Pay raise coming for Georgia State workers
Lawmakers work out budget deal that will give state employees a raise.
Blackburn Fork WMA opens up new hunting grounds in East Tennessee
TWRA announces new hunting access to WMA opened last fall
Teens survive after plane leaving Nashville crashes on golf course
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Nashville CBS affiliate WTVF reports that a plan carrying two teenagers from Nashville to Wichita crashed on a Kansas golf course when the engine died. A 17-year-old named Christian Dell was piloting the plane and 18-year-old…
Augusta teen fatally stabbed in large fight
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - A police report says between 30 and 50 teenagers were involved in a fight that left an Augusta youth stabbed to death. The Augusta Chronicle reports that 18-year-old Demajhey Bell died Sunday morning at Augusta University Medical…
North Alabama teacher arrested on sex charges
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) - A high school teacher from north Alabama is charged with having sexual relations with two students. Decatur police say 42-year-old Carrie Cabri Witt faces two counts of being a school employee engaging in sex with a…
Police in central Alabama ask for help to find missing 14-year-old girl
TALLASSEE, Ala. (WHNT) – Police in central Alabama are asking for the public’s help to find Kiara Nicole Neal. Kiara is a 14-year-old black female. The Tallassee Police Department says the teenager was last seen in the Montgomery area on…
College president: Blast may be linked to sewer gases
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The president of an Atlanta-area college says an explosion that seriously injured a food worker could be linked to a buildup of gases in a sewer line. A statement from Georgia Gwinnett College President Stas Preczewski…
Farmers backing out of hemp farming after 2015 struggles
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Many Tennessee farmers who participated in the state's return to industrial hemp farming are not going to try to grow the highly regulated seed again. In 2015, the state had about 50 farmers sign up to…
Inmate stabbed in fight at St. Clair Correctional Facility
SPRINGVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama prison officials are investigating an inmate stabbing at the St. Clair Correctional Facility northeast of Birmingham. Department spokesman Bob Horton says an inmate was stabbed during a fight in a housing unit Saturday afternoon at…
UT Chancellor addresses sexual abuse allegations on campus
Claims in lawsuit are "just false"
2 year old accidentally shot in Georgia motel
Family had just checked in to Knight's Inn last night
Police: 39 arrests during St. Patrick's festival in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Police say 39 arrests were made during the St. Patrick's annual festival in Savannah, the coastal city's largest celebration of the year. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Eunicia Baker said in an email Sunday that police…
Mother of abandoned suburban Atlanta newborn located
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) - Police say a teenage mother has been located after a newborn was left outside a dental office in suburban Atlanta. Henry County police Capt. Joey Smith tells local news media that the infant boy was found…
One-year-old baby fights to stay alive
KNOXVILLE (WVLT) - Sara Bullock talks and grins like any other one year old. The only only difference is she was born without parts of her brain. "It's a lot of holding, a lot of one-on-one with her," said Sara's dad, Jeremy…
Body of 2nd Alabama fisherman recovered from Tennessee River
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - A coroner in northwest Alabama says the body of a second missing fisherman has been recovered from the Tennessee River. Colbert County Coroner Carlton Utley tells local media the body of 26-year-old Jeremiah Sanders was found…
NFL warns state of Georgia over "religious freedom" bill
ATLANTA - Mindful of Atlanta's bid to host the Super Bowl, Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Friday he opposes a so-called "religious freedom" bill approved by the Georgia Legislature that protects opponents of same-sex marriage amid concerns it could lead…
Woman hospitalized after being stabbed with a meat fork
MEMPHIS (WVLT/WREG) - A man has been arrested after he allegedly attacked a family member with a two-pronged meat fork. Carlos Brown was arrested late Friday night and charged with aggravated assault. Officers were called to Methodist North Hospital around 9…
Construction worker dies after entrapment while working
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a worker has died while working on a construction project in Shelby County. Mickey Keaton, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, said the construction worker died Saturday at the site where a…
Attorney arrested, fill-in judge on child porn charges
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say an Alabama attorney and occasional fill-in judge has been arrested on child porn charges. Local news media reports that 52-year-old Vincent Smith is charged with four counts of possession of child pornography. Smith was…
Body Found Floating In Dalton Creek
A body was found in Dalton Saturday. According to police, the body was floating in a creek and was found by kids who were fishing in Mill Creek near Underwood Street. No word if foul play was involved. No names…
Teenage girl dies after rescue from river in east Georgia
WHITESBURG, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a 14-year-old girl has died after she and her sister were pulled from the Chattahoochee River in east Georgia. Carroll County Emergency Management Agency spokesman Tim Padgett tells multiple news outlets that the teenager…
Mother charged with Homicide of 4-month-old Daughter
WATERTOWN, Tenn. (News Channel 5) - A Wilson County 19-year-old woman has been charged in the homicide of her 4-month-old baby girl. Deputies with the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kenya Jarrett of Watertown Thursday. The incident happened on Aug.…
Former FedEx employees defraud company out of more than $1.7 million
MEMPHIS (WMC) - Two former FedEx employees and a New York co-conspirator pleaded guilty to a shipping theft scheme that defrauded FedEx and wireless carriers out of more than $1.7 million. Akeem Gowdy, 23, Tavaris Mickens, 23, both from Memphis, and…
2 killed, 1 injured after car crashes into bus stop
ROSWELL, GA (CBS46) - Two people were killed and another person was injured when police say a car swerved and crashed into a bus stop in Roswell on Thursday. Curtis Freeman, 55, was killed in the crash Thursday. Freeman was a long-time…