NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) is handing out grants to improve drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems in our area. The projects are key to growth in a community. But the communities have…
WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - The Biden administration announced on Friday grants for improving High Speed Internet Networks in northwest Georgia. The money goes to DoveTel Communications to expand middle mile high-speed internet infrastructure. (Middle mile internet carries large amounts of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have made an arrest in the shooting at an apartment complex on North Concord Road on Thursday. There were actually two incidents at that apartment. The first involved an assault around midnight. Then 45 minutes later,…
SEQUATCHIE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Six people are dead, including three children, following an apparent murder-suicide last night in Marion County. It happened at a home in the 200 block of Pine Street…
MARION COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -TBI is investigating the deaths of 3 adults and 3 children in Marion County Tennessee. The bodies were found at a home overnight at 200 Pine Street in Sequatchie. According to investigators, Marion County deputies and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Apple is out with another software update. The tech company says iOS 17 makes the iPhone more personal and intuitive. Apple is calling…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- We are less than one week away from the official start of Summer. Temperatures are heating up outside and in cars. That can be especially dangerous…
A rooftop camera view of the GoDog business on W. 20th Street, showing the close proximity of the business to multiple residences.…
HIXSON, Tennessee (WDEF) - The thunderstorm that raked our area this evening brought hail to the area and created wind damage in the Ooltewah area. Right now, EPB's outage map is showing the most customers without power in the…
RISING FAWN, Georgia (WDEF) - Lookout Lavender Farm looks pretty much the same this year as it did last year when I stopped by. A good number of folks. Enjoying the fields of…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI has issued a preliminary report on an officer-involved shooting case last night involving a Hamilton County Deputy. Sheriff's officers were chasing a suspect on Lee Highway around midnight. The chase continued until deputies…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga police made two calls to an apartment complex near the interstate last night. The first was an assault at the apartment on North Concord Road just after midnight. The suspect had fled the scene by the time…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Federal officials held a public meeting to discuss where the future Chattanooga federal courthouse will be. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- You can expect to see a lot more food trucks on the road in the Tennessee Valley, thanks to Launch Chattanooga's Kitchen Incubator. Let's…
Ooltewah, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Veterans celebrated flag day at Ooltewah Walmart by fundraising for new flags at Collegedale Veterans Memorial Park. Flag day is celebrated every year on June 14. The holiday honors the American flag and commemorates the adoption…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a fatal shooting before dawn this morning. The victim showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound and died from his injury. Police identify the victim as 24 year old Cordarrius Bailey.…
WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - The National Transportation Safety Board has issued their final report on what went wrong in the Erlanger Air Medical crash from March. The Life Force helicopter was transporting a patient in the North Carolina mountains at…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF)- A Tennessee legend would have turned 71 years old today. (more…)
CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Great Outdoors Fund is asking for volunteers to help them improve facilities at the Chilhowee Day Use Area of the National Forest near Benton on June 24. Here is their release: POLK COUNTY,…
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Abstract: The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold. It has rejected an appeal by the California megachurch of its ejection for having women pastors. Southern Baptist church representatives…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Due to an increase in stray and surrendered animals, local shelters are reaching maximum capacity. Shelters all across the country have been experiencing a space…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A local organization is kicking off a new initiative to replace weathered or damaged American flags in the community. Comcast's veteran-focused Employee Resource Group, known as…
One vision of the future Red Bank Central Park presented on the Save Red Bank Central Park Facebook page. This is not an official…
CHICKAMAUGA, Georgia (WDEF) - A former church elder has been charged with hundreds of counts of sexual battery and exploitation of a disabled adult in northwest Georgia. 75- year old Dennis Laman faces the charges in Walker County. A police…