WASHINGTON (WDEF) — At the Senate education committee hearing on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said that “Tennessee, Louisiana, and New Mexico have taken the most advantage of the flexibility we offered under the law in…
NASHVILLE – Family members, friends and clergy reported 32% of the cases of financial exploitation against an elderly person in Tennessee last year according to the Adult Protective Services (APS) division of the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS). The…
“The 15 counties within these five judicial districts border the Interstate 75 corridor, which has long been known as a major path of transportation for the illegal opioid market."
ROSALIE, Alabama (WDEF) - The Jackson County Sheriff's Department has charged a suspect in a shooting and fight Saturday night in the Rosalie community. Investigators say it happened around a bonfire off County Road 78 near the Bluff. They say…
DALLAS, Texas (WDEF) - Coaching friend Pat Dye says Gene Stallings should recover from a heart attack he suffered over the weekend in Dallas. The former Alabama coach was placed on a ventilator after developing a clot. Stallings has already…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee city will receive more than a million dollars in grant money from the U.S. Department of Justice to finish processing untested rape kits. The Commercial Appeal reports that Congressman Steve Cohen announced the $1.07…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Health officials on the Georgia coast are reporting a fatal case of mosquito-borne West Nile virus. The Coastal Health District of the Georgia Department of Public Health said in a news release Monday that officials have…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's highest court has reversed the conviction of a man who was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after he held up his middle finger and shouted at his pastor during a service. The unanimous opinion issued…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A squad of 7-foot (2.1-meter) infantrymen cast in bronze for an anti-terrorism memorial is being delivered to a Georgia museum this week by the central Ohio sculptor who created the statues. The Columbus Dispatch reports that…
ATLANTA (AP) - Travelers headed to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport could encounter more congestion at the terminal curbside, as the airport steps up construction of massive canopies outside the terminal.
ATLANTA (AP) - Liberal icon Bernie Sanders is wading into the crowded Atlanta mayor's race as he campaigns and raises money for Vincent Fort.
MORROW, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a Craigslist scammer has been arrested following a deadly hit-and-run in a store parking lot.
(AP) -- Prosecutors say an Alabama pharmacy technician tampered with vials of medicine intended for cancer patients by removing morphine to feed his opioid addiction and then shipping off diluted, ineffective medicine.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee golf course has dropped a Confederate general from its name.
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - A suspect in an armed robbery of a McDonald's was found dead behind the restaurant's dumpster, minutes after the holdup.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two men accused of spray-painting profane references to Allah on a Tennessee Islamic center and placing bacon around an entrance are facing federal charges.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's opponents from both sides of the political spectrum aren't holding back their attacks until after he decides whether to become a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court says a man can't sue over an unpaid, $1.4 million jackpot at an Indian casino.
Spangler was actually arrested in Chattanooga three years ago as a fugitive
By SADIE GURMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Law enforcement officials say a note found in the car of a man charged in a Tennessee church shooting referenced retaliation for a white supremacist's massacre at a black…
The burglaries ranged from Rosalie to Section.
the prosecution's case against Comer encountered several problems, including the death of a key witness.
ATLANTA (CBS News)-- Shortly before he thought he would be put to death, a Georgia death row inmate recorded an apology to the family of the woman he killed. Keith Leroy Tharpe was scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. Tuesday. But the U.S.…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Court records show a young woman charged with leaking U.S. secrets told FBI agents she was frustrated with her job as a government contractor when she tucked a classified report into her pantyhose and smuggled it…