MONTGOMERY, Ala, (AP) - Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation that would end the requirement for a person to get a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved the House-passed bill. It now…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - State Attorney General Herbert Slattery is warning Tennesseans to take precautions from a massive data breach at T-Mobile from last summer. A large amount of private data has just been put up for sale on the…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A suspect in northeast Alabama has been transferred to federal officials to face drug trafficking charges. 46 year olf Francisco Javier Colunga of Fort Payne has been indicted on multiple counts of distributing meth.…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia House Speaker David Ralston announced a bill to change the state's tax rate. He says it would lower Georgia maximum income tax rate from 5.75% to a flat rate of 5.25%. The Speaker says along…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's state Senate has passed a Republican-backed bill that would do away with the need for a license to carry a handgun in public, thereby eliminating a current background check requirement. Democrats said the measure would fuel…
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Seeking to tighten the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine, governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states were taking actions Monday to pull state investments from Russian companies while encouraging private…
LOUDON, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI will investigate a fatal shooting involving officers with the Loudon City Police and county deputies on Thursday. Their preliminary report found that officers were serving a warrant at a business for an employee. They…
ATLANTA (AP) - Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan to pay $1.6 billion worth of state income tax refunds is advancing. The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to pass House Bill 1302 on Thursday, sending it to the full House…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A lawsuit backed by the Tennessee Democratic Party seeks to block new Republican-drawn redistricting maps for the state House and Senate. The challenge filed in Davidson County Chancery Court by three…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville and its bishop have been named in a lawsuit alleging that sexual abuse allegations against a former employee weren’t investigated properly. News outlets report that the complaint filed Tuesday in…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia senators are advancing bills that would let Georgia public school parents opt their children out of school mask mandates and would bar many state and local agencies from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Both measures passed…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - David Perdue in his race for Governor of Georgia is proposing term limits for statewide elected officials in Georgia. The former U.S. Senator is running against current Governor Brian Kemp in the Republican Primary. His proposal…
MARYVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI is taking over the case of an officer-involved shooting in the Maryville area on Tuesday afternoon. They say the Blount County Sheriff's Office got a call about a suspicious person behind a home around…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Knox County School Board chose an internal option this evening over a candidate from Bradley County to be there next superintendent. Dr. Linda Cash from the Bradley County…
The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday for violating Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — They chased, shot and killed a running Black man who was unarmed and committed no crimes, and left a trail of racist text messages and…
DAHLONEGA, Ga. (AP) - A $10,000 reward is being offered in hopes of finding a man who stormed into a north Georgia gold mine and made off with about $100,000 worth of gold, cellphones, money and jewelry from the mine's…
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.