Driver sued over using Snapchat now faces criminal charges
Teen driver charged with causing crash by speeding
Escaped inmate apprehended in Walker County
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…
Three sentenced in connection to fatal beating of woman
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…
McMinn County teenager drowns while swimming in Tellico Lake
19 year old has not been identified yet
Alabama governor to testify in trial of House speaker
Prosecutors will ask him if Mike Hubbard lobbied him for a client
Chesney to headline concert at Bristol Motor Speedway
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,"…
TBI Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive arrested in Chattanooga
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…
Lane closures planned in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Even Newfound Gap drive can't escape the road paving bug this summer.
Third alligator spotted in metro Atlanta this spring
No ATL gators in 5 years, now 3 since April
Savannah barbecue restaurant says goodbye after more than 90 years
You can still get their famous barbecue sauce online and a new location is coming later this year
Do you want to be part of the largest Square Dance in history?
Square dancers will try to break record at July festival in Murfeesboro
Coroner: Heart issue caused death of woman on Wade Mountain
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…
Mother, daughter dies in crash with wrong-way driver
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…
Family pays $70,000 for rabies shots after bat enters home
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…
Grocery store employee saves man after Heart Attack
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 Sheriff says he won't resign
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…
Alabama legalizing to-go beer from breweries
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…
Tennessee lawmaker: Get a traffic ticket? Just burn it!
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…
Hiker writes blog post about Smokies bear attack
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…
Alabama Health officials remind about mosquito protection as two new Zika cases appear in state
The positive specimens were from residents of Houston and Jefferson counties.
Tennessee Memorial Service for the victims of the July 16th shootings in Chattanooga
Held at War Memorial Plaza at the capital
How are those security lines at Hartsfield Jackson Airport this morning?
On one of the busiest travel days of the year, the wait at security is only about 15 minutes, so far.
Testimony continues in trial of Alabama House speaker
Prosecutors will spend Friday examining Mike Hubbard's contract with a gas utility
State agency threatens to shut down Atlanta streetcar
City must address maintenance and staffing issues