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Dalton Police Chief assumes new job this week

DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) Dalton Police Chief Jason Parker is leaving his job, but not the city. Jason Parker moves over to City Administrator for Dalton on Friday. He has served as the Chief of Police in Dalton for a decade.…

7 Things Alexa Can Do that Google Home can't

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) Chattanooga is bracing for a major international tech conference coming to town next week. The 2018 Alexa Conference runs from January 18-20 at the Chattanooga Public Library. Techies from across the nation will attend to discuss what's new…

McCaysville still under a boil water advisory

MCCAYSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The city of McCaysville remains on a boil water advisory, even though the deep freeze is over. The city issued the advisory and asked customers to conserve water last Friday because of frozen pipes. Now they…

TN suicide rates, a cause for concern

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - "The majority of teenagers and young adults are not dying by motor vehicles they're not dying by accidents they're dying from suicide and from overdose deaths," Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network Southeast Vice Chair Eve Nite said.…

Rep. Fleischmann says Tennessee is going to stay Red

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Congressman Chuck Fleischmann traveled with the president today as he flew into Nashville for a speech to the Farm Bureau. The Chattanooga congressman joined Senator Bob Corker and others in the Tennessee delegation. Before he returned to…

Two serious injuries in Rock Spring wreck

ROCK SPRING, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia State Troopers report that two men were seriously injured in a wreck this morning on Highway 27 during the icing. Their Nissan Terra was heading north on the highway at Lee Clarkson Road in…

Road crews prepare for potential icy weather

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- With the threat of icy weather possible early Monday morning, road crews were out on Sunday getting the area ready. Winter Weather Advisories have been expanded. Less than a tenth of an inch of ice expected,…

Two arrested after chase into Georgia

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Two people are behind bars tonight after leading multiple agencies on a chase into Georgia. Early Saturday morning around 2:00 am, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office says a deputy saw a vehicle on Suck Creek…

Ink shipped to DFW Airport turns out to be liquid meth

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Federal authorities say Customs and Border Protection agents at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport have seized two boxes of bottles described as containing ink and valued at $90 each but really were filled with liquid methamphetamine worth nearly $300,000.

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