GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - Alabama prosecutors say the stepmother of a 9-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in the child's running death. A statement from Etowah County authorities says 31-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin pleaded guilty to aggravated…
Apparently, lots of people were trying to find work for the Alabama House Speaker
You are 40% more likely to have a wreck in Atlanta than the national average
Did Alabama House Speaker use his position to steer more than $2 million in business his way?
Teen driver charged with causing crash by speeding
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Walker County Sheriff’s Office authorities have apprehended and captured a man they say walked away from work detail in Rock Spring. Randy Barfield Jr., 26, was apprehended and taken back into custody shortly before 4…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three people have been sentenced in Clarksville in connection with a fatal beating of a woman they called their "house slave." The Leaf Chronicle reports that Cynthia Skipper, Derek Vicchitto and Alphonso Richardson II were all given…
19 year old has not been identified yet
Prosecutors will ask him if Mike Hubbard lobbied him for a client
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Kenny Chesney will headline a concert at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sept. 9, the night before the speedway hosts a football game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech. The concert, billed as "Bristol's Tailgate Party,"…
Chattanooga, Tenn. (WDEF) - A top ten most wanted fugitive has been arrested in Chattanooga after an extensive search by the TBI. Marquez Travell Billingsley, 18, was taken into custody after a joint investigation including agents from the TBI, U.S. Marshals…
Even Newfound Gap drive can't escape the road paving bug this summer.
No ATL gators in 5 years, now 3 since April
You can still get their famous barbecue sauce online and a new location is coming later this year
Square dancers will try to break record at July festival in Murfeesboro
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - The body of a woman has been found on Wade Mountain in north Alabama. Media outlets report that 47-year-old Alicia Eaves' body was discovered Sunday afternoon off of a hiking pathway. The Madison County Coroner's office…
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Police say a woman and her daughter were killed when a driver heading the wrong way collided with their vehicle in middle Georgia. Monroe County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Lawson C. Bittick III tells local news media…
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) - A family of five is taking extra precaution by shelling out $70,000 for rabies shot after a bat flew into their suburban Atlanta home. Reports state that none of the family members were bitten, but the…
PORTLAND, Tenn. (News Channel 5) - A Portland, Tennessee man has been called a hero after coming to the rescue at a Food Lion grocery store. Friday, a customer collapsed after an apparent heart attack, and Michael Slayton, an employee for 12…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold says he won't leave office despite facing federal corruption charges. The Daily News Journal reports Arnold sent a text message Saturday to one of the newspaper's reporters that said he had…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A new law will loosen Alabama's alcohol laws to let craft breweries sell to-go beer directly to consumers. Alabama's 25 or so brewers have been selling beer in retail stores for several years. But they could…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS News) - A Republican Tennessee lawmaker says getting a traffic camera ticket isn't a problem -- he just burns them. State Rep. Andy Holt set such ticket ablaze on Wednesday and posted the video to Facebook. A news…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT) - An attacked hiker is sharing his personal account of what happened when a bear ripped through his tent and bit his leg while he was resting on the Appalachian Trail. Bradley Veeder, 49, of Las Vegas, was…
The positive specimens were from residents of Houston and Jefferson counties.