NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro lauded his school system's commitment to diversity while acknowledging "some tension" as UT tries to be more inclusive.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville police officer has resigned from the force after being arrested and charged with stealing a bottle of whiskey from a suspected drunken driver's crashed car. The department said in a news release that 29-year-old…
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A southwest Georgia woman charged with killing a man by slashing his throat has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after she agreed to plead guilty to reduced charges.
GADSDEN, Ala. (CBS News) -- Family and authorities are searching for a northern Alabama woman who has been missing nearly two weeks, reports CBS affiliate WIAT.
ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta official has been fired from City Hall amid a federal bribery investigation.
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia driver's licenses given to immigrants and others with legal permission to be in the U.S. would include the word "noncitizen" under legislation proposed this year.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Five mayors from Middle Tennessee are speaking out in favor of allowing local governments to hold referendums on raising taxes to pay for transit projects.
ATLANTA (AP) - After a rough year for Georgia police officers, a group of senators are working on a package of bills designed to support law enforcement.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee senator has locked up her state Capitol office amid a renewed feud with protesters.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama senator wants the federal government to cover most of the cost of caring for jail inmates with mental illnesses.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - Critics are complaining about the state of Georgia's plan to stage a coyote-killing contest in metro Atlanta.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Clarksville woman has been arrested in the slaying of an Army veteran whose body was found in a wooded area of Middle Tennessee in 2015.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - An Athens firefighter is dead after he was injured in a tree-trimming accident.
Son was returning home, father was going to work in the early morning hours
SUV pulling boat went off highway, landed near tracks, then hit by a train
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say gunfire struck the student life center on the campus of a south Georgia university, prompting a brief lockdown.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - A dump truck driver whose unattended truck ran over and killed a North Carolina boy has been sentenced to 65 days in jail.
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta has been named one of three communities worldwide chosen for the Safer Roads Challenge, an initiative involving several companies aimed at finding solutions to traffic dangers.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The state of Alabama is launching a savings program meant to help people with disabilities.
TUSCALOSSA, Ala. (AP) - The governor's office says exports from Alabama-made products totaled nearly $20.6 billion last years.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Eric Church cancelled more than 25,000 tickets to his spring tour that were purchased by scalpers and is making those seats available to fans for purchase.
DETROIT (WDEF) - The United States dominates a list of the worst traffic cities in the world, according to a new report. Transportation analytics firm Inrix crunched the numbers. The U.S. had half of the top ten cities, including #1,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Protests around the state Capitol in Nashville have some Republicans calling for a crackdown on demonstrators and for resurrecting more stringent security requirements for entering the legislative office complex.
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say two Georgia men were arrested with drugs, fraudulent credit cards and driver's licenses after police smelled marijuana coming from a car parked at a shopping mall just outside Nashville, Tennessee.