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Citizen Safety Coalition meets at City Hall

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The citizens safety coalition met today at the Mayor's office. This group of concerned citizens and leaders in the community is growing. They talked about crimes stats and the different things that they are working on…

Hamilton County Sheriff discusses school safety

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond discussed school safety at the Hamilton County School Board meeting on Thursday. He shared his own thoughts on possible ways to ramp up security at schools. "Guns are not the problem…

Charges pending in deadly Marion County wreck

SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tennessee (WDEF) - Charges are pending against a driver involved in a head on collision in South Pittsburg on Wednesday. It happened around 10 AM on Highway 72. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a pickup truck crossed over…

9 people injured in crash involving bus

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A city bus in Nashville has been involved in a crash that injured nine people. A statement from the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority says the crash happened Thursday morning and involved a bus and a passenger…

Take part in the Battle of the Badges blood drive

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Like most communities, Chattanooga and surrounding areas frequently see a shortage of blood supplies. There are blood drives going on daily, and today it involves the first responders who know first hand how important that can be.…

Tennessee AG challenging local opioid lawsuits

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Attorney General of Tennessee is going to court to stop opioid lawsuits across the state. District Attorney Generals in several regions near us have filed lawsuits against drug companies, doctors and pill mill operators. But AG…

Miller Park block of MLK Blvd reopens

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Miller Park project in Chattanooga is one step closer to completion. This afternoon, Martin Luther King Boulevard was reopened at Miller Park. Closed road signs were removed and drivers were able to go through. Mayor Andy…

Tennessee Valley schools improve school safety

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has proposed $30.2 million to fund school safety, but schools in the Tennessee Valley are already working to make our schools safer. "It's open to everything from SROs to physical improvements in…

Dade County puts an SRO in every school

TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dade County school system and law enforcement have worked out a deal to put an armed officer in every school. Dr. Jan Harris plus the Sheriff Ray Cross and Trenton Police Chief Christy Smith announced…

Rev. Paul McDaniel win Civil Rights Award

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tennessee Human Rights Commission honored a Chattanooga civil rights leader at the Hamilton County Commission meeting this morning. The Jocelyn D. Wurzburn Civil Rights Legacy Award was presented to Reverend Paul McDaniel for his half century…

Dalton Police not charging driver who hit pedestrian

DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton investigators have decided not to file charges against the driver involved in a fatal pedestrian struck. April Alesi of Newnan, Georgia was crossing Chattanooga Road last Thursday evening when she was hit by a pickup.…

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