Rep. Marsha Blackburn announces she WILL run to replace Bob Corker in the Senate
a "hard-core, card-carrying Tennessee conservative"
Father who fled with his 7 year old captured in New Mexico
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Jared Lackey, the father who grabbed his son from Elementary school and ran, has been found. McMinn County authorities say Jared Lackey took his 7 year old son out of Etowah City School on Monday morning.…
Gov. Haslam says he will NOT run for U.S. Senate
"While I have loved being a mayor and a governor, I don't feel the same call to run for Senate at this point,"
Maddox announces run for Alabama governor
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox is running for governor. Maddox, a Democrat, made the announcement Thursday morning with the release of a video on social media. Maddox says the state has a "crisis in our leadership" because…
Dunlap Guardsman sends back photos of Virgin Islands destruction
part of the 117th Military Police Battalion headquartered in Athens with a company in Cleveland.
Drug arrest in Skyline Alabama
SKYLINE, Alabama (WDEF) - A Jackson County deputy resolved an outstanding warrant during a traffic stop late Tuesday night. Deputy Travis Stevens pulled over a vehicle on County Road 25 in Skyline. He found the driver, 26 year old William…
Freight train derails, sending train car into home; 1 hurt
ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities say a freight train has crashed into the bedroom of a home in Atlanta, sending a man inside to a hospital. Atlanta Fire Rescue officials said in a brief statement before dawn Thursday that "multiple cars"…
Firearm instructors explain bump stocks
After investigators said the Las Vegas shooter used bump stocks to transform semi automatic weapons into fully automatic, lawmakers are thinking about banning the device.
Chattanooga Police search for missing 13 year old
Chattanooga Police are searching for a missing 13 year old girl who left home.
Police looking for these 2 suspects in convenience store robbery
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) Chattanooga Police hope you can help them identify a pair of robbery suspects. It happened at the Tiger Mart on Hunter Road around 11 pm on Monday night. Officers say the two suspects entered the Mart and tried…
Reports of explosion at the Eastman Chemical Plant in Kingsport
KINGSPORT, Tennessee (WDEF) - Officials at the Eastman Chemical Plant call it a "process upset." But people around the Kingsport plant say they heard two explosions and saw a plume of smoke rise from the plant this morning. The company…
Suspect in child sexual assaults returns to Murphy NC
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - Investigators with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office have charged a Murphy, North Carolina man with sexual assault of a child. 41 year old Barry Wade Allen was indicted back in July, but fled the area.…
Hamilton County Commission rejects removing confederate statue from courthouse
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - After weeks of discussion, Hamilton County commissioners finally take a vote on the future of a confederate statue at the courthouse. They voted 6-2 against removing it. The bust of Confederate General Alexander P. Stewart has been…
VW recalls older Touareg SUVs to fix possible fuel leaks
DETROIT (AP) - Volkswagen is recalling nearly 74,000 SUVs in the U.S. because a fuel pump flange can develop cracks and leak gasoline. The recall covers Touareg SUVs with gasoline engines from 2004 to 2007. It's part of a larger…
South Pittsburg police looking for suspect after shooting
Victim shot in the back and in the hand.
Local National Guardsman on duty in the Virgin Islands
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Army National Guard Military Police from the 117th Military Police Battalion, headquartered in Athens, began their deployment to the VI over the weekend, and continued on Monday and Tuesday. A total of twenty personnel from the 117th…
National park trail in deadly 2016 Tennessee fire to reopen
the Chimney Tops Trail will reopen Oct. 6
Alabama man charged with threats after Las Vegas shooting
Gilliam told deputies he was bored and wanted to see how people would react.
Remembering Dade County's Emerson Crane after passing
Saturday night some 2,000 people lined the Trenton street for Emerson's Light the Night Spectacular.
Trial Set For Second Lookout Valley Triple Homicide Suspect
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A trial date has been set for one of the other men accused in the 2014 Lookout Valley triple homicide. Skyler Allen's trial is set to start April 10th, a day after the four-year anniversary of…
Johnthony Walker Trial Set For February
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A judge has set a trial date for the driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six elementary school students last year. Johnthony Walker's trial date is Tuesday, February 27th. Walker faces 34 charges, including…
Red Bank "Stream Team" helps restore watershed
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is helping students at Red Bank Elementary School learn about their watershed. The Tennessee Student Environmental Alliance was presented a check for more than seventy eight thousand dollars today.…
Riverbend Festival organizers react to Las Vegas shooting
In light of the Las Vegas shooting, concert festival organizers are reflecting on the situation and taking a look at safety.
Mississippi student dies as car runs under school bus
ASHLAND, Miss. (AP) - A north Mississippi student is dead and two are injured after a car ran under a school bus.