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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…

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.…

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…

2 Alabama high school coaches facing sex charges

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - Two football coaches at an Alabama high school are accused of having sex with students. Both coaches were arrested within a span of a week. The Limestone County Sheriff's Office says in a news release that…

KPD: Officers save 4 overdose victims in 5 days

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - In a matter of five days, officers with the Knoxville Police Department saved the lives of four people who overdosed on heroin. Investigators say the first rescue happened at a Chapman Highway motel on Saturday, March…

Georgia lawmakers pass bill shielding gay marriage opponents

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers have sent a contentious bill protecting same-sex marriage opponents to Gov. Nathan Deal. The proposal unveiled Wednesday seeks to resolve years of heated debate concerns that various bills shielding religious people would excuse discrimination against…

Resolution ordering refugee lawsuit advances in House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Legislation that would order the state of Tennessee to sue the federal government over the refugee resettlement program is advancing over concerns by both the governor and refugee rights groups. The joint resolution passed in the…

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