How local schools are improving safety after last year's shootings
better trained SRO's and physical improvements greeted students this year.
Italian bridge collapse survivor says it came down "like flour"
GENOA, Italy — More bodies were recovered Wednesday from the site of a highway bridge collapse. At least 39 people were killed, prompting the prime minister to declare a state of emergency as the search for victims continues. Valentina Galbusera…
Turkey's economy suffers amid U.S. sanctions and tariffs
ISTANBUL — The economic and diplomatic disputes between the U.S and Turkey escalated on Wednesday as Turkey increased tariffs on U.S. products. The two countries also remain at odds over an American pastor who is now under house arrest in…
Trade, infrastructure details split Tennessee Senate race
Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen in business forum today.
Don't click that EPB email link.. it's a scam!
The email asks you to verify your EPB email account. DON'T DO IT.
More people report getting sick at River Drifters restaurant
These are people who are calling the Health Department and telling them they got sick.
Tree service crane falls onto house in Middle Valley
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It has happened again. A crane belonging to a tree trimming service has fallen onto a condo in the Jackson Square subdivision. The subdivison is off East Boy Scout Road, just three blocks away from Hixson Pike…
Sea critters imperiled by major increase in "marine heat waves"
WASHINGTON -- Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916. "Just like we have heat waves…
Sea critters imperiled by major increase in "marine heat waves"
WASHINGTON -- Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916. "Just like we have heat waves…
County commission rejects cell tower next to Hurricane Creek
The vote was 8-1
Candidate Steven Foster sentenced to a year in jail for DUI
Democrat running for Congress against Tom Graves.
Prosecutor seeking the death penalty against 3 Rico suspects
Andre Grier, Courtney High, and Charles Shelton accused of killing a witness against a fellow gang member.
Fire burns Mercy Tabernacle complex in Benton
The cause is under investigation.
As companies vow to banish plastic straws, are balloons next?
NEW YORK -- Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans' love of balloons be deflated? The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who say the pieces that fall back to…
Some Parisians unimpressed by new open-air urinals
PARIS -- In the heart of Paris, a radical experiment in urine management is taking place: new eco-friendly urinals which are prompting titters from some and furious complaints from others. In a city where men are regularly seen urinating on…
21 kids die on way to school as boat sinks in the Nile
An April 16, 2015 file photo shows Sudanese fisherman washing their day's catch by the Nile River bank, in Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan. AP CAIRO -- Sudan's state news agency says a boat sank while crossing the Nile River, killing at…
Dozens killed as bomber hits college students in Afghan capital
A man who was injured in a deadly suicide bombing that targeted a class in a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha is placed in an ambulance in western Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2018. AP KABUL, Afghanistan…
Taliban stages another deadly attack on Afghan forces
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban assault on two adjacent checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed at least 30 soldiers and police, officials said Wednesday, as life gradually returned to normal in parts of the eastern city of Ghazni after a massive…
Anger, questions day after deadly Italian bridge collapse
Firefighters and rescue workers stand next to a part of the collapsed Morandi Bridge in the port city of Genoa, Italy, Aug. 14, 2018. REUTERS GENOA -- Residents of the northern Italian city of Genoa awoke Wednesday to a new…
Arson Inspector Called After 3 Buildings in Polk County Burned to the Ground
UPDATE- Benton, Tn (WDEF)- The Mercy tabernacle church that has been apart of the Benton community for more than 40 years is being called a total lose after flames burned through the churches 3 buildings early Wednesday morning. The blaze…
Turkey aims new tariffs at U.S. as court rejects pastor's appeal
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey announced Wednesday that it is increasing tariffs on imports of certain U.S. products as a local court denied an American pastor's appeal to be released from house arrest -- both moves which could escalate a feud…
Suspect in U.K. Parliament attack ID'd, motivation still a mystery
LONDON -- British authorities said they are considering turning the area around Parliament into a pedestrian zone to prevent future vehicle attacks as police searched three properties for clues about the motivation of a man who plowed into cyclists and…
Students, teachers, staff wear blue for injured Dade County Major
DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Blue line Law enforcement flags and blue bows lined main street on Tuesday. You could even see a touch of blue at the Dade County High School softball game, one week after Dade County Major…
Jeff Styles creates podcast to tell his story of the road rage case
He talks to the media about why he still hasn't been heard, fully.
