NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitively made tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape, only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant nearby, a sheriff…
BENTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Comptroller's Office has some suggestions for Polk County after an audit. They didn't find any criminal activity, but they did come up with 14 issues. That's the most findings in any of the 95…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County deputies are looking for a pair of suspects in an overnight shooting. They say it happened just before 2 AM in the 1900 block of Lois Street SE. Deputies found a male victim in…
TikTok's CEO plans to tell Congress that the video-sharing app is committed to user safety, data protection and security, and keeping the platform free from Chinese government influence. Shou Zi Chew is due to answer questions Thursday from U.S. lawmakers concerned…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police released surveillance footage from the robbery at Regions bank on Monday. It happened at the bank location on Market Street in Downtown Chattanooga. Police have yet to…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TN (WDEF) - Recognizing each child's unique strengths *and* challenges is crucial to helping them become the best students they can be. Kim Lockery does that every…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that says local governments can't ban gas stoves, even though no current city in Tennessee is currently pursuing…
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers gave final passage Tuesday to a bill that would restrict vaping in public spaces. The state House voted 152-14 to pass Senate Bill 47, which would regulate vaping in…
Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he is recovering from an attack earlier this month outside a Florida hotel. Allen, who was in South Florida to perform a show at the Seminole…
UPDATE: Sanders is now booked at the Hamilton County Jail on a $1.3 million bond. All information related to Sanders on Wallace A. Smith Elementary School's website…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The YMCA has expanded their Community Action Program (Y-CAP) into Brainerd. The new Y-CAP location is at the Chris L. Ramsey Community Center on North Moore…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia conservatives are getting closer to a long-held goal of broadening state funding for private school tuition and home schooling, with a House committee passing a bill Tuesday that would give $6,500…
MURPHY, NC (WDEF) - A Grandy Jury in the Murphy area has indicted a doctor on a variety of sexual misconduct charges. 66-year-old Dr. Thomas Vann Clayton faces 16 felonies in all. They involve Human Trafficking, Forcible Sexual Offense and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Siskin Hospital held their 20th annual Possibilities Luncheon today at the Convention Center. Victoria Arlen was the keynote speaker of the event. She shared…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bill banning most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender people under 18 is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp's desk after senators gave it final passage on Tuesday.…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Schools District released a statement following the arrest of a first-grade teacher for sexually abusing students. They are offering support to students, families and faculty who may have been impacted from this…
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints from Honda Civic drivers that their steering can stick, causing a momentary increase in effort and increasing the risk of a crash. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety…
RANGER, Georgia (WDEF) - A north Georgia town could cease to exist if a bill is approved in the Georgia legislature. Ranger is a small town of about 140 people on the eastern…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally's Republican colleagues in the Senate have voted 19-7 that he should keep his leadership post in the wake of revelations that he repeatedly commented on posts of nearly nude photos of…
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District walked off the job Tuesday over stalled contract talks, and they were joined by teachers in a three-day strike…
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) arrested a Nolensville man for committing fraud through the online sports betting platform DraftKings. Bruce Orr faces eight charges of identity theft, following…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee lawmakers are making decisions this week on tweaking the state's "no-exception" abortion law. The state house approved some very narrow exceptions on Monday, after a furious battle by Democrats to add more. The state senate…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - One of the leading Chattanooga-based freight companies is being bought out. Officials with U.S. Xpress announced the deal on Tuesday morning. Knight-Swift Transportation is purchasing U.S. Xpress in what is being called one of the largest trucking…
