DADE COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - A wildfire in Dade County is fully contained but not before it destroyed 136 acres, according to forest firefighters. Georgia Forestry says the fire started yesterday afternoon around…
SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The entertainment and tourist project in Sevierville is drawing some international attention. Knoxville media outlets report that the operators of the second most visited theme park in France are visiting East Tennessee. They have their sites…
WAVERLY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI has issued an endangered child alert for two young children. Humphreys County authorities believe that the non-custodial mother has taken 2 year old Scarlett Tarpy and brother 1 year old Adonis Goff. They do…
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia state Senate committee has advanced a proposal for the state to prohibit social media platforms from removing or censoring content. Tuesday's vote moves the measure to the full Senate for more debate. It comes amid…
Prosecution witnesses were to retake the stand Wednesday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. (more…)
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The Board of Regents has picked former Governor Sonny Perdue to lead the University of Georgia system. The full board still must confirm the selection in a vote. Tuesday's selection comes after a year long, nationwide…
Tennessee lawmakers passed a ban Monday against instant runoff voting in elections, which is also known as ranked choice voting.
HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) - A flock of commercial broiler chickens in Kentucky near the Tennessee border has tested positive for avian influenza. According to a news release, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is for the first time endorsing a separate agency hiring election investigators. The plan will overlap what the Republican says is his own underfunded investigation unit. Raffensperger on Monday also called…
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WDEF) - A former church official was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse of a girl. Michael D. Lewis pleaded guilty to statutory rape charges. The abuse happened between 2014-16 when Lewis was…
MADISONVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI will investigate an officer-involved shooting in Monroe County overnight. If happened in the city of Madisonville around midnight. Police say they were called to deal with a suicidal person who was trying to cut…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The FBI is posting photos of a bank robbery suspect who has hit a number of banks in Tennessee and Alabama. The 8 robberies fan out around Chattanooga, but none were in our area. The…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers are advancing two measures meant to limit public school students’ access to inappropriate or obscene materials. A House subcommittee on Thursday passed a bill to tighten standards preventing schoolchildren from using school computers or internet…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Chattanooga still hasn't made the list for the Atlanta Braves World Series trophy tour, yet. But Murphy, North Carolina has. The team announced the stops of the trophy tour today. More dates will be added later…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty to a count of cyberstalking in federal court in Chattanooga. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office in East Tennessee and the FBI. Their investigation showed that 36 year…
By JEFF AMY and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In their bid to win the Republican nomination in the Georgia governor's race, incumbent Brian Kemp and challenger David Perdue are often at odds — except when it comes to Stacey Abrams. The…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Comptroller's Office has launched a new online dashboard to show citizens how redistricting has affected you. Go to the Tennessee District Lookup for your answers. Enter your home address and the site will tell…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee House Republicans have advanced an anti-abortion resolution commemorating the day the medical procedure became legal nearly 50 years ago. The resolution states that Jan. 22 will be known as the “Day of Tears,” and suggested…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - A former police officer in Summerville, Georgia has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing money from the city. Stacy Rena Fountain pleaded guilty last week to theft charges. She admits to withdrawing money…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that a “leadership committee” created by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp under a new state law must stop spending money to get the governor reelected during the Republican…
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Seven years after a man was fatally shot in Oak Ridge, investigators have now charged his wife with shooting him. In December of 2014, 29 year old Thomas Steven Thrasher Jr. was shot and killed…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Crossville Police Department is investigating the death of a woman at a local motel. They were called to the Village Inn on Friday morning where medical personnel pronounced her dead. They do not have an…
SMYRNA, Tennessee (WDEF) - More than 190 soldiers returned to Tennessee on Thursday after a ten month deployment in the Middle East. They are members of the Tennessee National Guard's 1st Battalion, 181st…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville Metro Council has approved a pilot program to bring license plate readers to the city’s streets for six months, despite widespread community opposition. The Tennessean reported that the legislation was approved Tuesday after more…