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Department of Education ditching TNReady Tests

NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Tennessee Department of Education has suspended TNReady testing for grades three through eight throughout the entire state. Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced that the department will terminate its testing contract with Measurement Inc. effective immediately. Districts still…

Pilot escapes fiery plane crash in Alabama

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A dramatic scene unfolded Tuesday afternoon in a neighborhood in the Foley area when a small, twin engine plane crashed. The pilot reportedly made it out of the plane and lucky to be alive. It appears the…

City council brawl breaks out in Alabama town

ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. (CBS News) - A city council member in Alabama says the town's mayor punched him in the face at the end of a council meeting, leading to a fracas involving several others. CBS affiliate WAKA reports Alexander City…

Child dead after accidentally shooting himself in chest

PAULDING COUNTY, GA (CBS46) - A 3 year-old boy is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the chest at his home in Paulding County Tuesday morning. It is unclear how the boy obtained the gun before the incident, which took place around 7 a.m.…

Tennessee senator wants abortion ruling appealed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State Sen. Randy McNally is asking the attorney general to fight a court ruling requiring a recount of a 2014 vote that made it easier to restrict abortions in Tennessee. Eight voters who support abortion rights…

Report: 3 shot at Nashville bus station

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS News) - Police are on the scene at a Nashville bus station where three people were shot Monday afternoon,reports CBS affiliate WTVF. Police were called to the Music City Central bus station at about 3:45 p.m., after witnesses…

Police chief apologizes for arrest of 10 children

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee police chief has offered an apology after his officers arrested 10 elementary school students. Murfreesboro Police Chief Karl Durr told The Tennessean he's "so sorry this incident happened" and that he thinks it could have…

Man rescued after car crashes into Lake Lanier

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - Authorities have rescued a man from Lake Lanier after his vehicle veered from a road in north Georgia. Hall County Fire Services spokesman Capt. Zachary Brackett says the man was taken to the Northeast Georgia…

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