Tailspin Racer Comes To Splash Country
Dollywood's Splash Country just announced that a new ride named Tailspin, a $2 million attraction, will be coming to the park in the beginning of 2017.
Lottery bills get first test in Alabama Legislature
lawmakers say the bills face an uncertain outlook in the special session.
Kennesaw man sentenced to 15 years in road rage incident
James Matthew Colomb was sentenced to 15 years this past Wednesday for aggravated assault.
Amazon shoppers in Alabama to pay more after sales tax hike
Amazon customers in Alabama will see an additional 8 percent added to their purchases beginning Nov. 1 because the massive online retailer has agreed to start collecting and remitting sales tax in Alabama.
The Latest: Chief says slain Georgia officer a 'humble guy'
A police chief who employed a slain Georgia officer part-time says he was a "quiet, humble guy" who followed his father into law enforcement.
MORE: Authorities: 6 dead in plane crash in Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say six people are dead following the crash of a small airplane near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Man charged in wounding of 4-year-old child
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Memphis have charged a man in the shooting of a 4-year-old child.
Police: Skimmers found at 3 Clarksville ATM locations
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Clarksville are investigating the discovery of devices that steal consumers' credit card information on the ATMs of local banks.
Deputies asked to look inward during 'Blue Courage' training
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies in an east Georgia county are taking a new type of police training course in which they're asked to look inward, do some self-searching and discuss their emotions.
Alabama remains not to regulate amusement park rides
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama remains one of six states with no inspections of amusement parks after the death of a 10-year-old boy who was killed in a water slide accident in Kansas.
Cop fatally shot in Georgia; suspect on the loose
EASTMAN, Ga. (CBS News) - Authorities say a police officer in a small, central Georgia city has been shot and killed by a suspect who remains on the loose.
2 fires caused by oily rags hit east Tennessee town in month
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - An east Tennessee community is urging the proper storage and disposal of oil-soaked rags following the fourth fire involving spontaneous combustion in the past four years.
Tennessee officials give new details in sex trafficking case
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a man accused of selling a 12-year-old girl from Texas for sex took the girl to Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville for a month before his arrest.
Georgia fugitive, his 3 missing children found in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) - Authorities in Hawaii have arrested a Georgia kidnapping fugitive.
Another blow for VW owners: millions at risk for key hack
(CBS News) - Volkswagen owners may have another headache on their hands: a security vulnerability that allows hackers to wirelessly unlock millions of cars.
Police respond to reported shooting at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (CBS News) - Police in North Carolina have responded to reports of a shooting at a busy mall in an affluent area of Raleigh, according to CBS affiliate WNCN.
Bonnaroo docket day nets 277 criminal cases
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - Coffee County judicial officials' first ever Bonnaroo docket day has resulted in 277 criminal cases stemming from the four-day music and arts festival.
Counting fireworks injuries a struggle in Georgia, elsewhere
ATLANTA (AP) - Most fireworks became legal in Georgia in 2015 but state officials can't say whether the number of injuries has changed - echoing a nationwide pattern in which experts believe fireworks injuries go underreported.
Report: Ferris wheel that dropped girls had worn out rivets
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A fair ride operator has received permission to renew running its rides at Tennessee fairs - other than a Ferris wheel that dropped three girls to the ground.
Iconic Nashville studios to open their doors to tourists
tour companies in the past used personal relationships to occasionally get access to recording studios, but there's never been a formal offering.
Q&A: Obama's transgender directive to schools goes to court
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama are all part of the lawsuit
2 Tennessee men accused of sexual relationship with 15 year old student
The two men are a teacher and a former school board member
Woman charged with infant's death in Gadsden crash
St. George admitted to investigators that she had used crack cocaine and consumed alcohol before driving.
Deputies: 40 arrested in child-sex sting in east Georgia
"Some offenders had to be wrestled…..some had to be chased, but in the end all the offenders ended up in the Effingham County Jail."