Update, 7:21p.m. - DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — An explosion rocked an apartment building in suburban Atlanta on Sunday, causing the three-story structure to partially collapse and leaving four people with minor injuries, authorities said. The cause of the explosion was…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: This version updates with attorney general's office comment. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of federal judges reversed course Friday and blocked a Tennessee restriction that outlaws abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's top health official says the state's rapid rise in the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 appears to have stabilized. Yet Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, says Alabama still faces the “real crisis”…
DALTON (WDEF) - "This one lady said she saw it on Tik Tok," says nurse Terresa Adams about the large crowds they have coming in for the free COVID treatment being offered in Dalton. COVID patients from many miles away…
7:30 Update: Gov. Lee tweeted in response to President Biden's vaccine announcement: “This is not about freedom” is a phrase that should never come out of a U.S. President’s mouth. For a fight that requires working together, a lot of…
TRENTON, Ga (WDEF) - The Georgia fire Marshall is offering a reward for up to $10,000, for any information that could help investigators solve an arson fire…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Unclaimed Property Division is a consumer protection program that works to reunite the millions of missing dollars turned over to the state every…
ASHELAND CITY, Tennessee (WDEF) - An AMBER Alert from last year has lead to a pair of arrests today. Last November, TBI agents began the search for a missing 9 year old boy in Cheatham County near Nashville. A couple…
MANITOBA, Canada (WDEF) - It took investigators from two states and two countries to crack a case of multiple false reports of school shootings. They believe it was a "swatting" case across international boarders. Swatting is the term…
MEIGS COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF)- Governor Bill Lee didn’t want to speak much about a Tennessee judge blocking his order allowing students to opt-out of mask mandates due to it being an…
UTC on Twitter: Our medical team remains concerned about the spread of COVID-19 on campus and within the community. UTC, like our peers across the UT system, will extend the mask requirement set on August 23rd. This requirement will be…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Health officials say a person who contracted West Nile virus in Shelby County is Tennessee’s third case of the illness this year. In a news release Friday, the Shelby County Health Department did not identify the…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia prosecutor was indicted Thursday on misconduct charges alleging she used her position to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery from being charged with crimes immediately after the shootings. A grand…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee from allowing parents to opt out of school mask requirements in Shelby County, the state’s largest county that includes Memphis. U.S. District…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A jury in Chattanooga this week convicted a man of unlawfully distributing prescription opioids. 64- year old Mark Daniel Allen was a nurse practitioner at a clinic in Manchester that he owned. Prosecutors say he…
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio (AP) — The longtime tour production manager for country star Keith Urban has died after falling from a stage before an Ohio concert. Randy “Baja” Fletcher, 72, died on Aug. 27 at a hospital after falling the previous…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The terminated vaccine director in Tennessee has sued the state in federal court and says she wants to clear her name. Michelle Fiscus was fired after Republican lawmakers objected to her promoting COVID-19 vaccinations for teenagers.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he has no plans to introduce anti-abortion legislation similar to what Texas adopted earlier this year. Lee told reporters on Thursday that the state is awaiting a ruling on the state's…
TELLICO PLAINS, Tennessee (WDEF) - The U.S. Forest Service announces that the project to build a new bridge at Bald River Falls is getting postponed again. This time they are blaming "challenges in the contracting marketplace." Some road and trail…
JACKSON, Tennessee (WDEF) - A West Tennessee woman will face a grand jury after a visit from a drug task force to her farm this week. The 15th Drug Task Force in Jackson says they have been investigating the case…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state Department of Health says the number of children contracting COVID-19 now makes up 40% of all of Tennessee’s cases. Tennessee is confronting a steady rise in hospitalizations that mirror the drastic numbers from the…
MANCHESTER, Tennessee (WDEF) - In the end, it was the weather, not Covid, that took down this year's Bonnaroo festival near Manchester. After posting on Monday that they would have to scale back camping for the event this weekend, they…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - The weather has forced a pause for a missing swimmer on Sand Mountain. Emergency crews were called to High Falls Park on Monday night. The Falls are on Town Creek above Lake Guntersville. Sheriff Nick…
GEORGIA, (WDEF) - The Fourth wave of Covid-19 is continuing to overwhelm Georgia’s hospitals. Right now, more than 92% of Georgia's ICU beds are in use - while nearly 50 % of adult ventilators are being used. On…