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…
CHATTANOOGA - EPB is honoring eight Hamilton County students who won the company’s 12th Annual Black History Month Contest after submitting original poetry inspired by efforts to advance the cause of equality. Students in the first through 12th grades in public and private…
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - An Etowah County grand jury has cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in a deadly shooting that happened in January. The district attorney's office in Gadsden announced Friday that grand jurors decided against any charging Rainbow…
NASHVILLE -- Senate Speaker Bo Watson (R-Hixson) expressed his support today for legislation giving teachers and principals the choice to include or exclude student's TNReady results from faculty evaluations. "I’m as frustrated and aggravated as everyone else,” said Sen. Watson. "We need…
Chattanooga Police need your help finding a missing teen. 17-year-old Elijah Bartley was last seen Sunday leaving a Chattanooga facility where he was receiving treatment for health issues. Bartley is described as being 5-foot-9 with blonde hair and brown eyes.…
Christa Gail Pike was convicted of torturing and killing another teenage girl at a Jobs Corps program in Knoxville in 1995
Updating three issues today before lawmakers
family of victim Skip Wells accuses organizer of pocketing funds meant for Marines
Victim says robbers posed as police officers
Starting at 4pm this afternoon, tree seedlings will be available for Pink Dogwood, Redbud, Ninebark and several other varieties. Wildflower seeds will also be given away.
Bebe Heiskell says the party has turned its back on her as she runs for re-election