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
Tennessee and Georgia join lawsuits over Obama's school transgender directive
"running roughshod over commonsense policies"
Testimony continues in trial of Alabama House speaker
Testimony Thursday should cover 2013 budget on whether Hubbard steered bill favorable to pharmaceutical company that was paying him
Tennessee among 11 states to oppose Obama Trans Bathroom directive
AUSTIN, Texas (AP/WVLT) - Tenessee and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over a new directive about transgender students in public schools. The lawsuit announced Tuesday also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah and…
Prisoner at large after escaping work detail in Walker County
Walker County, Ga. (WDEF) - The Walker County Sheriff’s Office needs the public's help in tracking down an escaped inmate. Randy Barfield Jr, 26, is reported to have walked off from his minimum security work detail in Rock Spring. Barfield…
Sweetwater man arrested for Snapchat Extortion Scheme
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) – A Sweetwater man has been arrested after he reportedly tried to extort money and other valuable items from a female victim through the social media platform Snapchat. Brandon Douglas Shanahan, 22, was arrested and charged after he…
State continuing its review of proposed Allstate rate hike
Is Allstate rate hike excessive?
Father accused of punching 16 year old girls who were bullying his daughter
He says he was just trying to break up a fight between girls
'Be Nice' campaign could become state license plate
It comes from an anti-bullying campaign in Williamson County schools
Police: Georgia mother sat on toddler's head for an hour
KENNESAW, Ga. (CBS News) - A Georgia mother was arrested on May 18 when her two-year-old son was treated at a hospital after she allegedly sat on his head, reports CBS affiliate WGCL. Police say the child suffered "excessive physical…