This is a boom year for the Tennessee Lottery
Lottery tops their record for money returned to state education
3 Alabama corrections officers face felony charges for smuggling contraband
UNION SPRINGS, Ala. (AP) – Three corrections officers at Bullock Correctional Facility have been charged with attempting to smuggle contraband into the prison. WBRC-TV reports that according to public records, three corrections officers, 24-year-old Victor Davis, 23-year-old Tevin Denton and 20-year-old…
Browns owner Haslam fighting deposition order in civil suit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is fighting a court order for him to testify in a civil lawsuit against the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain owned by Haslam and his brother, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. The…
Teen dies after drowning while swimming with family at lake
DOUBLE SPRINGS, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager has died after she drowned while swimming with family at a lake in northwest Alabama. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman Johnathan Appling says 15-year-old Carmen Elizabeth Johnson of Hartselle was swimming…
Preliminary autopsy report released for Gatlinburg hot tub deaths
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT) -- According to preliminary autopsy reports obtained by Local 8 News, Jon Levin and Myra Smith-Findell could have died from a possible drowning in a hot tub with no significant trauma or injury. Both victims also had…
Fedex Employee Naps, Is Shipped With Packages To Texas
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A FedEx Express hub worker fell asleep in the loading area of the plane and ended up on an early-morning flight to Texas. The employee, who was not identified, reportedly woke up in mid-flight, knocked on…
Questions raised about mental health of Georgia child spanked by principal
ATLANTA (CBS46) - A mom says she was forced to watch her son get spanked with a paddle in school in fear of being charged with truancy if she pulled him from the school to avoid the spanking. The incident occurred…
Gun-friendly Tennessee cashes in with new Beretta facility
Sen. Bob Corker attends groundbreaking in Nashville on Friday
New York to Nashville flight makes emergency landing after hitting a bird
Collision cracked the windshield of the plane.
Governor Haslam vetoes Bible as State Book
Lawmakers could still override the veto in the next week
Dalton dealer one of the victims of gun theft ring in federal indictments
Gun thieves targeted gun dealers across north Georgia
Loan officer admits to embezzling from FirstBank in Middle Tennessee
She used bank customers to create bogus loans pocketing $130,000
Driver who crashed into Roswell bus stop faces homicide charges
2 killed, 1 injured in crash last month
Will this Funny or Die video influence the Governor's Gay Counseling decision?
Video on national comedy site slams Tennessee's gay counseling bill on the governor's desk
Charges filed against driver that killed 2, injured 1 at MARTA bus stop
CBS46 News ROSWELL, GA (CBS46) - Charges have been filed against the driver that killed two pedestrians and injured another at a MARTA bus stop in Roswell. The Roswell Police Department responded to an accident on Ga. Hwy 9 near Woodstock Street on March…
Hankook Tire moving North American headquarters to Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - South Korean tiremaker Hankook is moving its North American headquarters to Nashville. Company and state officials announced in a ceremony at the state Capitol on Wednesday that 200 jobs will move to downtown Nashville, which is…
Police arrest suspect in Georgia Walmart employee shooting
Suspect arrested in shooting of Walmart of loss prevention officer in Lilburn, Georgia
Step to decriminalize marijuana fails in Tennessee legislature
Bill would have let local communities decriminalize low amount possession
Police say 'serial peeping Tom' arrested again
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (WSB-TV) — A judge has revoked bond for a man police are calling a serial peeping Tom. Channel 2’s Mike Petchenik got dashcam video showing the April 6 arrest of Kareem Habbal. It was his fifth arrest for this…
Courts will make it easier to wipe criminal records
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee courts are going to make it easier for people who have been arrested but never convicted of a crime to have their criminal records wiped clean. On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of legislators, judges and…
Two Murray County teens win honorable mention in 14th Congressional District art contest
Katelyn Crumbley of North Murray High School won honorable mention for her work titled, "Hands." Mikayla Feltman also took home an honorable mention for her work titled, "Space Dream."
Tennessee Transgender bathroom bill delayed by financial questions
Bill could have to wait until after the budget is passed
Two University of Georgia football players charged with felonies overnight
charges include property damage & possession of a B.B. gun in a school zone
TVA worker electrocuted at Wilson Dam in Alabama
TVA investigating how it happened in the dam's powerhouse