Georgia execution tonight would set modern record for a year
Georgia will have executed more inmates this year than any other state.
Tennessee sets new record in drug overdose deaths in 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee health officials say the state hit a record in drug overdose deaths in 2015.
Holly Bobo trial will be moved to Hardin County, Tennessee
Change of Venue will only be about 30 miles
2 of 1,100 Alabama wildfires under investigation
no arrests made so far.
Gas pump disputes leads Tennessee lawmaker to call police
Rep. Mike Sparks vs Speedway gas
Gov. Deal bans fireworks in much of drought-stricken Georgia
No fireworks for New Year's Eve?
Man gets 40-year sentence for killing daughter's sexual abuser
Brooks pleaded guilty in 2002 to sexually abusing the man's young daughter.
Miss Dade County to Compete in Miss Georgia USA State Pageant
DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF)- Alyssa Jackson is the new Miss Dade County USA and will be competing in the Miss Georgia USA pageant at the Henry County Performing Arts Center in McDonough, Ga.
FEMA Authorizes Federal Funds to Help Battle Georgia Wildfires
ATLANTA, Ga. (FEMA News Release) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized federal funds to reimburse costs to Georgia to fight the Tatum Gulf Fire burning in Dade County.
Georgia father guilty of murder in hot car death
A Georgia father has been found guilty of murder in the 2014 death of his toddler son who perished after being left in a hot car.
Unfinished Bellefonte nuclear power plant sold for $111 million
company plans to finish the twin-reactor as a nuclear power plant and bring it online.
Jury deliberations enter 4th day in hot-car death trial
The jury deliberated Tuesday through Thursday last week without reaching a verdict.
Tennessee Supreme Court OKs new, easier divorce forms
the forms are intended to simplify divorce proceedings for people with children.
Boy, 9, hospitalized in Tennessee after crashing car
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Clarksville say a 9-year-old boy has been hospitalized after a car he was driving crashed.
College student accused of raping teen in dorm room arrested
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Police say a University of Alabama student accused of raping a teenage girl in a dorm room has been arrested.
Birmingham agency wins extension for Zika research
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Birmingham-based Southern Research is expanding its work on the Zika virus.
Drought takes its toll on Columbus whitewater rafting course
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - The ongoing drought in Georgia has taken a toll on whitewater rafting on the Chattahoochee River.
Southerners donning masks as suspected arsons lead to dozens of wildfires
ATLANTA (CBS News) - Wildfires near the Georgia-North Carolina line are spewing smoke so thick that residents are being urged to wear special masks if they must do outdoor activities.
Nashville schools offer post-election counseling to students
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville school districts says it is providing its counselors with "special post-election protocols" to help students in the aftermath of the presidential election.
UGA settles with EPA over hazardous waste violations
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - The University of Georgia will spend more than $400,000 after federal inspectors found dozens of safety violations in the way it handles hazardous waste.
3 fatalities identified in fiery I-40 crash near Crossville
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified three people who died in a fiery crash on Interstate 40 near Crossville.
Dry, windy conditions feed wildfires across the Southeast
5,000 firefighters & 40 aircraft now battling southeast fires
Knoxville Democrat seeks court order on provisional ballots; Election Commissioner Missing
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic candidate Gloria Johnson is asking a judge to order the Knox County election commission to release the names of voters who cast provisional ballots in her state House race.
Trump protesters block Nashville, students rally at UT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Students at Fisk University held a protest that blocked traffic in downtown Nashville Wednesday afternoon to express their disagreement with Donald Trump being elected president. And in Knoxville, hundreds of students held an anti-Trump rally on the campus of the state's flagship public university.