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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
"holds a maximum penality of a $5,000 fine and/or 6 months in jail."
“It’s important that government entities follow a clear process whenever there is a separation of employment,”
Ramsey this year worked for a group supporting Gov. Bill Haslam's transportation funding plan, but didn't directly lobby lawmakers.
a "concerned citizen" got out and fired a handgun, hitting Lennox in the neck.
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.
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.
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - The newly crowned Miss Tennessee says her win is a dream come true.
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.
OLD FORT, N.C. (AP) - A man has died after falling about 70 feet (20 meters) from a waterfall in western North Carolina.
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.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Officials have confirmed a small earthquake has hit eastern Tennessee.
FORT MORGAN, Ala. (AP) - A man has drowned during an attempt to rescue children swimming on the Gulf Coast of Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is asking for federal assistance for farmers because of crop losses from Tropical Storm Cindy.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A professor in Tennessee has a solution for a student who missed class after she couldn't find someone to babysit her 3-year-old girl: Just bring the child to class.
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia authorities have given $10,000 apiece to two Tennessee households for help catching two inmates accused of killing their guards while escaping from a prison bus. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in an email Friday that…
ATLANTA (AP) - DeKalb County has been fined $294,000 for spilling sewage into public waterways and underreporting the number of spills to environmental regulators. Atlanta media reports the fines were levied this week. The largest part of the fine, $147,500,…
ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta homeless shelter will close its doors for good after years of legal battles. Media outlets report that Peachtree Pine homeless shelter will close Aug. 28. Its building will be turned over to the downtown development…
"changes to Medicaid funding shift a significant financial burden to states by limiting the federal government's funding of Medicaid programs."