Alabama woman gets 40 years for scalding kids
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - A north Alabama woman convicted of putting her two children in scalding water as punishment has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Israeli family describes close call when Hamas rocket landed on house
ASHKELON, Israel — Israeli airstrikes lit up the sky over Gaza in an escalation not seen here since 2014. The strikes are retaliation, the military says, for more than 460 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel. "Hamas and…
"Pink Legacy" diamond sells for record price
Last Updated Nov 14, 2018 1:30 AM EST GENEVA — Christie's sold the "Pink Legacy" diamond at auction Tuesday for more than $50 million including fees, saying it's a new world record price per carat for a pink diamond. Christie's…
Walker County School Board accepts new Public Participation Policy
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - In a planning session Tuesday night, the Walker County School Board voted to accept a new Public Participation Policy for people wanting to address the school board. A policy, Superintendent Damon Raines said that they…
Sailor For A Day: Day 2
NORFOLK, Virginia (WDEF) - On Day 2 of our series, Ashley Henderson gets wet. He went through training that all air crews have to endure and try not to wash out. At the invitation of the U.S. Navy, Ashley joined…
TECH BYTE: When to Get Your Phone Repaired
Should you get your cell phone repaired, or buy a new one?
Community members appreciate addition of public safety cameras
Managers at Chattanooga businesses in high crime areas say the addition of new public safety cameras is needed.
Chicago gang member convicted of heroin connection to Chattanooga
The DEA claimed in court that he was the source for heroin to gang members in Chattanooga, Knoxville and Atlanta.
Students show off robots ahead of competition
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hundreds of students from Hamilton and Walker Counties came together today to participate in the third annual EPB Robo Expo. Students of all ages designed and programmed robots that perform different tasks. They showed them off…
Police release names in 2 fatal wrecks in Ft. Payne
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - Fort Payne police worked two fatal wrecks over the weekend. Early Sunday morning, a car ran head on into another car on I 59. It happened around 5 AM in the southbound lane. 84 year…
Gov: Amazon 'largest jobs commitment' in Tennessee history
The big Amazon offices go to New York & Virginia, but Tennessee also gets a big piece of the pie.
Abrams campaign reacts to court rulings on Georgia election
Judges order final count to be pushed back to Friday, county must count ballots with birth date discrepancies.
Emily's List of Weekday Activities - November 13, 2018
You have lots of concerts to choose from this week.
The Latest on the Georgia Governors Race
Latest vote count, 2 court ruling favor Abrams, Fake News story on Abrams sister
Trump rips French leader over defense, wine tariffs and popularity
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump escalated his verbal assaults against France and its leader on Tuesday, suggesting that America's stalwart European ally would have been vanquished in both world wars if not for the military firepower provided by the United…
Expert calls report on secret N. Korean missile sites "unsurprising"
A Digital Globe satellite image taken on March 29, 2018 shows what the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Beyond Parallel project reports is an undeclared missile operating base at Sakkanmol, North Korea. CSIS/Beyond Parallel/DigitalGlobe 2018 WASHINGTON…
U.K. cops catch suspected beer thief, and it's not Ross from "Friends"
Blackpool Police shared the image of a thief who bares an uncanny resemblance to actor David Schwimmer, who played Ross Geller in the 90s sitcom "Friends." Blackpool Police LONDON -- A man who is definitely not "Friends" actor David Schwimmer…
Gaza militants accept cease-fire as Mideast reignites
JERUSALEM -- Hamas and other Gaza militant groups said Tuesday they have accepted an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire after launching hundreds of rockets into Israel over the past 24 hours and weathering a wave of punishing Israeli airstrikes. There was no immediate…
Chattanooga Police set up Safe Exchange Zone
You can complete online sales/exchanges in front of the Police Services Center.
Investigators identify man shot by police as Cesar Ramos
Ramos was awaiting trial on drug and resisting charges.
Officials say Soddy Daisy Middle threat not valid
Reports that a male student threatened a female student.
Police identify man killed in Alabama interstate shooting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Police have released the name of a man who died during a shootout on an interstate highway in Alabama.
Gov: Amazon 'largest jobs commitment' in Tennessee history
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam's office says Amazon's plans for a Tennessee operations hub expected to create 5,000 jobs represent "the single largest jobs commitment made by a company in Tennessee's history."
Inside a Ukrainian nationalist camp training kids to kill
Yuri "Chornota" Cherkashin, head of Sokil (Falcon), the youth wing of the nationalist Svoboda party, sits with his AK-47 rifle at the "Temper of will" summer camp in a village near Ternopil, Ukraine. FELIPE DANA / AP KIEV, Ukraine -- The…