EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - East Ridge authorities called in the SWAT team to get a man out of his house Wednesday afternoon. It started when Edlicia Oattes called police to say her son had tried to hit her in…
By LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - The National Rifle Association has launched a new insurance program for people who shoot someone. And it's stirring criticism from gun-control advocates who say it could foster more violence and give…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bid to outsource facilities management at Tennessee colleges and universities would cost the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga a quarter-million dollars more than its current expenses in-house. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that real…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Signal Mountain Town Council continues talks of creating a separate school district. This evening they held a joint meeting with the Signal Mountain School System Viability Committee. A crowd gathered at the town gym…
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