Tennessee lawmakers reject bill requiring background checks for all guns
The issue is whether private sellers should have to run checks just like gun retailers do.
Fired public official alleges that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley was having an affair
Story pits an state official under investigation for misappropriating funds against the Governor who appointed him
Man pleads guilty to Tennessee prison tax scam
Inmate filed bogus tax returns for fellow prisoners
De-annexation showdown Wednesday in Tennessee legislature
Bill would let Chattanooga neighborhoods vote to leave the city
Woman found dead in freezer of downtown Atlanta hotel
ATLANTA -- A woman died after getting apparently trapped inside of a walk-in freezer for about 13 hours at a downtown Atlanta hotel where she worked, police said Tuesday. CBS affiliate WGLC reported that the deceased was Carolyn Robinson, a…
Tennessee Tech gives the 'all clear' after emergency reported on campus
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - University Police at Tennessee Tech tell Local 8 News that a man considered armed and dangerous was loose on campus causing the school to go on lock down. The suspect, Marcum Brown, was taken into custody…
Bondsman Charged In Child Porn Case
NASHVILLE (News Channel 5) - A bail bondsman has been charged in connection with a child pornography case in Nashville. According to an affidavit from Metro Nashville Police, Lincoln Fischer admitted to having 28 DVD's that were burned from someone's…
Georgia teen arrested over alleged Trump threat
LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities have arrested a Georgia teenager accused of threatening the life of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on social media. WTVM-TV reports that a 16-year-old was arrested by the Troup County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Secret…
House kills bill requiring rear-facing car seats up to age 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state House Transportation Committee has voted to kill a bill seeking to require toddlers to ride in rear-facing car seats until age 2. Democratic Rep. John Ray Clemmons of Nashville said his bill would update…
Senate votes to ban abortion clinics near schools
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate has voted to prohibit abortion clinics from locating near public schools. Senators approved the bill Tuesday on a 27-6 vote, sending it to the House. Republican Sen. Paul Sanford is sponsoring the bill…
Alabama woman, boyfriend jailed after child's death
PHIL CAMPBELL, Ala. (AP) - A northwest Alabama woman and her boyfriend are jailed following the death of the woman's 1-year-old daughter. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office says 20-year-old Hailey Rose Renfroe of Phil Campbell is charged with aggravated child…
Committee votes down Bill restricting Transgender students’ access to restrooms
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The House Education Administration and Planning Committee voted today to send a controversial Bill that would force Transgender students to use sex-matching bathrooms to summer study. The Tennessee General Assembly Fiscal Review Committee stated that should this…
Dalton PD need your help finding a suspected thief
Dalton, GA (WDEF) - The Dalton Police Department is hoping a member of the public can identify a woman who stole a wallet that a customer accidentally left behind at a Food City grocery store. The incident happened shortly after…
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