(Story Updated to include statement from school system) KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The story of Keaton Jones continues to develop on Monday. He became the subject of a national furor when his mom posted an emotional, anti-bullying video on Facebook…
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ATLANTA (AP) - The lingering threat of icy roads is keeping some schools closed in Georgia days after a winter storm covered parts of the Deep South with snow. News outlets report schools in several metro Atlanta counties were closed…
(CBS News) -- A boy teased for being "different" was flooded with comforting messages from dozens of celebrities over the weekend. This comes after he expressed his daily struggles as a victim of bullying in a heart-wrenching video posted online.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman's video of her son recounting being bullied at middle school has prompted a wave of support from athletes and entertainers.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A historical marker has been unveiled honoring a pioneering activist for gay and lesbian rights in Tennessee.
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A fire official says a father and two of his children have died in a house fire in Tennessee.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - There are both firm convictions and uneasy feelings in church pews as Alabama's U.S. Senate race winds down.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say five people were injured by a sudden fire sparked by leaking gas at a Catholic school on the Alabama coast.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Secret recordings of a defendant uttering racial epithets are threatening to disrupt the federal fraud trial of former executives and sales staffers at the truck stop chain controlled by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam.
ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on a wintry mix that threatens a wide swath of the South (all times local): Georgia Traffic Cameras 8:20 a.m. Nearly two dozen school districts in north Georgia have closed as snow continues…
SECTION, ALABAMA (WDEF) - A 24 year old woman was killed in a dog attack Thursday morning on Sand Mountain. It happened at a home on County Road 121 in Section, Alabama. Jackson County officials say Emily Mae Colvin died…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen is jumping back into politics. He announced on Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate. Bredesen has been exploring a run since Bob Corker announced he would not seek re-election.…
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in Georgia say a bystander shot a man who was attacking a deputy who had just given him a ride to a gas station. News outlets report Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson said 52-year-old Sgt.…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on the Atlanta mayoral runoff. (all times local): 9:55 a.m. The razor-thin margin in the runoff to become Atlanta's mayor must feel like deja vu for Mary Norwood. Norwood, who trails behind front-runner Keisha Lance…
By STEVE PEOPLES and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) - Populist firebrand Steve Bannon savaged national Republican leaders in a fiery call to rally voters behind embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore as the battle for the GOP's soul…
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LIBERTY CO., GA (WDEF) - One child was killed when a school bus crashed into a tree this morning near Savannah, Georgia. 21 children were on the bus, all Elementary school students. The fatality was a five year old girl.…
FLAT ROCK, Alabama (WDEF) Jackson County investigators have made an arrest in a break-in at the Flat Rock School on Sand Mountain. They charged 41 year old Billy Edward Blake of Fort Payne on Monday. He faces charges of 3rd…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Savannah police are crediting an officer with saving the life of a choking newborn baby by racing to her apartment and then using chest compressions to restart the infant's breathing. Dramatic video from an officer's body-worn…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A dozen states want the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space to stretch out in their cages. The Missouri attorney general…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal utility has received $3.5 million in a settlement with a tree-trimming firm that pleaded guilty in a scheme to employ thousands of people in the country illegally. A Tennessee Valley Authority's Office of Inspector…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is throwing his full support behind embattled Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race. Trump tweeted early Monday that "Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we…
KODAK, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say police officers in Tennessee have shot a man during a confrontation at a home.