WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) today cosponsored bipartisan legislation to stabilize the individual health insurance market and begin to lower the cost of premiums. The bill was authored by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority has fired Rob Wigington as its president and CEO. The airport's board of commissioners voted unanimously to remove Wigington, citing a "a fiduciary duty to do what is best for the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County School superintendent delivered his vision for the future of the school system. Doctor Bryan Johnson spoke to people with the Hamilton County Council of PTA's, who hosted the state of our schools. He…
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The great grandson of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill is traveling to Cleveland, Tennessee in order to deliver a very special invitation to some talented young students. Duncan Sandys arrived this morning at Walker Valley…
SODDY DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A local teacher at Sequoyah High School, has earned not one, but two big awards for helping recruit young people. Sgt. 1st Class Shannon Hamrick is the J-ROTC teacher at Sequoyah High School. During a…
According to emergency management officials, there is a shortage of volunteer firefighters in Hamilton County.
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Dolly Parton will assist with the ongoing relief efforts around the United States and its territories by making a contribution to the One America Appeal for Hurricane Relief to assist with immediate life sustaining needs…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dalton Police Department has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta. Dalton Police Department received the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A former manager of the Zaxby's on Shallowford Road will not spend any time in jail..but he will have to repay his former employer for the theft of $66,000. Jimmel Hill pleaded guilty to the…
Deputies found 44 year old Jerri Lynn Sanders sitting on the porch, smoking a cigarette.
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union is teaming up with other companies to help local start up businesses with their finances.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Despite protests last week, Hamilton Co. Commission approves a construction and demolition materials landfill in Birchwood/Harrison. The vote was 7-2 for the proposal. The plan is to put the landfill at a property in the 9000 block…
“It’s vital that taxpayers have confidence that this money is used to promote the CVB’s mission. "
Judge Angela Duncan told her "Don't come back." "I won't" said Payne.
he is experiencing "the cognitive symptoms that are associated with this type of Parkinson's."
People in the Chattanooga area and across the country are taking to social media to share their experiences of being sexually harassed or assaulted.
A teacher at Hickory Valley Christian school makes learning fun, earning her a Golden Apple Award.
An interim head coach for the Grundy County High School Football team was named on Tuesday.
CENTRE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a work-release inmate who left a job site in Alabama has been recaptured in Georgia. Al.com reports that 40-year-old Jimmy Wayne Blair Jr. walked away from a construction site about 10:30 a.m. Monday in…
Charged with causing I 75 wreck in Ooltewah that killed 6 people
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia lawmaker says Scrappy the Owl, the mascot at the university where five cheerleaders have been kneeling during the national anthem, had no business leading students in a march through campus to support the cheerleaders.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The truck stop chain controlled by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has publicly distanced itself from former employees charged with defrauding customers. But court records show the board…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The iconic Grand Ole Opry House in Tennessee's capital city will undergo a $12 million expansion to add parking, larger retail space and an enhanced area for backstage tours. The Tennessean quotes Ryman Hospitality CEO Colin…
Ooltewah High School's Principal has been named Principal of the Year.