On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced her intent to appoint one of the five finalists for the Hamilton County Superintendent position as the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chrystin Keys is scheduled to turn herself in tomorrow morning in Floyd county. Keys was the driver of the Puckett EMT unit which crashed last Friday and killed patient Tony Patterson from Walker County. The Rome police department…
Back in April Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher announced his plans to retire in July. "I made the decision to retire after a great deal of introspect." That announcement started the search for his successor... Mayor Berke appointed a selection…
"Rick Smith negligently withheld true and accurate, as well as pertinent facts"
Officials say Patton had been working on gas heaters
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A double homicide investigation is underway at Highland Memorial Gardens cemetery. This morning, a former Chattanooga city councilman found the bodies of two adults near a grave stone. They both apparently died from gunshot wounds. Manny Rico…
Nunley apparently shot her when she tried to leave the residence after a domestic altercation.
MIAMI (AP) - The Latest on tropical weather. (all times local): 8:25 a.m. Forecasters say the Alabama and Mississippi coasts could be inundated with as much as 15 inches of rain from a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico.…
EAST RIDGE (WDEF) – One of Chattanooga's most infamous locations is getting a facelift. The King's lodge motel is being renovated top to bottom into "The View at Missionary Ridge" apartments. "This is a huge transformation for this area," says…
Either Republican Karen Handel will claim a seat that's been in her party's hands since 1979 or Democrat Jon Ossoff will manage an upset that will rattle Washington ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
A man was sent to the hospital with a non-life threatening wound.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park presented a free program on emancipation and its legacy in Chattanooga. The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park presented a free program on emancipation and its legacy in Chattanooga. It was…
Grundy County School Board members were slated to vote on whether or not to end the contract for their director of schools, but that did not happen.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Over the weekend there were multiple reports of shots fired Saturday during a fireworks display. "We heard a gun go off about three or four times and we saw the sparks fly and the smoke in the air…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- You may see highway patrol cars from several states in downtown Chattanooga this week. They are here for the 50th annual "Uniformed Safety Education Officers workshop"..going on at the Chattanoogan Hotel. "A lot of senior drivers will…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A man involved in a deadly truck crash faces a Hamilton County Judge this morning. The hearing comes after Benjamin Brewer's trial was postponed on Friday. Benjamin Brewer is the Kentucky truck driver involved in the 2015…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Two deputies are hurt near Manchester, Tennessee, after a reported shooting at a county courthouse. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said on Twitter, two Coffee County deputies were injured in the shooting this afternoon at the Coffee County…
Hundred's of thousands of documents and artifact's were initially reserved for the new Chattanooga History Center, but was never completed. UTC Library Dean, Theresa Liedtka tells us it'll take a week to transfer the items into it's 'Special Collection's' area.…
You may want to do something different for lunch this week. For the first time, daily pop-up markets are being held at the Miller Plaza's Waterhouse Pavilion. The theme this year is 'DIVERSIFY' celebration. Every day starting Monday through Thursday,…
HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama mayor is offering to take Confederate-related monuments recently disassembled in New Orleans. Hanceville Mayor Kenneth Nail wrote to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, asking him to consider donating the monuments for display in Veterans…
ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) - Dozens of domesticated rabbits at a forest preserve in Georgia have been captured. WSB-TV reports volunteers with the Georgia House Rabbit Society were at the Big Trees Forest Preserve on Sunday after capturing 24 rabbits the…
Students from Bradley Central High School may soon be on your local newscast, after winning a recent competition.
Investigators believe it sparked from an electrical malfunction.
Roomates subdue man with the gun who entered their apartment