UPDATE: All Monroe County Schools will be closed on Wednesday, August 16 due to flooding and water supply issues, WVLT reported. The Town of Tellico Plains, Tennessee has also implemented a boil policy advisory. Flooding had caused the town to…
By KATE BRUMBACK AND ERIC TUCKER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, with prosecutors using a statute normally associated with mobsters to accuse the…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A list of criminal charges in Georgia against former President Donald Trump briefly appeared Monday on a Fulton County website, but prosecutors said Trump had not been indicted in their long-running investigation…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Peyton Manning, the five-time NFL MVP and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has a new title. Just call him Professor Manning. The University of Tennessee announced Monday that Manning has been appointed a…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has awarded new licenses to grow, process and sell medical marijuana after discovering problems with the initial selection process. Commissioners voided their original…
LOVELAND, Colorado (WDEF) - A national gun rights organization is slamming Governor Lee's call for a special session on public safety in Tennessee. The governor is calling lawmakers back in session on August 21 to consider new legislation to address…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is facing its first court challenge over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year's elections, a move that the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The state of Tennessee updated their Move Over Law this year to include more types of vehicles. The Move Over Law requires drivers to change lanes…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country superstar Keith Urban and Kix Brooks of powerhouse country duo Brooks & Dunn will be…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- NFL team Tennessee Titans are getting a new stadium. The Titans expect groundbreaking on the new stadium to happen in 2024, by midyear. The Titans' website says the new stadium will be built on the east…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press Abstract: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he wants to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments. Kemp told the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in an appearance Tuesday in Athens…
No More Tears from Our Kids Deserve Better on Vimeo. NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A coalition announces a new ad and campaign to ratchet up pressure for new gun laws in Tennessee before the upcoming special session. Governor Lee is…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A professional golf tournament is fueled by its sponsorships. No sponsors means no tournament. But it's made to run smoothly because of…
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Fulton County has reached a settlement with the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in the county jail’s psychiatric wing, the family’s lawyers said Thursday. Lashawn Thompson, 35, died in September, three…
MONTGOMER, Ala. (WDEF) -- Alabama Governor Kay Ivey awarded $1.2 million to install electric vehicle charging stations across the state. The award grants will be going in Gadsden, Wedowee, Phenix City, Montgomery and Dothan. These locations target well-traveled highways, according…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) - Park rangers are asking for the public's help to solve a vandalism case near Gatlinburg. They say someone spray-painted words and symbols on rocks…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his…
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a missing teenager. The sheriff's office said Issabelle Agnus Lillyann…
MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Monroe County deputy arrested a Madisonville man for a DUI after seeing him driving with no tires. Sunday night, the deputy witnessed the car…
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — Five people died in a wrong-way crash on a rural highway in middle Georgia. A woman and three passengers in a sedan were driving south Tuesday in the northbound lanes of U.S. 441 when the vehicle…
LOUDON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Another manufacturing company is coming to the state of Tennessee, as officials announced on Tuesday. Hanon Systems will be coming to Loudon, Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee and Commissioner…
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 900 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada with Takata air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel in a crash. The recall covers certain Chevrolet…
UNITED STATES (CBS) -- Routinely drinking alcohol — as little as one drink a day — is associated with an increase in blood pressure readings, even in adults without hypertension, according to new research analysis. The research published Monday in the American Heart…
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press Abstract: Senior U.S. officials say President Joe Biden has decided to keep the U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to…