By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill to prohibit minors from getting married in West Virginia was resurrected in the state Senate on Thursday, a day after its defeat in a committee. The about-face didn't necessarily…
FRANKLIN, N.C. (AP) — A patient and three crew members survived when a medical transport helicopter crashed in North Carolina, authorities said. Macon County 911 Communications Supervisor Todd…
MACON COUNTY, NC (WDEF) - News 12 is following a developing story out of Macon County, North Carolina. According to a Deputy with the Sheriff's Office a Lifeforce…
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Tennessee's governor signed off Thursday on cutting Democratic-leaning Nashville's metro council in half, a move that follows the council's rejection of efforts to host the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Some Chattanooga residents have been lacking cell service for a week now. Boost Mobile customers in the area have recently experienced periods of no service. This has…
By The Associated Press U.S. product regulators said Thursday that Yeti has recalled 1.9 million coolers and gear cases because magnets can come detached from them, posing a risk of serious injury or death. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is outsourcing the testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab through a $1.5 million federal grant, the state's lead investigative agency announced Monday in a move aimed at reducing processing times…
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — About 4,500 soldiers will deploy this summer from Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia to Europe, where they will train with NATO allies as part of a troop buildup the U.S. has maintained in the region…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's courts are working hard to dig out from under a backlog of cases created and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, but a shortage of lawyers is hindering some of those efforts,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Starting June 1, some Volkswagen vehicles will feature new Car-Net Safe & Secure vehicle emergency services. The services will be at no additional cost for five years. It will be…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — There were no signs of internal or external trauma on the body of a Georgia businessman found nearly two weeks after he disappeared during a business trip to Louisiana's capital city, the coroner said Tuesday.…
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man accused of the 2019 kidnapping and killing of the stepdaughter of a UFC fighter has pleaded not guilty to all charges in the case, authorities said. A Macon County grand jury in November…
By ALFREDO PEÑA Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Two Americans whose abduction in Mexico was captured in a video that showed them caught in a cartel shootout have been found dead, officials said Tuesday. Two others who were…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia Power said Monday, a key step toward reaching commercial operation at the first new…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Sports betting was just one casualty of crossover day at the Georgia legislature. "Crossover Day" is the deadline lawmakers put on themselves that requires any proposed new laws to pass either the House or Senate for…
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers face a key deadline Monday, the last day for legislation to pass either the House or Senate and advance to the other legislative chamber for consideration this year. Lawmakers on Monday will decide questions including…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers have given final approval to amendments to this year's budget that raise spending by $2.4 billion and include money for a property tax break. The House voted 172-2 for the…
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given. “It is with our deepest sympathy…
FILE - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, looks over the electric chair in the death chamber at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., with Operations Director George Hinkle, center, and Director of the Department of Corrections…
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. (AP) — One person aboard a small plane was killed after the aircraft crashed into a tree near an airport in north Georgia on Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, said the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill banning public performances of drag shows. Senate Bill Three was signed into law yesterday,…
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- On Friday, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office identified an individual found in a ditch. Police said the body was found in the Pleasant Hill area on Highway 70 West. Police arrived on the scene at 3:30…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday handed down life sentences to the two people convicted of kidnapping and killing a toddler in Alabama in 2019. Chief U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler, of the Northern District of Alabama,…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators are backing a bill that would create a commission to discipline or remove prosecutors, which supporters say would provide a needed corrective for district attorneys who engage in misconduct. The…