NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) will preview recommendations for the 2024-2025 hunting and trapping seasons soon. It will make these recommendations at the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting on March 21-22. The meeting will…
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) -- A Cartersville man will serve ten years in prison for possessing child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. A judge sentenced Jerry Joseph Southern on Thursday for having "thousands of digital images and videos…
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and TERRY SPENCER/Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump arrived Thursday at a federal courthouse in Florida, where a judge will hear arguments on whether to dismiss the criminal case accusing the…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but many other counts in the indictment remain. Fulton County Superior Court…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - In addition to today's presidential primaries in Georgia, voters in Catoosa County decided on whether or not to continue the 1% special purpose local option sales tax, or SPLOST. Here is a look at your…
ATLANTA (CBS) -- With President Biden and Donald Trump on the verge of clinching the presidential nomination, their rematch in Georgia in the general election looks like another close race. Trump is just ahead of Mr. Biden in likely voters'…
CBS News estimates that President Biden is the 2024 presumptive Democratic nominee after winning the Georgia primary and amassing the 1,968 delegates needed to win the nomination. Former President Donald…
ATLANTA (AP) — A year ago, Georgia lawmakers said they were striking a balance when they banned most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18, but let doctors continue prescribing puberty blockers and let minors then…
ATLANTA (AP) — An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. The state is trying to move past an agreement made amid the coronavirus pandemic that effectively halted lethal injections. Willie…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate on Thursday advanced a scaled-back gambling proposal — allowing a state lottery and electronic wagering machines at several locations in the state -- as lawmakers try to strike a compromise that can win…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate on Thursday began debating scaled-back gambling legislation to create a state lottery and allow a type of electronic gambling machine at dog tracks and a few other sites around the state. It would…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart, who was part of a court majority that ruled frozen embryos are considered children under a state law, has won the Republican nomination for Alabama chief justice. The ruling treats…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump began racking up early wins as states across the country held Super Tuesday elections, moving them closer to a historic rematch despite a lack of enthusiasm from many voters.…
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Nashville on Monday dismissed a challenge to a Tennessee law aimed at making sure primary voters are “bona fide” members of the party they are voting for.…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's 2024 elections kicked into high gear Monday with the start of qualifying for state and federal offices. Dozens of candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties streamed to the state Capitol…
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee plans to send National Guard soldiers to the southern border to provide support…
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…
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…
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, 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…
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Family, friends and classmates planned to gather Friday at a church outside Atlanta to say farewell…
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…
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…
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…