NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on Gov. Bill Haslam's road funding proposal (all times local): 3 p.m. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's road funding proposal that would also include Tennessee's first gas tax hike since 1989 has passed the Tennessee…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to launch a new ad campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of opioid addiction. CDC acting director Anne Schuchat discussed the problem at the National Rx Drug Abuse…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill that would ban most abortions at 20 weeks has passed in a Senate committee, despite Tennessee's attorney general calling the measure "constitutionally suspect." Doctors who violated the law could be subject to criminal prosecution…
Eds: APNewsNow. By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A specially appointed Alabama Supreme Court has upheld the suspension of Chief Justice Roy Moore for his actions after landmark decision allowing gay marriage. The court issued the decision…
the matchup in greater Atlanta's northern suburbs is just as much about Ossoff and Handel acting as proxies for the nation's roiled political atmosphere.
Haslam says his approach is fairest because about half of fuel taxes are paid for by trucking companies and out of state drivers.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama health care consultant has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI in a deal related to a Mississippi doctor accused of bribing public officials to win jail medical contracts. Acting U.S.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers have voted to require high schoolers pass a civics exam before graduating.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bills designed to keep school bus riders safe continue to advance in the Tennessee Legislature, with one measure requiring buses to have seat belts clearing another hurdle. The bills came as a result of a deadly…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate has begun debate on a proposal to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a getting a permit. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said Tuesday that he expected the GOP-controlled Senate…
ATLANTA (AP) - The man accused of starting a fire that caused a section of interstate in Atlanta to collapse has pleaded not guilty.
NEW MARKET, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Volunteer Fire Chief in New Market has been indicted after a Comptroller's audit of his department. The investigation found that Frank Solomon stole at least $1,105 from the department. They say he charged auto…
A man riding a motorcycle in the carpool lane hit the rising pavement at high speed and was sent airborne.
Investigators say he pawned two of his service weapons multiple times
the driver repeatedly requested to smoke while the officer was speaking to him, but he was not allowed to get his cigarettes during the stop.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - It wasn't the Easter bunny that startled a South Carolina homeowner and his family. It wasn't even a burglar.
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) The Georgia Department of Transportation says the buckled stretch of Interstate 20 should be fixed by midday on Tuesday.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Police say a man has been charged with felony murder in the strangling of a woman and her 2-year-old son at a home in suburban Atlanta.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Police say two women found dead in a lake in Alabama may have been electrocuted. Authorities held a news conference Monday to discuss the deaths of 34-year-old Shelly Darling and 41-year-old Elizabeth Whipple. They were found…
ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) - A man has been captured after he allegedly stole an Anniston Police Department car and led officers on a chase.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville attorney and former Army helicopter pilot James Mackler says he is running for the Democratic nomination to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Senate.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A research team led by the University of Tennessee Knoxville has received a $9.9 million grant from NASA toward the development of a more aerodynamically capable aircraft.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is joining more than a dozen other states in urging an appeals court to reinstate President Donald Trump's revised travel ban.
ATLANTA (WDEF) You've got to wonder just how safe the interstates are around Alanta these days. First, there was the fire and collapse on I 285. This morning, a chemical truck wreck brought hazmat and a major traffic jam to…