BLUE RIDGE, Georgia (WDEF) - A powerful lawmaker from the northwest Georgia mountains has died. House Speaker David Ralston was 68. The state representative from Blue Ridge just announced a few weeks ago that he was stepping down as the…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - A Fulton County Judge has ruled against the six week abortion ban in Georgia. It is based on a technicality of law. The Judge found that lawmakers passed the bill before Roe V Wade was overturned,…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee will be able to replace another Bredesen appointee to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Justice Sharon Lee informed the current Governor that she plans to retire next year. Lee is a native of Madisonville…
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The folks at Dollywood are teasing us again with new images of their new ride at the theme park arriving next spring. The reveal happened Tuesday…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee and Georgia are on the winning side of a legal tussle with Google. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced an almost $400 million dollar multistate settlement with the company on Monday. It involves location tracking…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Department of Transportation is encouraging residents to participate in cleanup events throughout the state this month. So far more than eight tons of trash has been collected in the department’s No Trash November initiative.…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - A hunting tradition in continues next weekend as deer season opens up in Tennessee. The season traditionally begins the Saturday before Thanksgiving and that will be November 19th this year. "Deer hunting season is one of our…
The 300 video feeds from I-24 MOTION will be processed by a custom software suite that includes state-of-the art computer vision algorithms. These techniques use deep learning (a form of artificial intelligence) to identify vehicles and…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The controversy over a drag show at a local business where kids were present has inspired a new bill in the legislature. Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson has filed new legislation for next year aimed at…
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WDEF) - Our region lost one important local figure in state politics this week when David Ralston from Blue Ridge decided not to seek another term as Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives. But we got another…
POWELL, Alabama (WDEF) - A search this afternoon in northeast Alabama ended with the arrest of the suspect. Police in Powell were trying to arrest Breylon Willis for multiple burglaries when he fled. They say he may have also fired…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Voters approved all four changes to the Tennessee Constitution on election day. That includes new rules for who is in charge if the Governor is medically incapacitate, dropping slavery language from the Constitution, and allowing clergy…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added a wanted man in Cumberland County to their Most Wanted List. Brian James Heinsohn is accused of Rape of a Child and Rape by an Authority Figure. The TBI…
(WDEF) - Three Governors were up for re-election on Tuesday. And they had a few things in common. Bill Lee (TN), Kay Ivey (AL) and Brian Kemp (GA) are all Republicans and they each…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Republicans swept a slate of state races today, except for one that is still too close to call. Republican Herschel Walker hangs on to a very think lead, but remains…
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Several organizations and individuals announce the protection of 620 acres on the Cumberland Plateau. TennGreen Land Conservancy, Robert D. McCaleb of Cleveland, TN, the Open Space Institute (OSI), and The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Election officials have confirmed that more than 430 Nashville voters cast ballots in the wrong race in the lead-up to Election Day. The amount is a stark jump…
By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America Cellphones - the ultimate distraction - keep children from learning, educators say. But in attempts to keep the phones at bay, the most vocal pushback doesn't always come from students. In some cases,…
BLUE RIDGE, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia's Speaker of the House announces he will not seek the post again next year. Representative David Ralston is…
JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Two people died Thursday morning when their SUV crashed into a gas station in Johnson City. Police say the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it left the road and slammed…
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Lee is distancing himself from a claim attributed to him falsely alleging that employees will be forced to pay union dues if the state’s so-called right-to-work…
MARYVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - We remember a First Lady of Tennessee who passed away on Sunday at the age of 77. Honey Alexander may be best known as the wife of…
A Korean automotive parts company plans to open a $205 million factory that will supply 200,000 battery modules annually for electric vehicles produced in Alabama and Georgia, officials said Thursday.
A Tennessee senator accused of violating federal campaign finance laws requested a hearing Thursday to change his not guilty plea after initially criticizing the charges as a political witch hunt.