MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama families are paying slightly less at the grocery store after a 1% reduction in the state sales tax on food took effect this month. State lawmakers in June approved legislation to gradually remove half of…
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia on Saturday shot and killed a 17-year-old boy they said killed a police dog and pointed a gun at officers, authorities said. The Clayton County Police Department identified the teenager as Stephon Ford,…
ATLANTA (AP) — Five people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute among men being held at an overcrowded jail in Atlanta that is already the subject of a federal civil rights investigation, authorities said Friday. Dayvion Blake, 23, was…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - A Texas man has pleaded guilty to posting a threatening message online directed against election workers in Georgia after the 2020 election. Federal prosecutors say Chad Christopher Stark posted the message to Craigslist threatening bloody revenge…
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced three major interstate construction projects Thursday, including the widening of Interstate 65 in Shelby County. Ivey announced the $500 million in construction projects during a news conference in Hoover. The largest…
By RUSS BYNUM and JEFF AMY Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said Thursday they will spend an additional $2 billion and hire an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker’s…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislator has agreed to plead guilty to a felony voter fraud charge that he used a fraudulent address to run for office in a district where he did not live, according to an agreement…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday and waived arraignment in the case accusing him and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.…
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A medical equipment sterilizing plant that uses a chemical whose emissions could lead to cancer and other health risks says it plans to close its Tennessee location by next spring, according…
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud, entering a default judgment against…
By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The only person who spent time behind bars as a result of the sweeping indictment related to efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia remained in jail Wednesday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee special session regarding public safety has adjourned for both the Senate and the House. The special session ended on Tuesday, passing a total of three bills. WTVF Nashville reported that only one of those…
By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Idalia strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday and barreled toward Florida's Gulf Coast as authorities warned residents of vulnerable areas to pack up and leave to escape the twin threats of…
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Police charged a University of North Carolina graduate student Tuesday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a faculty member that caused a…
ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents have arrested a woman who they say shot and killed a four-year-old girl in Rockwood, Tennessee. The TBI began investigating…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police recently assisted in solving a 2022 murder case out of Douglas County, Georgia. On June 7, 2022, four people invaded an apartment complex in Lithia…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Governor Bill Lee authorized the Tennessee National Guard to send troops to assist in battling a Louisiana wildfire. Officials say this is the largest wildfire in Louisiana history. Two…
UPDATE: The shelter in place at the University of North Carolina has ended. However, all classes are cancelled for Tuesday, August 29 and all non-mandatory operations are suspended. At around 4:30 p.m., UNC sent out an alert to stay away…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Gasoline prices in Chattanooga are finally falling while leading up to Labor Day weekend. GasBuddy reports that Chattanooga's average gas prices fell 14 cents in the last week. On Monday, those prices averaged $3.29 per gallon…
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia intensified early Monday and was expected to become a major hurricane before it reaches Florida's Gulf coast, the National Hurricane Center said…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia on charges that they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election…
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers hit an impasse Thursday just a few days into a special session sparked by a deadly school shooting in March, leaving little certainty about what…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man will serve three months in prison for making threatening phone calls to Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. Joseph Morelli, 51, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Syracuse after pleading…