Emily's List of Weekday Activities - November 27, 2018
A lot is happening on Giving Tuesday in Chattanooga!
Bradley County Courthouse opens after electrical fire
After an electrical fire closed the Bradley County Courthouse for 14 months, it reopened on Monday.
Looking for an idea for Giving Tuesday?
Here are some local organizations who hope you'll remember them on Giving Tuesday or #CHAgives
Second Tennessee prisoner choses death in the electric chair
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A second Tennessee prisoner is requesting to die in the electric chair rather than by lethal injection. Lawyers for David Earl Miller have argued that Tennessee's midazolam-based, three-drug injection method causes…
Bishop Stika may have stent placed in his heart
Heart problem discovered during stress test.
Woman charged with misleading deputies in last week's Rossville manhunt
Her information lead to Walker County naming the wrong suspects and posting their pictures in the manhunt.
East Ridge Police Chief on paid leave
Reports that Chief J.R. Reed has been put on leave pending investigation.
All Angels adopted, Salvation Army kicking off 12 days of giving on #GivingTuesday
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Monday, The Salvation Army announced that all angels have been adopted from the Angel Trees set up at local malls. The Salvation Army is kicking off "12 days of giving on #GivingTuesday." The Salvation Army says…
Tennessee diocese seeks to exhume priest in sainthood effort
Rev. Patrick Ryan is buried in Chattanooga.
Tennessee House elects 1st African-American minority leader
Rep. Karen Camper replaces Craig Fitzhugh who ran unsuccessfully for Governor.
Tension soars as Russia seizes Ukrainian vessels, blocks sea passage
MOSCOW -- Russia's coast guard opened fire on and seized three of Ukraine's vessels Sunday, wounding two crew members, after a tense standoff in the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula, the Ukrainian navy said. Russia blamed Ukraine for provoking…
UAE pardons British academic sentenced to life in prison for spying
British academic Matthew Hedges, who has been jailed for spying in the UAE, is seen in this undated photo supplied on November 23, 2018 by his wife Daniela Tejada. HANDOUT/REUTERS ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- The United Arab Emirates…
Russia launches airstrikes after alleged poison gas attack in Syria
More than 100 people were taken to hospitals in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, after a suspected poison gas attack over the weekend. As President Bashar Assad's regime traded blame for the alleged attack with anti-government rebels, Russian warplanes backing Assad's…
"Just a really sad event": 145 pilot whales die on remote beach
A supplied image shows around 145 pilot whales that died in a mass stranding on a beach on Stewart Island, located south of New Zealand's South Island, Nov. 25, 2018. New Zealand Department of Conservation/Handout via Reuters WELLINGTON, New Zealand…
Boyd lists priorities as University of Tennessee president
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - New University of Tennessee system interim president Randy Boyd has outlined his priorities. In a news release Monday, the university said Boyd plans to launch a search soon for the new chancellor of the flagship Knoxville…
Fire companies respond after smoke found at Sequoyah Plant
Malinda Hunter with TVA Strategic Communications says there is no safety issue and no equipment issue at this time.
Tensions rise as Russia fires on Ukrainan vessels, wounding 2
MOSCOW — Russia's coast guard opened fire on and seized three of Ukraine's vessels Sunday, wounding two crew members, after a tense standoff in the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula, the Ukrainian navy said. Russia blamed Ukraine for provoking…
Sanders confident bill stopping U.S. support of Saudi Arabia in Yemen can pass
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, said Sunday that he was confident the Senate will pass a resolution to pull back any kind of U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, given the CIA's conclusion that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
Potter and author Edmund de Waal on the poetry of objects
It looks easy when Edmund de Waal does it, forming in the language of his fingers a kind of tactile poetry. "There's this lovely feeling for me of the sort of breathing vessel, which is changing all the time," he…
EU endorses Brexit divorce deal but hard work lies ahead
BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders on Sunday approved an agreement on Britain's departure next year — the first time a member country will have left the 28-nation bloc. It took leaders a matter of minutes at a summit in Brussels…
THP investigating fatal crash in Seqautchie Co.
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash on state route 111 tonight. The crash happened on the road leading up Cagle Mountain and all lanes of traffic were blocked. The names of the victims…
Wanted man leads Walker County deputies on chase, flees on foot
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - A man is on the run after officials say he led deputies on a chase through Walker County and up to the Tennessee State Line. We spoke with neighbors who saw it all unfold. Neighbors…
Body found in Georgia park
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a man has been found dead in a park near downtown Macon with a stab wound in his back. Bibb County deputies said homeless people who camp at the park found the body Saturday…
Woman killed in crash on Dalton Pike Sunday
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A woman is dead after a crash on Dalton Pike Sunday. The Bradley County Sheriff's Officer Spokes person says the crash involved 2 vehicles. Two other people were transported to the hospital. The road was…