By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press LOCUST GROVE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say one officer has died and two deputies were critically wounded in a shooting that also left a suspect dead south of Atlanta. Henry County Sheriff Keith McBrayer made…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - Last September, it looked like a burglar shot Eddie Lanham to death. His wife discovered the body of the 75 year old man in their home after returning home. But investigators didn't buy it. They first…
Footage obtained by NewsChannel 5 in Nashville shows White County Sheriff Shoupe authorizing deadly force in the chase of a suspect driving on a suspended license.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Oxygen Media is defending itself against a $35 million lawsuit filed by the mother of an American teenager who disappeared in Aruba in 2005. A company representative says in a statement that Beth Holloway's lawsuit gives…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A special committee of Nashville city council members will investigate whether there was improper use of public money during Mayor Megan Barry's extramarital affair with the former head of her security detail. News outlets report the…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say a dead man's body remained undetected in an impounded van for seven weeks.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Confederate monument at a Tennessee cemetery has been vandalized with graffiti.
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - A Clarksville woman has been charged in a home health care investigation. The TBI's Medical Fraud Control Unit have filed charges against Lamelia Bellamy. They say she used the credit card of one of her clients without…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Alabama on behalf of three transgender individuals. In a lawsuit, the individuals are saying the state won't allow them to change the gender listing of their driver's licenses without…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - A Tennessee man has been arrested after a national tip about child pornography on social media. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation got the cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Special Agents with…
By KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Female musicians in Nashville have long complained about the lack of representation on country radio, but now a collective of female songwriters are singing "Time's Up." Nearly two dozen women,…
MILLBROOK, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Alabama have identified the suspect and the victim in a child porn video being shared around the world.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are pushing legislation to exempt gun safes from the state's sales tax. At a news conference Monday, Republican Sen. Kerry Roberts of Springfield said the bill shows how the state…
ATLANTA (AP) - Federal authorities say a 25-year-old woman dubbed the "Freedom Fighter Bandit" who's wanted for a string of Georgia bank robberies has been arrested in Tennessee. The FBI said in a news release Monday that Nilsa Marie Urena…
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - A Middle School student in Huntsville has died from complications from the flu. Officials say the boy had a pre-existing cystic fibrosis condition. Here is the statement released from his school principal. A north Alabama middle…
WINCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - Six people have been charged in connection with the death of a man whose remains were exhumed from a Tennessee backyard last month. Winchester police said in a release the Franklin County grand jury met Friday…
backers say modernizes and streamlines Georgia's adoption code
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Police in Savannah are investigating a shooting at a funeral home that wounded a 12-year-old boy.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's revenue agency is using a new identity protection system to help prevent the theft of tax refunds.
ATLANTA (AP) - The number of African-Americans being locked up in Georgia's prison system has dropped to historic lows.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for trying to coerce a 12-year-old Georgia girl to send him sexually explicit pictures.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Health officials in Alabama are investigating 54 flu-related deaths, including one child.
ATLANTA (WDEF) - As the flu continues to ravage our area and schools, in particular, you can find flu shots for free in northwest Georgia. Health Departments in the region are offering them at no cost to residents. Healthcare plans…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Power customers can expect to see their monthly residential electricity bills fall by an average of about $2.70, starting in April. The utility company said in a news release this week that customers will be paying…