Police: Father, son kidnapped and robbed shoot suspect
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Judge: Psychiatric care unconstitutional in Alabama prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge says Alabama is failing to provide constitutionally adequate psychiatric care for state inmates. A 302-page decision released Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson comes in a lawsuit over the state's treatment of…
Tennessee man takes Elvis guitar fight to appeals court
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A Tennessee man is asking an appeals court to overturn a decision that awarded a guitar once owned by Elvis Presley to the National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota. The museum bought…
UPDATE: Gates reopen at Redstone Arsenal after possible active shooter
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) -- UPDATE 5:30 p.m. EDT: Redstone Arsenal posted an update on their Facebook page. HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (AP) - The Latest on reports of an active shooter at an Alabama military post (all times local): 4 p.m. The…
Community rallies around Drive-Thru attack caught on camera
"That's not how people should handle things in life."
Children shot after bullets fired into west Georgia home
four girls were having a sleepover during the shooting Sunday night
Ex-correctional officer arrested for sexual abuse of inmates
50-year-old Andrew Dixon is charged with four counts of custodial sexual abuse for allegedly having sexual contact with the women.
Georgia man charged in teen girl's rape avoids prison
MACON, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia man will avoid prison after pleading guilty to statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl he was initially charged with raping. Media reports that 21-year-old Tremayne Octavious Driskell Jr., of Macon, was also charged with…
Tennessee Capitol evacuated after tunnel fire, no injuries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee state Capitol has been evacuated over concerns about smoke from a fire that broke out in a tunnel being built beneath the building. Media reports that the fire was extinguished by Monday afternoon. It's…
Restaurant owner and teen daughter say they were attacked over cold chicken
BAXLEY, Ga. -- A Georgia restaurant owner and her teenage daughter said they were attacked by customers who were served cold chicken, CBS affiliate WTOC-TV in Savannah reports. Jeanette Norris, owner of the Qwik Chik restaurant in Baxley, Georgia, said the…
Not quite warp speed: Speeding man had alien passenger
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) - Police say a motorcycle officer who stopped a driver for speeding on a suburban highway north of Atlanta had an 'extraterrestrial encounter' - sort of. George Gordon, a spokesman for police in Alpharetta, says that when…
Federal review debunks Georgia election hack accusation
ATLANTA (AP) - The Department of Homeland Security says allegations that the federal government tried to hack Georgia's election systems are unfounded. Secretary of State Brian Kemp accused the department of an attempted hack in December, saying that a computer…
Alabama coroner dies after he is dragged by truck
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - A northwest Alabama coroner is dead after being dragged behind a truck. Florence police tell local media that Colbert County Coroner Carlton Utley became stuck between a pickup truck and a trailer about noon Monday, after…
Park Service posts photos of tree vandalism in the Smoky Mountains
"holds a maximum penality of a $5,000 fine and/or 6 months in jail."
Lauderdale County kept paying workers who quit
“It’s important that government entities follow a clear process whenever there is a separation of employment,”
Former Senate Speaker Ramsey to lobby former colleagues
Ramsey this year worked for a group supporting Gov. Bill Haslam's transportation funding plan, but didn't directly lobby lawmakers.
Police: Bystander jailed for shooting man fleeing officers
a "concerned citizen" got out and fired a handgun, hitting Lennox in the neck.
N. Carolina teen missing over a year found alive in Georgia
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The FBI says a North Carolina teenager who went missing more than a year ago has been found alive in Georgia, and a 31-year-old man faces charges.
Son of former Atlanta Braves player on life support
ATLANTA (AP) - The son of a former Atlanta Braves infielder has been placed on life support after recently being hit in the face by a baseball.
"Dream come true" for new Miss Tennessee pageant winner
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - The newly crowned Miss Tennessee says her win is a dream come true.
Tennessee redistricting didn't heavily skew partisan makeup
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An Associated Press analysis has found that redistricting in Tennessee after the 2010 Census did not significantly skew seats in either party's favor.
Man dies after falling from a waterfall in North Carolina
OLD FORT, N.C. (AP) - A man has died after falling about 70 feet (20 meters) from a waterfall in western North Carolina.
Man charged in fatal Nashville shooting of boy, 14, in car
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A 19-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy in Nashville as they sat in a parked vehicle at a ball field.
Eastern Tennessee earthquake confirmed; no damage reported
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Officials have confirmed a small earthquake has hit eastern Tennessee.