ATLANTA, Ga. (WDEF) -- On Thursday, the Georgia Senate passed a bill that would legalize sports betting in the state. However, it must still pass the House before becoming law. SB 386 would allow the state of Georgia to regulate…
By TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO/AP Sports Writers The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday that challenged its ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A local state lawmaker is encouraging people to take advantage of a state program for gun safety. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) is offering free cable gun locks to gun owners. You…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - A bill to bring sports betting to Georgia has cleared its first hurdle in the legislature. It passed one Senate Committee and now heads to another committee to determine the full Senate will vote on it. The…
WASHINGTON (WDEF) -- Several Republican governors are announcing their support for Texas as the state attempts to secure its southern border. The Biden Administration tried to stop Texas from installing razor wire at the border. They took the case to…
By KIM CHANDLER ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that once again placed the United States at the forefront of the…
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WDEF) - Crews are patching highways across the south after last week's winter storm. But one pothole in Alabama became a sudden priority last night. A fire official in…
By JEFF AMY/Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that would define antisemitism in state law, with Republicans uniting in support of Israel's war on Hamas and some Democrats splitting over fears of suppressing support for…
CHEROKEE, N.C. (WDEF) -- There are two casinos close by, owned by the same Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. We are learning more about the two properties operated by Caesars…
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state House and Senate are pursuing separate bills to remove barcodes from most of the state's ballots, part of a continuing Republican pushback against Georgia's voting machines. The Senate Ethics Committee voted 8-2 on Thursday to…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stop Alabama from executing an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, a controversial and untested method that has prompted legal pushback and a rebuke from the United Nations. Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be the first person in the…
A Boeing 757 jet operated by Delta Air Lines lost a nose wheel while preparing for takeoff from Atlanta, potentially creating more uncertainty around one of the nation's top manufacturers after a troubling string of incidents involving its planes. [caption…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - TDOT officials announced a program across the state to fix potholes on highways that were created in the recent winter storm. The storm brought ice and snow from Memphis to Tri-Cities, along with very cold weather.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would no longer be the only U.S. state to impose a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” on anyone convicted of engaging in sex work while living with HIV under a proposal that advanced…
ATLANTA, Ga. (WDEF) - The Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) released results from a 2021 study looking into rural versus urban car crashes. More than…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Georgia mascot Uga X, whose eight-year run included back-to-back national championships, died Tuesday. Uga X, part of the line of English bulldog mascots which began in 1955, was 2 when he began his run on…
MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Tellico Plains man recently pled guilty to six counts of raping a child. Brandon Wesley Lethco, 36, pled guilty on Monday, January 22, according to District Attorney Shari Tayloe. Brandon…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Blood Assurance is requesting blood donations from the public due to having a very low supply. Additionally, they are asking hospitals to hold off on elective surgeries until at least Wednesday, January 24. Blood Assurance is requesting…
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia, a capital for electric vehicle production, needs to increase its supply of electricity produced without burning fossil fuels in order to meet industries’ demand for clean energy, Gov. Brian Kemp told world business leaders Thursday. Speaking…
BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia. Opponents on Tuesday urged the Bainbridge City Council to block plans by a company called Safer Human Medicine to…
SPENCER, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Several rescue agencies assisted in recovering the body of a person who was lost in Fall Creek Falls State Park. The rescue mission took about 17 hours total to complete.…
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office began investigating a homicide in Fairfield Glade on Wednesday morning. From this incident, two people are deceased and one other is severely injured. At the time of the 911 call,…
Washington coach Kalen DeBoer has informed the team he is leaving to replace Nick Saban at Alabama, according to a person who attended the meeting. DeBoer, 49, is a former NAIA coach who led Washington to the national championship game…
ATLANTA (WDEF) -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a pay raise to public employees and teachers in his State of the State Address on Thursday. Kemp said he wants to give a 4% cost of living increase to public employees.…