GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say the body of a woman has been found near a mountain in north Georgia. White County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Bob Ingram tells multiple news outlets on Wednesday that 27-year-old Virginia Grace Hill of…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Environmental officials are advising the public not to come in contact with water in a lake near the Mississippi River in West Tennessee where a broken sewer line has resulted in "an extremely high level of…
House Bill 1407 provides in-state tuition the children of military parents who die as a result of a targeted attack on Tennessee soil.
NASHVILLE (WDEF) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced today that Dr. Wendy Long will become the director of TennCare and deputy commissioner of Health Care Finance and Administration (HCFA). Long will replace Darin Gordon, who is leaving at the end of…
Park system will use a lottery to pick who gets in this year
Police say robbery & shooting happened in a South Nashville Hooters parking lot
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Some Alabama lawmakers, including the leader of the Senate, are expressing doubts about an effort to impeach Gov. Robert Bentley. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said Tuesday that he did not favor impeaching someone over…
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Pigeon Forge Police Department released the names of the five victims involved in Monday's deadly helicopter crash. The pilot is identified as 38-year-old Jason Dahl of Sevierville. Johna Morvant, 49, and her two children Peyton…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate has approved legislation that would allow people to carry loaded handguns in their cars without permits. Senators voted 27-7 on Tuesday, sending the bill to the House. Current laws require drivers to have…
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (WVLT) -- Butch Rasmussen tells our sister nation, KNOP, that two of the people on board the helicopter that crashed in Sevier County are his grandchildren. Butch Rasmussen says their names are Parker Rasmussen, 18, and Peyton…
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A metro Atlanta police detective said in court that a Gwinnett County man fatally shot his stepdaughter during an argument over a delayed tax return. Multiple news outlets report Gwinnett County Police Detective Shannon Kulnis said…
FRIENDSVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- While at church, three teens tried gummies laced with drugs, later overdosed, and were rushed to the hospital, according to the Blount County Sheriff's Office. The drug was THC, the active chemical in marijuana, disguised in…
"They had a bright future ahead of them, a future that was stolen by terror"
Witnesses describe pilot walking after the crash, on fire
State lawmakers hammer out a deal to jump-start the tours again
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (CBS News) - Officials say five people have died in the crash of a tourist helicopter in East Tennessee near Sevierville. A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman says the Bell 206 sightseeing helicopter crash was reported at 3:30 p.m. Monday.…
ATLANTA (CBS46) - "Super Lice" are invading Georgia. These lice have evolved to survive over the counter treatments. But there is a way to kill them for good. CBS46 reporter Kim Passoth went to one of the world's largest lice treatment…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Having already made a .50-caliber sniper gun the official state rifle, Tennessee lawmakers voted Monday to make the Holy Bible the state's official book. The state Senate gave final approval Monday on a 19-8 vote despite…
ATHENS, GA (CBS46) -Athens-Clarke County police have arrested an attorney after marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms were seized from his office. Officers encountered attorneys Warren Kennedy Abel and Keith Chance Hardy with a smoking pipe, a cylindrical grinder, a package of…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Imagine you're in the home stretch of the marathon and you start to feel a little hungry and thirsty. You could do what most do and reach for some water or energy gels, or you could…
BRASELTON, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in north Georgia say no charges are expected in the death of a 19-month-old Michigan boy who was fatally struck by an SUV. Braselton, Georgia Assistant Police Chief Lou Solis tells The Times of Gainesville 19-month-old…
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) - The Dalton Police Department needs your help locating a missing homeless man missing since mid-March. 64 year old Michael Grant Pitts was last seen when he checked out of a facility on the Hamilton Medical Center…
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A former north Alabama volunteer soccer coach already facing a 30-year sentence on human trafficking charges has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in a neighboring county. Multiple news outlets reported Monday that 59-year-old David Jacob…
It happened on County road 85 north of Fort Payne