CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga's Erlanger Health System is hoping to build a $25 million behavioral health hospital that it says would eventually employ 200 people. Hospital officials said that they are seeking to obtain permission from the state Health Services…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police responded to a report of a shooting early Sunday morning at the 1300 block of Cowart Street, finding Reuben Simpson, 35, unresponsive and suffering from a single gunshot wound to the head. The victim…
Spring break just kicked off for UTC students, but the break hasn't started quite yet for the both the men's and women's Mocs basketball teams as they prepare for the NCAA tournament. UTC sophomore, Olivia Henninger, said she's proud to…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee(WDEF) - A Chattanooga man is facing multiple criminal charges after he was indicted by a Hamilton County Grand Jury. Marcus Cody Alexander Nix, 20, is facing: Six counts of wilful abuse or neglect or exploitation of an…
Tennessee High Patrol is investigating a multiple vehicle crash with injuries on I-24E at mile marker 166 in Marion County. THP is advises people to get off at exist 155 into Dunlap and then onto Highway 111 if you're heading…
ATLANTA (CBS46) - A patient who may have Lassa fever has arrived at Emory University Hospital’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, according to officials with Emory. Emory released the following statement: "Our patient arrived early Saturday morning and is being treated in the Serious Communicable…
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) - Police say a 12-year-old boy has accidentally shot himself to death inside a suburban Atlanta home. Gwinnett County police spokesman Cpl. Deon Washington tells local news media that the boy was playing with the gun before…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (News Channel 5) - A 16-year-old has been charged after he was found carrying a loaded gun at school. Authorities said school resource officers acted on a tip Friday at Maplewood High School. They discovered a freshman was…
On Saturday, March 12, 2016, Chattanooga firefighters, along with staff and volunteers with the American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee, will distribute free smoke alarms and batteries in a neighborhood off of Bonny Oaks Drive. The staging area will be…
JOHNSON CITY (WSBV-TV) - Police in Johnson City, Tennessee, are investigating a call involving underage children being served alcohol. Johnson City Police Chief Mark Sirois said that officers arrived at a nearby Applebee's restaurant Thursday around 5 p.m. A parent told…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State Officials say that a campaign to promote tourism in the state of Tennessee has generated more than $73 million in new state and local tax revenue. A newly released state Department of Tourism Development report says…
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - A prison in southern Alabama is on lockdown after violence erupted at the facility late Friday. A prison spokesman says two prison officials were stabbed, but their injuries were not life-threatening. Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The state of Alabama is seeking execution dates for three death row inmates after carrying out its first lethal injection in more than two years. The attorney general's office asked the Alabama Supreme Court to set…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - Today the Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) announced the retirement of CPD K9 Officer Doodle. Retired K9 Officer Doodle will be reunited with his former handler United States Marine Corps Corporal William Moran, who handled Doodle's second deployment. Doodle…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - Late Friday evening, Chattanooga Police were approached by Quintarius A. Mitchell, 27, at the 700 block of Central Avenue. This individual advised officers he had been shot on Brainerd Road and drove from the scene. Suffering…
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (WSB-TV) - A DeKalb County father shot and killed an intruder who burst into his home on Friday afternoon. The man was at home with his 4-year-old son at their home on Farrington Ridge Circle when he heard…
ore than 8,000 veterans in the Bradley County area will have a new place to call home pretty soon.
An elderly man is presumed to be in critical condition after he was run-over by his own car. The Hamilton County Sheriffs Office responded to the call around 5:30 this afternoon to the incident at 9075 Brittany Farm Lane in…
ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a pregnant inmate has been recaptured after she escaped during a doctor's visit in Alabama. Calhoun County Chief Deputy Matthew Wade tells multiple news outlets that 24-year-old Alexandria Brooke Hamilton escaped Friday morning. Hamilton…
Residents upset about being annexed into the City of Chattanooga may get some help from the Legislature.
Today Bradley central hit the court with Oak ridge in the 3 A state semifinals Jamal Williams was at the game and has the story...... It is the state playoff and 2 great teams hit the court today. The Bradley…
ATLANTA (AP) - Licensed gun owners who are 21 and older would be able to carry concealed weapons on public college campuses in Georgia if Gov. Nathan Deal signs a bill headed to his desk. The proposal cleared the state…
NEW YORK / CHATTANOOGA - Public Safety Coordinator Paul Smith announced today that he has accepted the position of Strategic Operations and Policy Specialist at the National Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.…
TRI-CITIES (WJHL)- Right now the majority of inmates in Sullivan, Carter, and Greene County jails are repeat offenders. In most cases in Tennessee offenders get out years before serving their full sentence, and many land right back behind bars. A…
