CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility has Publically Censured a lawyer practicing in Chattanooga. The Board says Justin Grey Woodward represented a client in a domestic relations case. They say he created a conflict of interest with…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on the scheduled execution of an Alabama inmate (all times local): 7 p.m. An appellate court has upheld an order blocking the planned execution of an Alabama inmate convicted of a pastor's fatal stabbing.…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A 23 year old Georgia man drowned Thursday morning in the Little River Canyon on Lookout Mountain. He was swimming with friend at Little Falls around 11 AM. Bystanders called 911, but it took rescuers…
Boeing admits likely factor in deadly crashes After regulators around the world grounded the 737 Max, Boeing has been scrambling to address the problems believed to have led to two fatal crashes. The plane maker is now making test flights…
Columbus, Ohio — A bill imposing one of the most stringent abortion restrictions in the nation was signed into law in Ohio. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed the heartbeat bill Thursday, breaking with his predecessor, Republican John Kasich, who vetoed the…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Democratic Tennessee lawmaker says he's resigning from his leadership position after a House ethics panel concluded he violated the General Assembly's sexual harassment policy. Rep. Rick Staples announced Thursday he…
Eight of the stores to be closed are in our region: Tennessee: Dayton, Decherd, Jasper, McMinnville Georgia: Calhoun, Ringgold, Rome, Tunnel Hill ______ MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Fred's Inc. says it will close 159 underperforming and unprofitable stores in 13…
Natural disasters often cause serious personal financial harm that can last for years, according to a new study by the Urban Institute. People affected by hurricanes, floods and other events often see their credit scores drop and debts rise. A…
The grant will help install 40 new fire hydrants in needed locations
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Whitfield County is investigating five suspects for a rape two weeks ago. A woman called deputies on March 31st around midnight. She told them that Amy Walden took her to a trailer with five people inside.…
President Trump is greeting World War II veterans at the White House, hours after meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss "potential future meetings" with North Korea. Four World War II veterans, most of them centenarians, met with…
Wheeler on biggest environmental threat The U.S. Senate confirmed David Bernhardt as the new Secretary of the Interior on Thursday, amid concerns about his conduct when he was a lobbyist for oil, mining and extractive industries. Democrats have called for…
Congress can sometimes manage to agree on some wrongs to try to right, and one of those is the robocall. The Senate held a hearing Thursday to find a way forward on cracking down on the practice, which plagues just…
His wife and supporters demonstrated, asking the Sheriff not to turn him over.
More Americans are showing up for work high or with marijuana in their system, according to a new analysis released Thursday by Quest Diagnostics. Roughly 4.4 percent of more than 10 million workplace drug tests in 2018 showed positive results,…
The measure would require the state's top leaders to call on the federal government to send a fixed amount of money each year in the form of block grants.
Amazon hikes minimum wage to $15 for U.S. workers Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is challenging other retailers to match or even top the ecommerce giant's $15 an hour minimum wage. In an annual letter to shareholders, Bezos said Amazon wants…
The Justice Department has unsealed charges of conspiracy against Julian Assange, after the founder of WikiLeaks was arrested by London's Metropolitan Police Thursday at the Ecuadorian Embassy in the city. Assange, who has not left the embassy since 2012, recently…
More than 4,500 Amazon employees say they aren't happy with what they say is a lack of climate leadership from CEO Jeff Bezos -- as well as the company's ties to the oil industry. The online shopping giant, which already…
The IRS commissioner, who is overseeing the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code in a generation, says the $2,833 average refund in this year's tax-filing season is working out to be close to last year's. Taxes and returns…
As part of our School Matters series, "CBS This Morning" examines what some are calling a growing national crisis: the shortage of school nurses. Only three out of five schools across the country have full-time school nurses often forcing school…
A spring blizzard blasting some Rockies and Plains states early Thursday was already out-doing ominous forecasts in some spots -- and was just getting started. Driving was extremely hazardous and many major highways were closed. It was the second major…
Mount Baldy Village, Calif. -- Two hikers who vanished in snowy Southern California mountains were found safe Wednesday by rescuers who spent days searching the rugged terrain. Gabrielle Wallace, 31, of Rancho Cucamonga and Eric Desplinter, 33, of Chino Hills…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A video taken in Hixson Thursday morning shows a tree that falls and pollinates everything in its path. "Yeah I think it did. One lady, we saw one comment on there, that was in the neighborhood…
