MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate has voted to require insurers to cover autism therapy but only until the child turns 18. Senators voted 33-1 Tuesday to mandate the coverage of applied behavioral analysis, an intensive therapy. The House…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former student has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Vanderbilt University, claiming he was wrongfully accused of sexual assault. Reports state the lawsuit was filed May 5. It claims the student, identified only as "Z.J.,"…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee sheriff's deputy is facing charges that he stole money from the bank account of an elderly woman whom he befriended. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says Bedford County Sheriff's Deputy Garcia Romero Jordan was…
NORTH COURTLAND, Ala. (AP) - The North Courtland mayor says he's giving up six months of his salary to the town to help provide needed resources. Mayor Riley Evans Sr. says $6,000 of his salary will help fund local law…
He is one of the top Republican politicians left in office after the last tumultuous year.
JACKSON, Ga. (WDEF)- The execution of a man convicted of killing a Murray County man is on hold, for now. J.W. Ledford, Jr. was scheduled to be put to death tonight at a state prison in Jackson, Georgia. The 45-year-old…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama House of Representatives has approved legislation aimed at shortening death penalty appeals.
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill seeking to make it easier for rural areas to get access to the internet.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF)- A 15-year-old Dayton teenager is facing a criminal homicide charge and will remain in custody until at least September. Trinity Quinn and 28-year-old Daniel Clark are accused in the shooting death of a convenience store clerk in…
At this point, police don't know if he fired the shots that hit a ten year old girl and the woman, or if they were hit by the officer's firing.
A last-minute change adopted by lawmakers lowered the minimum internet speed requirement from download speeds from the federal definition of 25 megabits per second to 10 megabits per second.
Barry voiced concerns that the bill doesn't exempt transit facilities
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country legend Loretta Lynn is starting rehabilitation after suffering a stroke more than a week ago. An update posted on her website Monday said the 85-year-old Country Music Hall of Fame singer and songwriter has been…
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) - Alabama prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the bond for a young woman accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy.
J.W. Ledford Jr. is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday.
the rig was considered evidence in a recent traffic-related death in Roane County.
Authorities said all lanes of Interstate 85 near the heart of Atlanta were reopened over the weekend
MOORESBURG, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a man whose pickup truck went into Cherokee Lake in eastern Tennessee.
FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) - A mandatory evacuation order has been lifted for two south Georgia towns threatened for days last week by a wildfire that had spread outside the boundaries of the neighboring Okefenokee swamp.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A conference committee will decide what to do with an Alabama bill that would prevent Confederate monuments from being taken down.
ATLANTA (AP) - All lanes of a heavily used interstate in Atlanta have been reopened - about six weeks after a highway bridge collapsed because of a massive fire.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation into law to ban abortions in Tennessee after 20 weeks if a doctor determines the fetus is viable through required tests. The legislation that subjects doctors to felony penalties…
The 50-year-old teacher will have a detention hearing to decide whether he should be held or granted bail.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - For the second time in three months, an Athens man has been arrested for an incident involving pork chops. Athens-Clarke County Police tells media that 29-year-old Terry Ball was arrested Wednesday for violation of a family…