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…
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…
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.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - An inmate who authorities say complained of flu-like symptoms has died at a North Carolina jail.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 (AP) - The world's busiest airport has increasingly become a refuge for Atlanta's homeless, especially during cold weather.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers wants the state legislature to formally denounce President Donald Trump's plan to expand oil drilling into waters off its coast.
ATLANTA (AP) - A newspaper reports that a man suspected of killing a police officer before dying in a shootout with authorities in Georgia held anti-government views.
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia transportation officials are exploring the idea of a separate highway for trucks only.
LOCUST GROVE, Ga. (AP) - The killing of a police officer and wounding of two deputies in a sudden, unexpected burst of gunfire has left a Georgia town in shock.
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…