates rallied outside the Georgia Capitol, calling for new laws to help put an end to mass shootings. Students staged "die-ins," mothers confronted…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Governors say the debate over gun control has changed after the Florida school shooting - a shift helped driven by public outrage and student activists.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama shoppers have until midnight Sunday to buy storm preparedness supplies without the normal state sales tax.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A University of Tennessee student collapsed during a charity boxing tournament and later died at a hospital.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - BB&T says its customer service system has "substantially recovered" after an outage which impacted thousands of customers.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on the Nashville mayor's affair (all times local): 11:55 a.m. The Nashville mayor's office is citing a legal opinion that says the lead prosecutor and his office should recuse themselves from the investigation of…
ATLANTA- Police say a man was followed after a bar fight in Atlanta and shot while driving. Atlanta police Capt. Andrew Senzer tells news outlets that police haven't nailed down the precise location, but the early Friday shooting took place…
According to JLC AirShow Management officials, ticket sales will begin Friday evening for the seventh annual Wings Over North Georgia Air Show! This event has been North Georgia's #1 fall family event for 7 years. Last year, reports say there…
An Atlanta jail that mistakenly released a convicted murderer says no one will be disciplined for what happened. According to the Associated Press, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office realized a mistake was made after the murder victim's family saw Javoris…
Court documents say the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has found a nude and partially nude photo of a woman on the phone of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry's former bodyguard. According to the Associated Press, the agency believes the evidence shows that…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - Both the Chattooga County and Trion City schools have had to deal with school threats this week. On Thursday morning, a threatening message was written in the mortar of a wall in the boys' restroom at…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama moved closer to allowing death row inmates to be executed with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used to execute someone. The Alabama Senate approved the bill Thursday on a 29-0 vote. It…
By The Associated Press Executions are set for Alabama, Texas and Florida for the same night. If they are carried out as scheduled Thursday, it would mark the first time in more than eight years that three convicted killers were…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An organization that tracks far-right extremists says the number of Ku Klux Klan chapters in the U.S. is plummeting as a new generation of khaki-clad racists rejects hoods and robes for a "hipper" brand of hate.…