LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - The city of Lafayette is showing a new face because of a renewed effort to clear blighted neighborhoods and create new housing opportunities. It's part of a long-range plan for the future...and city officials say they've…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Senate Republicans are proposing a modest tax cut that would allow more taxpayers to take the maximum standard deduction on their state income taxes. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said Thursday that it is…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell has filed legislation to pursue TennCare work requirements for able-bodied adults without young children. In a news release Thursday, the Nashville Republican thanked President Donald Trump's administration for announcing a path…
"I have maintained my faith in the judicial system to prove my innocence."
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Police Department say a man is behind bars, charged with Rape. The suspect is Anthony Lebron Vance. Vance was arrested January 10th just after Noon. The arrest affidavit says that around 8 am January 3rd,…
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting where one person died and another was injured.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Drivers heed this warning. The U.S. 27 North layout in downtown Chattanooga changes for drivers Thursday morning. "I just want to encourage people to be patient and drive the speed limit which is 45 through the project…
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CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton county sheriff's department is moving ahead with plans to use Silverdale Corrections as its primary jail. And Sheriff Jim Hammond wants to get inmates with mental issues out of his facility. But in the meantime…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- One Dalton middle schooler already has his name on a U.S. patent. Tripp Phillips invented a a non-permanent glue intended to keep your Lego creations together but designed to easily dissolve in warm water. Martha Thomason…
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - How far will the "Dixie" purge go? The company that puts on her Dixie Stampede dinners this week announced they are dropping the "Dixie" from the shows in Pigeon Forge, Myrtle Beach and Branson. The…
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - Toyota-Mazda officials make it official. They have chosen to build a new auto plant at a site in Huntsville, Alabama. It will build 300,000 Toyota Corollas and a new small SUV from Mazda (a Chattanooga Volkswagen…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Bradley County Sheriff's Office says they have made an arrest following multiple storage unit thefts.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Lawyers for a woman who fatally shot a man who had picked her up for sex when she was 16 say it's unconstitutional to keep her in prison until she's 67. The Tennessean reports Cyntoia Brown's…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County commission on Wednesday approved a grant to hire crime intelligence officers for the Sheriff's Department. The $250,000 Justice Department grant will pay for their salaries for 4 years. The grant requires the county to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This morning many Chattanooga leaders gathered at the Chattanooga Convention Center for the annual Chamber of Commerce Economic outlook breakfast. Mayor Andy Berke and Mayor Jim Coppinger were both in attendance and spoke about the bright future…
Owners of a Chattanooga convenience store say their business is targeted with crime. After being robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday, they want answers.
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - A Murray County man died overnight in a house fire. It happened at a home on Weaver Road in Chatsworth around 1 AM. The victim was 74 year old Spencer Cantrell. Investigators with the Georgia Insurance…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to include a site in Chattanooga on the Superfund Program's National Priorities List. The idea is to help clean-up the Southside Chattanooga Lead site in areas where lead was found…
Doctors and health department experts are urging people to get the flu vaccine, if they haven't already.
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The drought two years ago came close to drying up Dade county's water supply. Local leaders there are now taking steps to build a water reserve for future use which includes a reservoir. Dade County leaders…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Officials say the 1,000-gallon fuel spill into Citico Creek originated from Norfolk Southern's DeButts Yard. Norfolk Southern is taking responsibility and has hired several remediation companies to clean-up the spill. Chattanooga Fire and Emergency Services first…
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - A person briefed on the decision says Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda have picked Alabama as the site of a new $1.6 billion joint-venture manufacturing plant. The plant will employ about…
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Singer and songwriter Denise LaSalle, whose hit "Trapped by a Thing Called Love" topped the R&B charts in 1971, has died. She was 78. Musician and producer Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell, a close family friend of LaSalle's,…