The measure says a police officer who comes across someone in possession of a half-ounce or less of marijuana has the option of issuing a civil citation for a $50 fine or community service, rather than arresting the individual.
Tennessee history is "critical for people growing up in our schools system."
One of the adults set a loaded handgun down.
Final jury selection & opening statements should come today in what should be a very long trial
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man has been convicted of killing his grandson in April 2014 in an argument over a steak.
BOSTON (AP) - A couple from Georgia is facing charges in connection with a scheme to defraud Framingham, Massachusetts-based Staples, Inc. of more than $1.4 million.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (CBS News) – Two North Carolina college students died after being shot at a party, officials said early Sunday morning.
LONG BEACH, Miss. (AP) - A coastal Mississippi police chief says he has put two officers on paid administrative leave after the death of a 3-year-old girl who was left alone in a parked car.
QUINTON, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say human remains were found in a shallow grave in central Alabama.
CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) - Police say a man has been arrested after a female taxi driver was fatally shot in suburban Atlanta.
ATLANTA (CBS46) - This weekend marks the end of an era for the Atlanta Braves, as the team plays its last three-game series ever at Turner Field.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld the state's death penalty sentencing structure.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Robert Bentley has announced a new leader to take the helm of finance department.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Clarksville say a new sign-in system at the public school district helped sheriff's deputies arrest three people listed on the sex offender registry who checked-in with local schools.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former postal worker in Tennessee has reached a plea deal after she was accused of keeping nearly 2,700 pieces of undelivered mail inside her home.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two men who helped integrate college basketball came back to Vanderbilt University this week to talk about race. Perry Wallace and Godfrey Dillard shared provocative views on the pace of change, took up matters they rarely…
Authorities in Shelby County have charged two men with human trafficking in connection with an escort service.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The Southern Conference will keep four league championships in North Carolina despite the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference withdrawing championships because of the state law restricting rights of LGBT people.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a former AT&T retail sales worker is accused of obtaining customers' cellphone records and selling them to a private investigator, the second such case in Alabama in recent days.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State authorities are seeking information from the public and law enforcement agencies that have reported cases of vehicles being shot on Interstate 81 in east Tennessee.
FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) - Officials say seven Afghan military students in four different states have been absent without leave since earlier this month. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports U.S. Navy Defense Press Operations commander Patrick L. Evans said in an…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Alabama motorists are getting a costly reminder to look out for deer while driving.
An East Endangered Child Alert is being issued for the Greene County Sheriff’s Office for 13 year old Harley Hopper.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - A student at East Tennessee State University has been arrested for disrupting a Black Lives Matter event on campus wearing a gorilla mask, carrying around a rope and trying to hand out bananas. Johnson City…