ATLANTA - Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is donating $2.75 million to older homeowners in Atlanta to help ensure they’re able to stay in their homes. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Perry reached out a few weeks ago to Atlanta…
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Lauren Alaina will be performing at Dollywood's I Will Always Love You Celebration. The Rossville, Georgia native will be the final act of the event. The event will celebrate the 50th anniversary of when Dolly…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Statehouse on Tuesday took a first step toward loosening one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, advancing a narrow exemption bill over threats from anti-abortion advocates that doing so would come with…
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WDEF) -- On February 3, about 50 train cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The train was carrying toxic chemicals, which were released into the air. The Norfolk Southern Railroad train…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The head of a union representing most of the Memphis Fire Department said three employees who were fired after the death of Tyre Nichols weren’t given enough information as they responded to the call for medical…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Nothing compares to the NFL, especially the Super Bowl, as far as TV ratings and public interest. But there is another form of competition that…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - For years, Nashville leaders have watched Tennessee’s GOP-dominated Legislature repeatedly kneecap the liberal-leaning city’s ability to set its own minimum wage, regulate plastic bag use and place higher scrutiny on police…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - A judge has ordered the release of parts of a report produced by a special grand jury that investigated efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his narrow…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A 21-state coalition is calling on President Biden to label Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti recently joined this coalition. They…
GLENNVILLE, Ga (AP) - A Georgia prison warden has been arrested on charges stemming from a state investigation of corruption inside the penitentiary he supervised. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of Tennessee's most influential Republican lawmakers says the state should stop accepting the nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars that help provide support for low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities.…
LA VERGNE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee police chief has been fired following an investigation into a sex scandal that also led to five officers being terminated. News outlets cite a statement from the city of La Vergne in reporting…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - More than 170 pastors and other faith leaders have urged Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to authorize an independent review of death penalty procedures, as other states have done following problems with…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Thirteen Memphis officers could end up being disciplined in connection with the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, officials said Tuesday, as city council members expressed frustration during a meeting…
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate has passed a bill requiring teachers to alert parents in most circumstances before calling a student by a different name or pronoun. Sponsors say the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brushing aside calls to tweak one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday unveiled plans to funnel tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion centers as he declared the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Honda issued "do not drive" warnings for some of their vehicles, according to Tennessee's attorney general. Over 8,000 vehicles are equipped with unrepaired airbag inflators. The Takata Alpha airbag inflators…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama attorney general argued an inmate did not suffer unconstitutionally during an aborted lethal injection last year. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith…
Skateboarders skate in front of city hall in remembrance of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, five of whom have been fired, in Memphis, Tenn., Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Tyre was…
FILE - Workers at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tenn., walk by a Nissan Altima sedan on May 15, 2012. Fewer than 100 employees out of the thousands who work at Nissan's auto assembly plant in…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Officers in South Carolina have shot and killed a man who stabbed a police dog during a raid on a home. Investigators say Spartanburg County deputies went to the home Thursday night to serve arrest warrants.…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The federal labor board has decided that fewer than 100 employees out of thousands at Nissan’s auto assembly plant in Tennessee can hold a vote on whether to form a small…
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a shooting at a Tennessee library has left one person dead and a police officer critically wounded. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Keli McAlister says officers were called Thursday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee lawmakers announced legislation to make adoption and foster care easier, cheaper and faster. The legislation was proposed at the Adoption and Foster Care Caucus meeting on Monday. Some improvements proposed include removing red tape in…