Hunting and fishing licenses going on sale in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Licenses for hunting and fishing are going on sale this weekend in Tennessee.
US rep: Tennessee should use $29M on backup paper ballots
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper is urging Tennessee's Republican-led legislature to use $29 million-plus in federal money on backup paper ballots, citing concerns from national security experts over vulnerabilities of paperless systems to hacking from Russia…
3 convictions out of 4 in Pilot Flying J verdict
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Three of four former employees of truck stop chain Pilot Flying J have been convicted in connection with a rebate scam. They have been on trial since November in Federal court in Chattanooga. Former company President Mark…
Black defends campaign checks, trucking emissions loophole
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rep. Diane Black is defending efforts to extend an emissions loophole benefiting a Tennessee-based trucking company whose entities, executives and family gave her gubernatorial campaign $225,000, as The New York Times reported. Campaign spokesman Chris Hartline…
Lyerly man killed in Georgia crash
CAVE SPRING, Georgia (WDEF) - A crash this morning below Rome, Georgia claims the life of a Lyerly man. It happened around 8 AM on Blacks Bluff Road near Cave Spring. An SUV coming out of a curve crossed over…
GOP-led committee unanimously votes down Tennessee gun bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Republican-led House committee has unanimously voted down legislation to let Tennessee handgun permit holders bring guns most places, including hospitals and professional sports arenas. In the Civil Justice Subcommittee Wednesday, Gov. Bill Haslam's administration, the…
Flu now closing schools west of Chattanooga
ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) - The flu outbreak is now shutting down school systems around the Cumberland Plateau. Grundy County will close schools for the rest of the week. Students were already scheduled off for a professional development day Friday (now…
Suspect arrested for "Menacing" at Sylvania School
SYLVANIA, Alabama (WDEF) - Sylvania School was put on lockdown Tuesday after reports of a stranger on campus with a gun. School officials called the Sheriff's Department, who got a deputy on the scene in three minutes. The suspect had…
3 Dead, Firefighter Hurt In South Nashville House Fire
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) - Three people have died following an early-morning fire at a South Nashville home.
81-year-old woman, caretaker daughter killed in house fire
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman and her caretaker daughter have died in a house fire.
23 Tennessee stores shut, accused of selling marijuana candy
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Local, state and federal authorities in Tennessee have padlocked 23 stores and indicted 21 people they accuse of selling candy and other products containing a form of marijuana.
Former Alabama governor out of hospital after heart surgery
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is out of the hospital after heart surgery. A statement from Siegelman's family says he was released from St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham on Tuesday. Siegelman had heart surgery last week…
Dogs that killed a Sand Mountain woman are euthanized
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - Four dogs involved in a fatal mauling back in December on Sand Mountain have been euthanized. The dogs attacked two women on County Road 121, west of Rainsville, Alabama. 24 year old Emily Colvin was killed…
Firefighter dies, 4 injured in partial collapse after blaze
LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee firefighter was killed and four others injured when part of a home collapsed after a blaze. Lawrenceburg Fire Department Chaplin Chad Moore said 38-year-old fire engineer Jason Dickey died Monday after becoming trapped with…
Georgia Senate backs expanding Sunday alcohol sales
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgians would be able to purchase alcohol at restaurants and wineries on Sunday mornings, under a proposal approved by state senators. The Senate voted 38-18 on Tuesday in favor of allowing on-premise consumption to begin at 11…
Group wants probe of utility's jets, luxury helicopter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A clean-energy advocacy group wants an investigation after the Tennessee Valley Authority bought two corporate jets and a Mercedes-Benz helicopter.
Georgia man with flu-like symptoms dies at N Carolina jail
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - An inmate who authorities say complained of flu-like symptoms has died at a North Carolina jail.
Tennessee bill would limit licensing denials of ex-offenders
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill in Tennessee would limit the ability of state licensing boards to deny occupational licenses based on the criminal history of applicants.
Tennessee House OKs bill to offer pre-abortion ultrasound look
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Republican-led Tennessee House has passed a bill that would require doctors to offer women who are getting abortions a look at an ultrasound, if one was performed beforehand. The House voted 74-20 Monday on the…
Better air in Tennessee could end emissions testing
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Tennessee is now officially in compliance with federal air quality standards for particulate pollution. Some lawmakers believe that's a good enough reason to halt those required emissions tests. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) has…
Country singer Daryle Singletary dies unexpectedly
LEBANON, Tennessee (WDEF) - County singer Daryle Singletary died Monday morning at his home in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was just 46 years old. At this time, the cause of death is unknown. Singletary had three Top Ten hits in the…
Aiming to combat teen suicide, Georgia turns to social media
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia officials are turning to social media in an effort to cut down on teen suicides. WABE Radio reports that 144 children and teenagers in Georgia took their own lives from 2015 to 2017. Authorities say that…
Trump plan would study sale of federal utility's assets
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander today released the following statement on the proposal in the president’s budget to sell the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) transmission lines: “This looney idea of selling TVA’s transmission lines seems…
Atlanta's homeless are flocking to airport atrium overnight
ATLANTA (AP) - The world's busiest airport has increasingly become a refuge for Atlanta's homeless, especially during cold weather.