DURANT, Miss. (CBS News) -- A man suspected in the slayings of two nuns found dead in their Mississippi home has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the shocking killing that rocked the small town communities where the women served, authorities said.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - State and local elected officials have expressed concerns that the U.S. National Whitewater Center has reopened its channels less than two months after a rafter died from a brain-eating amoeba and with no new regulations in place.
CARTERSVILLE, GA (CBS46) - Investigators tried to determine why the Orient Express roller coaster malfunctioned in Cartersville, causing a moment of chaos.
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man who spent 48 years on the lam after escaping from prison is expected to fight an attempt to return him to Georgia.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT)- The Tennessee football team will take the field on Thursday with an addition to their uniform.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Tough political math doomed Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's proposed state lottery.
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) - A mother has been charged in the death of her son who drowned in the pool at a central Alabama apartment while she shopped at Walmart.
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Fire officials say several bystanders held up a kiddie roller coaster that had begun to collapse in Georgia, allowing six children and one adult to escape.
A Georgia pastor has been charged with molesting a child at his church in the port city of Brunswick.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Robert Bentley's lottery bill hit a major stumbling block over the issue of electronic gaming.
More on the police officer shot Thursday in Blount County, Tenn.
Moats and a deputy were able to get the father to safety and were taking cover behind their vehicles when the son opened fire
the annual start of one of Tennessee’s most long-standing outdoor sports traditions.
when a teacher tried to break up the fight, the teen used the stun gun and then ran.
Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp said the officer responded with a Blount County sheriff's deputy to a domestic disturbance. Sheriff James Berrong says when the two arrived Thursday afternoon, a man came out firing and fatally wounded the officer.
Congress established the United States National Park Service in 1916.
Another controversy for company that runs the Silverdale jail
He was responding to an intoxicated driver report when Grubb tried to drive off and Lorenz somehow ended up in the back of his truck
Some doctors with egregious violations were able to participate in treatment programs and return to practice, while others quietly retired without facing police scrutiny.
Senate leader Randy McNally endorses challenger to current House Speaker Beth Harwell
Two men have been arrested in Memphis in the death of a 19-year-old last year on the Tennessee State University campus.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Police arrest six people for TennCare fraud in three different counties, including one from Chattanooga. 58 year old Linda Longley has been on the run from the law for the last year. She was indicted by a…
22 deaths so far, including Mcclellan building & M&M Mars workers
supporters are trying to keep it on the legislative fast track