MACON, Ga. (AP) - A former nurse accused of having sex on the job inside a Georgia state prison is now under arrest. The charges include sexually assaulting a convicted rapist. Thirty-five-year-old Jodi Suzanne Rigby was arrested Thursday. A newspaper…
CENTRE, Ala. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering $2,500 for information leading to the conviction of whoever shot and killed a bald eagle in Alabama near the Georgia state line. Agency spokesman Phil Kloer (KLOHR) says…
"At the time of this arrest it is believed that this student did not have any intent to harm anyone."
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Lawmakers are attempting to define what criminal convictions should disqualify a person from voting. The House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday for the bill. The Alabama Constitution says people convicted of felonies involving "moral turpitude" are…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - The newly elected President will be at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium next Wednesday evening, March 15th. The event will start at 6:30 P.M. Central time, although the doors will open at 3:30 P.M. The Tennessee Republican Party…
she and the other women were supposed to dance for money
Prosecutors say they recruited mainly Middle Easterners and Egyptians living around Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill seeking to ban abortion in Tennessee at the first detected fetal heartbeat, as early as six weeks, has failed for the year. A House health panel voted not to consider the legislation by Republican…
MCINTOSH, Ala. (AP) - Residents of a Washington County town are complaining they were never properly notified of a chlorine leak from a chemical plant. A report by Olin Corp. to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management says 738 pounds…
ATLANTA (AP) - Police say they helped eight women leave an Atlanta-area mansion after a woman called 911 and said she was there to work as a dancer and her boss threatened to kill her if she left. Sandy Springs…
The bill would have made possession of less than one-eighth of an ounce of marijuana a fine of no more than $50.
bill sponsored by Sen. Todd Gardenhire, a Republican from Chattanooga, would allow poor children zoned for the lowest-performing schools to get a voucher.
HINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Police in southeast Georgia are investigating after two soldiers were found dead in an apartment outside Fort Stewart. Hinesville police Capt. James C. Reid said Tuesday that an anonymous tip made to a police department in…
it will remain in a holding pattern.
used it to gamble online and pay personal debts.
The committee is tasked with making a recommendation to the full House of Representatives on whether there are grounds to impeach Bentley.
ATLANTA, Ga. (WDEF) -- Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is urging everyone to change the batteries in their smoke alarms at the same time they change their clocks to daylight saving time on March 12. “The annual change…
(CBS News) NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Police are searching for a suspect seen on surveillance video after a Tennessee nurse was fatally stabbed inside her condo in what police are calling a “rare” random attack, reports CBS affiliate WTVF. 23-year-old Tiffany…
Dalton, Georgia (WDEF) - On June 9, 2016, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation(GBI) was requested by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision (GDCS) to investigate allegations of an inappropriate relationship between GDCS employee Aldo F.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The city of Nashville has launched a summer job program that officials say will help young people ages 14 to 24 find meaningful job and internships. Mayor Megan Barry announced the new initiative, which is called…
Boyd stepped down last month as Haslam's economic development commissioner
73,500 chickens were destroyed
ATLANTA (AP) - University of Georgia officials say they will rebury the remains of 105 bodies discovered when expanding a building on the campus.
CAMDEN, Tenn. (AP) - Neighbors of a landfill in Benton County say the 42-acre site is a threat to the community's health.