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City announces celebration of actor Leslie Jordan

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The City of Chattanooga announces the event to memorialize Leslie Jordan. They're calling it “Love. Light. Leslie. Sunday Hymn Singin’ to Celebrate Leslie Jordan.” It will be at Memorial Auditorium at 5 PM on November 20. They…

Fill The Boot drive returns this week

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A 68 year tradition resumes this week in Chattanooga. Firefighters are once again hitting area intersections for their Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Fill The Boot CAMPAIGN. The Chattanooga Fire Department and Local 820 of the Chattanooga Fire…

ALABAMA's Jeff Cook passes away

DESTIN, Florida (WDEF) - A founding member of the group ALABAMA has died. Guitarist and fiddle player Jeff Cook was 73. Cook had been living with Parkinson's disease since 2012. The diagnosis wasn't made public until 2017, when Cook's health…

WRWOS: Construction Career Academy

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "You want the paper ring to face down so you put that on like that." Gerald Harris: "I think for the community and the students, this school this partnership…

Two teens shot in Alton Park

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating the shooting of two teenagers last night in Alton Park. But almost all the details at TBD. Police got a call about shots fires around the Bethlehem Center on West 38th Street around…

Brian Kemp Campaigns in Ringgold

RINGGOLD, Ga. (WDEF)- Georgia Governor Brian Kemp made one last campaign stop in Northwest Georgia before the Georgia Gubernatorial Election on Tuesday. (more…)

Chattanooga opens brand new Information Center

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Tourism Co. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its brand-new Chattanooga Information Center Friday afternoon. The new building is in the "front yard" of the Tennessee Aquarium and is…

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