Man pleads guilty to reporting false threat to delay Megabus
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to making a false report about a shooting threat to delay the departure of a missed Megabus headed for Texas.
Kidney donor, recipient plan to climb Kilimanjaro
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Two Birmingham men are planning to climb up the world's best-known mountains after one donated an organ to the other at UAB Hospital.
State patrol urges driver's to use caution during holidays
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia state troopers are urging drivers to use caution during the holiday travel period.
Convicted drug dealer also did real estate deals
ATLANTA (AP) - When the suspected head of a major Atlanta-area drug-trafficking organization had money to spare, the 42-year-old often did what other amateur investors, venture capitalists and businessmen do: He snapped up blighted real estate in the city's struggling neighborhoods.
First DeSoto County homicide of 2016 tied to custody dispute
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) - A dispute over child custody apparently has led to DeSoto County's first homicide of the year. Lt. Chris Shaver of the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department says "domestic ties" were identified between the victim, identified as Shareca…
New Tennessee nursing home admissions banned amid violations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee health officials have banned a nursing home from taking in new residents due to violations. The state Department of Health says new admissions were cut off at Brookhaven Manor in Kingsport this week. Issues were…
Rapper Young Thug arrested at Atlanta mall
The rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, has been released.
Alabama Supreme Court: State can seize gambling machines
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court has reversed a lower court and says the state can seize more than 800 electronic bingo machines from a west Alabama gambling hall. The unanimous decision released Friday involves the Greenetrack gambling…
Judge orders lawyer to wear ankle monitor after wife killed
says gun he was holding fired and the bullet hit his wife who was in the front passenger seat.
Monroe County lottery player wins $1.4 million for Christmas
7th lottery millionaire over the last month in Tennessee
Attorney: German man reaches plea deal in Auburn tree fire
Wiest is accused of setting fire to toilet paper that covered one of the Toomer's oaks after the Auburn-Louisiana State University football game.
Roy Moore among 10 interviewed for US Senate seat in Alabama
Moore is currently suspended from the state supreme court.
Police charge 13 year old with the murder of his younger brother
the boys were the only ones home at the time of the shooting.
South is still growing in latest Census release
Tennessee & Georgia growing above national average
Haslam says GOP colleagues seek delay on road funding plan
Is gas tax hike on the horizon in 2017?
Atlanta airport expects 4.2 million people during holidays
Friday could be busiest flying day of the year
Report: 6 officers in students' arrests violated policy
police arrested four children and took them away - two in handcuffs - to a juvenile detention center
More charges against student who wore gorilla mask at Black Lives Matter rally
His attorney Patrick Denton had said Rettke was exercising his freedom of speech and did not intimidate anyone.
Georgia leads nation in number of executions as Texas slows
With nine lethal injections in 2016, Georgia accounted for nearly half of the 20 executions nationwide
Alabama governor plans special session for prisons
Bentley asked legislators to fund the construction of new prisons this year but the legislation failed.
Postal worker charged after undelivered mail found in woods
some mail from the woods has since been delivered
Weather service confirms 2 weak tornadoes struck Alabama
two twisters touched down - one in Franklin County and the other in Colbert County
The Latest: Electors give Georgia's 16 votes to Trump
Georgia law doesn't require electors to honor the state's popular vote, but those selected this year never swayed.
Tennessee electors unanimously vote for Trump for president
One audience member tried to read out some Scripture before the ballots were cast, but was told he could not speak.