Victim's mother and defendant testify in first degree murder trial
Key witnesses testified for both sides in a Chattanooga man's first degree murder trial.
Islamist extremism caused 84,000 deaths worldwide in 2017, new report says
A new report tracking the roots, spread and effects of violent Islamist extremism found that 121 groups that share elements from a common ideology are now operating worldwide. Their activities resulted in the deaths of 84,000 people – nearly 22,000…
Pope meets with Catholic leaders amid ongoing sex abuse scandal
ROME — Some of the highest ranking Catholic leaders from the U.S. met with Pope Francis to discuss the priest sex abuse crisis that has rocked the church. The U.S. bishops said Pope Francis "listened deeply from the heart" in…
Life Force at Erlanger is ready
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Life Force at Erlanger Health System is in wait and see mode, but they're ready. There is one helicopter in Cleveland, two flight nurses, two flight paramedics, a pilot, and a mechanic on standby and ready…
Capt. Everett wins First Responder award for saving a life
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Probably the most honored First Responder in the Tennessee Valley over the last few months is Chattanooga Fire Captain Steve Everett. His quick response...even though he was off-duty at the time...saved a life, and reinforced the fact that…
Miller Park opens Friday
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga's Miller Park officially opens Friday, bringing a new green space to the Chattanooga community. The project cost more than $10 million. Sixty percent of that price tag was paid by private partners like Blue Cross…
HCOEM, Red Cross opens Florence evacuee shelter
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hurricane Florence continues to threaten the coastal Carolinas, southern Virginia and Georgia Thursday. Meteorologists expect it to make landfall Thursday night or early Friday morning. Hundreds of thousands have been told to evacuate their homes, as…
TSA discovers loaded firearm at CHA checkpoint
The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport checkpoint Thursday morning.
Dramatic twists as pope meets with U.S. cardinals over sex abuse
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of a West Virginia bishop, Michael Bransfield, and at the same time authorized a fellow bishop to investigate allegations that Bransfield sexually harassed adults, Vatican officials said. The development, announced…
Body of Missing Man Found in Great Smoky Mountains
The National Park Service says the scavenged body of a missing man has been found at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that straddles Tennessee and North Carolina. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports rangers found 30-year-old William Lee Hill Jr.,…
Putin watches war games billed as Russia's biggest ever
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov watch the military parade during the Vostok-2018 (East-2018) war games at Tsugol military training ground…
Florence evacuees can stay at Georgia parks for free
RISING FAWN, Ga. (WDEF) - Georgia state parks have opened their doors for Hurricane Florence evacuees to come and stay free of charge. "We're not gonna turn anyone away. They just need to come up here. Let us know that…
Choo Choo statue goes back to Indiana
A statue at the Choo Choo made its way back to where it belongs.
Update: Missing Bradley County woman found
The Bradley County Sheriff's Office needs you help to find a missing, elderly woman.
Investigators describe scene in Tyrone Murphy's murder trial
A trial is underway for a Chattanooga man accused of stabbing a woman to death.
Piney Woods Baptist fire ruled arson
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Investigators with the Chattanooga Fire Department have ruled the Sept. 2 fire at Piney Woods Baptist Church arson. The church on 52nd Street in Chattanooga lost an estimated $150,000 in damage to the building and its…
Embattled D.C. archbishop to discuss potential resignation with pope
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., said he is going to Rome in the near future to discuss his potential resignation with Pope Francis. Wuerl, who led the Pittsburgh diocese for 18 years, was implicated in a recent…
Mom To Mom: A Recipe to Get Your Kids Eating Veggies
If your children are picky eaters, here's a recipe to hide some veggies in some delicious food.
Putin: "Nothing criminal" about suspects ID'd in ex-spy poisoning
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia has identified the two men that Britain named as suspects in the poisoning of a former Russian spy, and that there is "nothing criminal" about them. Britain last week charged…
Newspaper reprints Serena cartoon artist insists is "not about race"
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A controversial cartoon of Serena Williams that has been widely condemned as a racist depiction of the tennis great has been partially reprinted on the front page of the Melbourne-based newspaper that initially published it. The Herald…
UN says hunger is growing, climate change partly to blame
A woman holds a child with severe malnutrition at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Lankien, Jonglei State, South Sudan, on April 8, 2016. Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP/Getty Images ROME -- The number of hungry people in the…
Elite Afghan forces serve as the first line of defense in America's longest war
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Crisis Response Unit 222 is the country's most powerful weapon in the fight against Taliban and ISIS militants. The team swarms onto the scene at the first sign of trouble. When a terrorist attack is underway,…
Prayer walk, service held held to remember those killed and wounded in 9-11 attack
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Scenic City Women's Network hosted a prayer walk and prayer service on the steps of the old Hamilton County Courthouse. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann read a proclamation saying, "by the congressman of the third district of…
Tennessee groups prep for hurricane response
Volunteer groups all across the Tennessee Valley are waiting to spring into action ahead of Hurricane Florence.