DALTON, Ga. (WDEF)-A rare golden eagle was tagged in Dalton, Georgia. After more than three years of photographing these large birds biologists and researchers were finally able to capture and tag one. Researchers hope that with this tagged bird it…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Nashville mayor Karl Dean says he's decided to run for governor of Tennessee in 2018.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is dodging questions about whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions should consider withdrawing from the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Brewery Bill is chugging along through the state Legislature.
Tornado cleanup still continues for some residents of Sequatchie County. Over 100 volunteers brought food, chainsaws and heavy machinery to help clear large tree debris. The tornado blew through the town at 130 miles-per-hour last November and destroyed over a…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An economic boycott by the NAACP is the latest fallout over North Carolina's so-called bathroom bill and other conservative policies.
SNEEDVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee authorities say four people were killed when a vehicle went off the road and struck a tree early Saturday.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted an Alabama state inmate and a woman in a scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee jury has convicted a woman in the death of an infant at her unlicensed in-home daycare in Murfreesboro.
DURHAM, N.C. (CBS News) -- Novelist Michael Peterson agreed to a plea deal Friday that enables him to maintain his innocence even as he acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him of manslaughter in his wife’s death
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Several students at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa have been diagnosed with the mumps.
ATLANTA (AP) - Victims of domestic violence could change their names privately under a bill coming before the Georgia House for a vote.
(WDEF) - "This was a early morning hours where a citizen was getting out of his car to go into a business when he was approached by a white male," noted Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond. That male was Jonathan…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An alleged bank robber who took 11 people hostage in a Tuscaloosa credit union last month has been charged. A federal grand jury indicted 18-year-old Cedrick Lamar Collins on Friday with one count of bank robbery…
Dalton, Ga. (WDEF) – A Whitfield County dog was recently bitten by a raccoon that has since tested positive for rabies. The dog was unvaccinated and must now undergo a six-month quarantine. The dog was attacked by the raccoon during the…
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) - Police in coastal Alabama's beach cities are informing the public about a "zero tolerance" policy of misbehavior during Spring Break. Media outlets report the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores police departments issued warning letters to…
ATHENS, Tenn. (WDEF) - Athens City Middle School administrators sent a letter home to parents letting them know a student brought a gun to school. The letter states on Tuesday the student brought an unloaded handgun, not to do harm but…
NEWNAN, Ga. (WDEF) - Andrea R. Williams has been sentenced to six years and seven months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for using stolen identities to file dozens of fraudulent federal student aid applications. “Williams…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An environmental group says volunteers will be planting tens of thousands of trees in Tennessee this weekend. The Tennessee Environmental Council says more than 20,000 volunteer tree-planters from the state's 95 counties are picking up their…
ATLANTA (AP) - Parents in Georgia could opt to have newborn babies tested for a rare genetic disorder under a bill that has passed the House. The chamber unanimously voted Friday in favor of the bill, sending it to the…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Two doctors who operated a pain management clinic on the Alabama coast are facing time in federal prison after being convicted of running what authorities describe as a pill mill. Jurors in Mobile returned the verdict…
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