NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Randy Travis met with Tennessee lawmakers to raise awareness for stroke victims following his near-fatal stroke in 2013. Travis was at the state Capitol on Wednesday, hours before he was to be feted at…
ATLANTA (AP) - A proposal to expand access to medical marijuana has cleared a state Senate working group.
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - After five years on the run, a Mississippi man has been arrested and accused of not paying almost a quarter of a million dollars in child support.
RALEIGH, N.C. (CBS News) -- A North Carolina court temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that stripped the new Democratic governor of some of his powers.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has introduced legislation seeking to ban any open alcohol bottles or cans in vehicles traveling on Tennessee roads.
PISGAH, Alabama (WDEF) A Jackson County deputy shot and killed a suspect Tuesday night on Sand Mountain. It happened Tuesday evening after 6PM at a home on County Road 60. Officials say that 18 year old Alex Christopher Davis of…
convicted of selling an appointment to a state health board in exchange for donations to his 1999 campaign for a state lottery.
University isn't saying what the offenses were
MOUNT PLEASANT, Tennessee (WDEF) - Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are taking over the case of another officer related shooting this week. This one happened in Mount Pleasant overnight. The call began with another chase earlier in the…
Billy Boyette shoots himself as police move in after killing spree
the Highway Patrol will test out some equipment in April.
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) - A police officer in suburban Atlanta who was fired after hitting pedestrians while speeding to the scene of an accident now faces a vehicular homicide charge. Police spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera in Gwinnett County, Georgia, says…
ATLANTA (AP) - House members are acting quickly to extend a tax on hospitals that allows Georgia to draw $600 million in federal support for the Medicaid budget.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Visitors entering a Tennessee prison one day last week had the word "Trump" stamped on their hands as they passed through security.
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers are again trying to let licensed gun owners carry handguns on public college campuses.
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers want fire departments to provide additional insurance coverage for firefighters diagnosed with certain types of cancer.
Boyette and Rice are also suspected in the deaths of two women in nearby Milton Jan. 31 and the Friday death of a woman in Lillian, Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A longtime aide says former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is to be released from prison this week, nearing the end of a 6 and 1/2 sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice. Friend and former aide…
Nashville, Tenn. (WDEF) - Services were held today for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Officer who died in the Cumberland River while trying to save a woman.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The man who spearheaded the planting of a tree in honor of Anne Frank in a Birmingham park doesn't want it to be forgotten once tours of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument begin. Al.com reports…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam says Tennessee has been sued for moving to require all major online vendors to collect sales taxes on purchases made in the state.
The idea is to recreate a 1960's era vibe without any of the inconvenience of actually being outdoors.
No condition on suspect, officer treated and released
He was trying to rescue a worker at a chemical plant