HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond says he's appointing Austin Garrett to the rank of Chief Deputy. Chief Deputy Garrett will serve as head of the Command Staff and will serve as the Sheriff’s executive administrator responsible…
A CCTV image provided by police shows one of the three men who are suspected of stealing a Renoir painting from an auction house in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 26, 2018. LPD Vienna via AP BERLIN -- Three unknown men allegedly…
A woman and her baby daughter are dead after a grizzly bear attack outside a remote cabin in northwest Canada on Monday, officials said. The Yukon Coroner's Service said Tuesday the child's father killed the bear before making the horrific…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Construction continues on the Avondale Youth and Family Development Center in Chattanooga. Some extra expenses may be pushing the multi-million dollar project over budget. The city agreed to spend $6 million to build a brand new…
ENGLEWOOD, Tennessee (WDEF) - Englewood Elementary in McMinn County will be closed on Thursday because of heating problems. Their heat and air unit shut down for the second day in a row on Wednesday. So the school shut it off…
Samuel Little says he met the woman in Chattanooga around 1980 and killed her in Dade County.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the House Democrats' leadership elections (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Nancy Pelosi has been nominated by House Democrats to lead them in the new Congress, but she still faces a showdown vote for House…
The booming casino business in Tunica, MS has hit hard times.
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If David Earl Miller dies in Tennessee's electric chair next week for the 1981 murder of Lee Standifer, the slain Knoxville woman's mother won't be there to witness it. In a…
VARNELL, Georgia (WDEF) - Law Enforcement in northwest Georgia have recovered a haul of stolen goods in a joint operation. Varnell Police and Georgia Department of Community Supervision officers served search warrants Tuesday night and discovered a property full of…
Investigators say he took almost a million dollars from the utility.
UNITED NATIONS -- Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that the White House intends to move forward with its much-anticipated Middle East peace plan early next year, before expected Israeli elections. "We don't know the details of the plan but…
The Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies revealed another woman in his study is possibly pregnant. At a summit in Hong Kong Wednesday, He Jiankui said his study is now on hold after worldwide…
WASHINGTON -- Russia said on Wednesday it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned. Mr. Trump, in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, said he may cancel the…
WASHINGTON -- Russia said on Wednesday it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned. Mr. Trump, in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, said he may cancel the…
Ryan McLennan's wife Shakina (r) had the idea to put up billboards asking for a kidney donor for her husband. Ryan McLennan Most people use billboards to advertise products or restaurants near the highway, but one man made use of…
LAKE PRESTON, Australia -- Knickers the steer is huge on the internet — for being huge. The black-and-white Holstein Friesian won social media fame and many proclamations of "Holy Cow!" after photos surfaced of the 6-foot-4-inch steer standing head and…
RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Rhea County school bus driver is accused of driving under the influence with children on board. Michael Ledbetter faces DUI, drug paraphernalia, and felony reckless endangerment charges. Investigators with the Rhea County Sheriff's Department…
FLINTSTONE, Ga. (WDEF) - A driver is facing a charge after hitting a school bus in Flintstone. It happened on Happy Valley Road around 7:14 Wednesday morning. A Land Rover Discovery driven by 18 year old Seth Garrison Cline is…
MOSCOW -- Russia has released video of a group of captured Ukrainian sailors giving oral confessions to deliberately violating Russian territory. Russian security forces seized the sailors and their Ukrainian military vessels on Monday in the Kerch Strait in a…
LONDON — Three U.S. service members were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday, marking the worst loss of life this year for Americans in Afghanistan. A total of 18 U.S. service members have been killed there in 2018.…
A tense international stalemate in the world of chess could end with the first American world champion since Bobby Fischer in 1972. Fabiano Caruana, who was born in Miami and raised in Brooklyn, is taking on Magnus Carlsen of Norway…
Dr. Lieve Thienpont poses during an interview in Ghent, Belgium, on June 29, 2017. Maria Cheng / AP LONDON — Belgian officials are investigating whether doctors improperly euthanized a woman with autism, the first criminal investigation in a euthanasia case since…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County School Board discussed transportation policy revisions in a work session Tuesday night. Though nothing final has been made, the meeting provided an opportunity for school leaders to talk about possible changes. Those…