CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A train car caught on fire in Chattanooga on Monday, according to the fire department. Firefighters responded to a "railroad equipment fire" next to Wilcox Boulevard. When they…
By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — The 40-year-old man who shot four people in the country's 31st mass killing this year needed mental help for nearly a decade, but his family and officials couldn't…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Average Chattanooga gas prices fell almost 10 cents in the last week, according to a GasBuddy survey. Gas prices previously rose nearly 7 cents in the prior week around the time…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A new restaurant to the Chattanooga area held its grand opening in Hixson Monday. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A local person won $50,000 from the Tennessee Powerball recently. The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation said that winning ticket came from Weigel’s at…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Drivers should be alert and slowing down this week. Operation Southern Slow Down has begun. It is an effort from law enforcement to reduce speeding…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Catoosa County Library has opened itself as a designated cooling station for the area while the temperatures are high. On July 15, Catoosa County Emergency Management said the library would be open as a…
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- DeKalb County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a Henagar, Alabama woman for trafficking meth last week. Deputies conducted a search warrant on Thursday, July 13 on…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - We are learning more about a recent East Chattanooga house fire. On June 30, the call came out at 4:17 a.m. to respond to a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Sunday marked the eighth anniversary of Chattanooga’s Fallen Five. On July 16, 2015, five servicemen died due to an act of domestic terrorism. …
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A local nonprofit held a fish fry on Saturday morning to raise funds for underserved students in the area. Reach One Teach One…
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) -- NFL athlete, Tré Herndon, hosted a backpack drive on Saturday at East Hamilton High School. Herndon graduated from East Hamilton in 2014 and now plays…
Road closures will make some major changes throughout Chattanooga, causing traffic delays on the interstate from Ooltewah all the way to downtown.
HOOVER, Ala (AP) — Police in Alabama searched Friday for a 25-year-old woman who vanished after telling a family member that she was stopping to check on a child she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway. Hoover…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Friday, July 14 is national Collector Car Appreciation Day. Coker Tire and Honest Charley invited anyone with an older auto to come on down from 11…
UNITED STATES (WDEF) -- It is estimated that between 600,000 and 900,000 people in the United States battle a disease known as ulcerative colitis. It can affect anybody-…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Last fall, Juanita Brown-Ingram made history when she became the first black woman to be crowned Mrs. Universe. Today, the Chattanooga native is…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - Wacker helped build someone’s future today. (more…)
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who forged a check after soliciting donations at a local Food City. The sheriff's office said the incident happened on June 5 at the Food…
GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Grundy County deputies recently arrested a Tracy City man for an arson that took place last year. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) first started investigating when the fire took place, on January 23, 2022.…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- I-24 is seeing a lot of construction work as the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) attempts to make repairs and improvements to the interstate…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police arrested a man for the murder of Cordarrius Bailey last month. Chattanooga officers arrested 24-year-old Terry Scott Anderson and charged him with first-degree…
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Lisa Marie Presley died after developing a small bowel obstruction, a severe complication of bariatric surgery years ago, according to an autopsy report released Thursday. Experts…
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it…