NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's Republican governor says he has signed a bill that allows mental health counselors to refuse to treat patients based on the therapist's religious or personal beliefs. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam told The Associated Press on…
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…
Mother and daughter cat ladies hit the road
body of 20 year old found in Vanderbilt Hall
Alabama lawmakers vote to set up an impeachment process against the Governor
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - More is being learned about a man accused of a heinous crime in the Whitehaven neighborhood of Memphis. Stanley Jefferson was arrested Monday after Memphis Police said he admitted to posing as a Shelby County Sheriff's deputy…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
social media has "gone a little crazy"
involved in ATV wreck overnight on Sunday
CBS46 News ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. (CBS46) - A metro Atlanta neighborhood is on high alert after several cats were found dead. Residents in Conyers, located southeast of Atlanta, say a pack of dogs is responsible. The pack of dogs is targeting…
GREENBRIER, Tenn. (News Channel 5) - A tow truck driver was arrested and a family was left with a badly damaged home and two damaged cars after a tractor-trailer rolled down a street into a home in Robertson County. The…
Douglasville, Ga. (CBS News) - A "regular" at a Cinco De Mayo Mexican Grill was enjoying a leisurely Sunday meal when something out of the ordinary caught his eye. Reginald Widener was sitting at the bar when he turned around…
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…
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…
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…
Admits that handcuffing kids under 12 could be a problem
Centered in Etowah, Tennessee
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Thousands of people are flocking to a famous bar to toss a dead fish across state lines. The Pensacola News Journal reported Sunday that as many as 35,000 people were expected to attend the three-day Interstate…
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a woman accused in the shooting death of a pastor after an argument at a restaurant in central Georgia has been arrested. Bibb County jail records show that 48-year-old Tracia Yvonne Hubbard is charged…
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – Two teens were killed riding a go-kart Saturday night in the Danville area. State Troopers confirm that the accident occurred around 10:54 p.m., when the teens attempted to cross the road about a half-mile west…
CBS46 News ATHENS, GA (CBS46) - Police released the body cam video of an officer-involved shooting in Athens. A man was shot early Saturday morning by an Athens-Clarke County police officer. Police said preliminary information indicates at approximately 3 a.m.,…