Last Updated Aug 12, 2019 7:11 PM EDT Chicago — High water levels and powerful currents are creating dangerous conditions for swimmers and boaters on America's Great Lakes. Sixty people have drowned this summer — nearly half of them on…
HINKLE, Georgia (WDEF)- Lula Lake Land Trust is a Walker County gem. Lula Lake started off as a 1,200 acres purchased by Robert M. Davenport and has grown to 8,000 acres of beauty. The Land Trust has land that was a…
Gov. Bill Lee told reporters Monday he wants to examine Correction protocols
Hamilton County 911 Director John Stuermer, says the landline outage was widespread, but cell calls were still working.
Canadian police said Monday they believe two teenage fugitives suspected of killing three people and setting off a two-week manhunt shot themselves to death. The Manitoba medical examiner completed the autopsies and confirmed that the bodies found last week were indeed…
Washington — The Trump administration rolled out a key item in its hardline immigration agenda that had been months in the making, issuing a sweeping rule on Monday that targets legal immigrants who use welfare benefits like food stamps and…
Man devotes life to rescuing hundreds of dogs Last year over 700,000 cats and dogs were euthanized in America's animal shelters — but Delaware is working to combat what animal advocates believe are unnecessary deaths. The First State is living…
A mobile classroom on wheels is helping kids stay focused on learning during the summer months.
A North Carolina woman is warning pet owners after her three dogs died hours following a swim in a pond filled with toxic algae last week. In a series of heartbreaking posts on Facebook, she detailed how an afternoon of…
Carnival Cruise Line's Fantasy cruise ship did not pass muster when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control inspected the vessel in July, with the CDC finding brown water coming from shower hoses and bread and bagels with flies on them.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - AT@T reports the phone issues this morning were caused when a fiber was cut between Shelbyville and Tullahoma in middle Tennessee. EPB reports that customers were still able to call within the service area, but people have…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The National Park Service says a Georgia man has been killed in a car crash on the North Carolina portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. News outlets report the park service says in a news release…
A deputy was responding to a domestic call
Lowe's is laying off thousands of workers after hiking quarterly dividends and spending billions to repurchase company shares. The home improvement chain isn't offering severance to laid-off workers, some of whom have been at Lowe's for a decade or more.…
The Trump administration on Monday rolled out some of the broadest changes in decades to enforcement of the landmark Endangered Species Act, allowing the government to put an economic cost on saving a species and other changes critics contend could…
Nashville -- After struggling to pass a six-week abortion ban earlier this year, Tennessee lawmakers are now considering one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country: a total ban on the procedure. On Monday and Tuesday, the state's…
A widespread outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has killed one person and sickened possibly dozens of others who were all guests at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. The hotel evacuated all its guests on July 15 and remains closed. Public health officials…
Erie, Pa. -- Three of the five children who died in Sunday's fire at an Erie day care were the kids of a local volunteer firefighter. CBS affiliate WSEE-TV reports that the firefighter, Luther Jones, was responding to another call…
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ROSSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) -- Walker County authorities confirm there has been an officer-involved shooting on Claire Street in Rossville. One Sheriff's deputy was shot in the leg responding to a domestic call just after 9 p.m. Sunday night. Sheriff Steve…
Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide Saturday morning in a federal jail launched new conspiracy theories online in a saga that has provided fodder for them for years, fueled by Epstein's ties to princes, politicians and other famous and powerful people. Online…
Salt Lake City — As America's opioid crisis spiraled into a fentanyl epidemic, prosecutors say one young Utah man made himself a drug kingpin by creating counterfeit prescription painkillers laced with the deadly drug and mailing them to homes across…
SODDY DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Early this morning Individuals with disabilities got a chance to experience water skiing, and try other water sports all with the help of one local organization. SPARC Water Ski Day is a safe and fun-filled…
El Paso -- At a big rally in El Paso on Saturday, Latino leaders demanded the Texas legislature take up a ban on assault weapons. The city continues to struggle with the horrific shooting that killed 22 people -- and…