DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- A Louisiana man has been arrested for a rape case in DeKalb County, Alabama, the sheriff's office said. Lafayette, Louisiana law enforcement arrested 31-year-old Bobby John Bergeron, Jr. on Friday, April 5. [caption id="attachment_1717307" align="alignright"…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - Kindness, patience and understanding are always on the syllabus for Sarah Dodson's class at Lake Forest Middle. She has been described as, "the…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- First responders in Hamilton County conducted a rescue of a hiker at the Rainbow Lake Trail on Signal Mountain on Tuesday. A woman…
CHATTOOGA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- A Fort Payne man died from a car wreck in Chattooga County on Monday, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. on Georgia Highway 1 at Kirby Hollow Road. There…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Walker County unveiled its new interpretive sign of McLemore Cove on Tuesday. In the 1900s, the McLemore Cove Historic District was added to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A local utility company that’s been around for nearly a century announced a big change on Tuesday. Sherman+Reilly have been making products for…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga City Council discussed a potential change to how they reach out to the public during a committee session Tuesday. A new position called…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Two Cleveland High School students tragically died in car crash this past weekend. Students, teachers and family came together tonight for a memorial…
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug as soon as Tuesday, CBS News has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The…
By KEVIN FREKING/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats will vote to save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s job should some of his fellow Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position, Democratic leaders said Tuesday, likely assuring for now…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A recent poll named the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga as the nation's best aquarium. Newsweek Magazine held a readers' choice poll, allowing readers to vote for their favorite aquariums.…
An American pilot who disappeared during a Vietnam War-era spy mission has been accounted for almost 60 years later, officials said Monday. John C.G. Kerr, originally from Florida, was 35 when he was reported missing in 1967. Kerr had been…
Four law enforcement officers were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, while trying to serve a warrant Monday afternoon, police said. A suspect was killed in a shootout with police, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings announced during…
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- DeKalb County authorities seized one kilo of methamphetamine on Friday and arrested two suspects in that case. The sheriff's office said on April 26, narcotics agents spotted 51-year-old Thomas Dewayne Bailey's vehicle on Glenn Boulevard.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The National Labor Relations Board has certified the unionization vote of the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant. With this news, both Volkswagen and the United Auto Workers (UAW) have provided a joint statement on those results. Read their…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) awarded the Orchard Knob Collaborative (OKC) funding from their Connected Communities Pilot Program in 2022 to improve on safety, health and ability…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Many are on edge after a string of recent shootings. We asked local residents if they feel safe in Chattanooga after recent incidents. One resident, Kristy,…
WHITWELL, Tenn. (WDEF) - Imagine a room with 24 middle school students all playing piano. That could get a little noisy, right? You'd think so, but…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County finally broke ground for the new Victims Memorial Park on Monday. The Victims Memorial Park is located at the Riverpark…
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- DeKalb County deputies arrested a Trenton, Georgia man for trafficking fentanyl on Monday. This followed an attempted traffic stop and police chase. A deputy attempted the traffic stop on a white Chevrolet truck on Monday,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Four local Tennessee lawmakers signed a joint Senate Resolution recently, honoring and congratulating WDEF-TV on its 70th anniversary. "Be it resolved by the Senate of the 113th General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, the House…
UPDATE: April 29, 2024 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Police Department gave more information regarding the Eastgate Loop shooting on Friday. Authorities said the victim in this case has died at the hospital. The police department has still not…
Pittsburgh — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In…
Johannesburg — The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has threatened U.S. tech giant Apple with legal action over what it says are "illegally exploited" minerals from the impoverished nation in its products. U.S. and French lawyers representing the DRC's…