By ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers were charged Tuesday with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Alabama is cutting the sales tax on food this September. But what "foods" actually qualify? Unlike Tennessee, Alabama is cutting the food tax from 4% to 3%. However, it doesn't apply to everything you buy at the…
WEAVER, Ala. (AP) — A walk-on member of the Alabama football team has been arrested on a charge of second-degree sodomy involving a juvenile female. Antonio Ross, 19, a freshman defensive back with the 10th-ranked Crimson Tide, was arrested at…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is investigating the unexplained deaths of two people on Sunday. The bodies of 56 year old Tamara Clark and 54 year old Del Clark were found in a home on Deep…
CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A Middle School basketball coach has been indicted on charges of stealing money from fundraisers for his team. The indictment follows an investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller's Office into allegations at Montgomery Central Middle in Clarksville.…
ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Search crews have recovered the body of a 9-year-old boy who died when a jet ski operated by his father hit a barge over the weekend on a Tennessee waterway. The father, 36-year-old Steven White,…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A report released on Friday revealed that a special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results recommended indictments against a much larger group than Fulton County District Attorney…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge sentenced “That ’70s Show” show star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday for raping two women, giving them some relief after they spoke…
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has just identified the remains of a body found in Cumberland County in 1983. Investigators identified the man, whose remains they found on August 26, 1983, as Kenneth Levall Thompson. He…
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s health episodes show “no evidence” of being a stroke or seizure disorder, the Capitol physician said in a letter on Tuesday, offering little further explanation…
UPDATE: Republican Marsha Blackburn's Senate campaign has released a statement following Rep. Johnson's run for Senate. Blackburn's campaign spokesperson, Abigail Sigler, released this statement. "It's no surprise that radical socialist Gloria Johnson decided to jump into the race at the…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Georgia and NFL linebacker Jarvis Jones, who now works on the football staff at his alma mater, was arrested for speeding and reckless driving ahead of the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Coffee lovers have a reason to rejoice on Mondays this fall. Dunkin Donuts Free Coffee Mondays has officially returned. Starting in September, customers can get a free medium hot or…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CBS) -- Two people are dead and three others are wounded following a shooting early Monday morning in Birmingham, Alabama, authorities said. At least five people were hit in the shooting, which was reported at about 2:30 a.m.…
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…