Bradley County Commission honors WNBA player Rhyne Howard
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Bradley County Commission voted today to honor a local role model. The item discussed today would name a portion of South Lee Highway…
Ooltewah man receives TVMA veterinary award
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) presented an Ooltewah man with the Dr. Walter R. Clark Distinguished Service Award. Dr. John Mullins is the owner of…
Meetings planned for Fund Tennessee initiative
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) is hosting regional meetings for the Fund Tennessee initiative. In these nine meetings, they will share details about capital access across the state. They said the initiative…
How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
By SARAH EL DEEB, ANASTASIIA SHVETS and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has found that Russia’s strategy to take Ukrainian orphans and bring them up as Russian is well underway. It’s one of the war’s most explosive…
Child abuse investigation at Pikeville Elementary
UPDATE: We received affidavits from the Bledsoe County Courthouse on the incident. Detective Drake Brown was notified by Pikeville Elementary School about the incident. He reviewed video footage of what happened inside…
Explosion kills 2 at Miami-area industrial complex
MEDLEY, Fla. (AP) - An explosion and fire at an industrial complex in suburban Miami has killed two people and left three others injured. Police and fire officials say the Tuesday morning explosion happened in the small suburb of Medley.…
2023 Moon River lineup announced
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Moon River Music Festival released their lineup for the 2023 event. Headliners will include Caamp and Hozier. The festival will take place on September 9 and 10 this year. The festival is held at Coolidge…
Knoxville/ UT moving ahead with pedestrian bridge plan
KNOXVILLE (WDEF) - The City of Knoxville is moving ahead with plans to build what Chattanooga has had for decades, a pedestrian bridge over the Tennessee River. This week, the University will ask for the funds to buy land…
Delegation meeting Taiwan leader reaffirms US commitment
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday met with Taiwan's president, who promised to deepen military cooperation between the two sides despite objections from China, which claims the island as its…
5-year firearms enhancement dropped in Baldwin shooting case
FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, actor Alec Baldwin attends a news conference at United Nations headquarters. Experts predict a tremendous legal fallout after Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop gun while…
Remembering Jimmy Carter's legacy as he receives hospice care
PLAINS, Ga. (WDEF) -- The 39th President, Jimmy Carter, is transitioning into end of life care, according to a release from the Carter Center. Carter will receive…
What's Right With Our Schools: Notre Dame High School 60 years of Integration
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - These days schools throughout the Tennessee Valley are integrated, but it wasn't that long ago, when that was not the case. Notre Dame High…
New low-income housing raises questions by neighbors
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Health, Education, and Housing Board approved two new low-income housing projects to move forward today. (more…)
19-year-old charged with felony possession of marijuana
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Collegedale Police arrested a 19-year-old man for a felony possession of marijuana. They previously arrested him with the same charge in December 2022. Gabriel Kain Goins was…
UTC announces accelerated nursing degree program
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga announced a new accelerated nursing program. This accelerated program will allow those with any bachelor's degree to transition into the nursing field. The…
Keep Soddy-Daisy Beautiful hosts second Arbor Day celebration
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Soddy-Daisy will have its second Arbor Day Celebration on March 4. The nonprofit, Keep Soddy-Daisy Beautiful, is hosting the event, which it says will be twice as big as last year's. This year's celebration will…
Stars pay tribute to Leslie Jordan in Grand Ole Opry show
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Grand Ole Opry saluted the life and times of Chattanooga native Leslie Jordan on Sunday Night. The tribute drew luminaries from music, comedy and acting. The show included actors Jim Parsons, Mayim Bialik and Max Greenfield.…
Amber Alert ends in Catoosa County
FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia (WDEF) - A Virginia man is in custody in northwest Georgia following a weekend Amber Alert case. Authorities in Smythe County, Virginia reported that a 14 year…
Why balloons are now in public eye — and military crosshairs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wafting across the United States and into the attention of an alarmed national and global public, a giant Chinese balloon has changed Americans' awareness of all the stuff floating in the air and how…
Fond remembrances for Jimmy Carter after entering hospice
By JEFF MARTIN and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Well-wishes and fond remembrances for former President Jimmy Carter were pouring in a day after he entered hospice care at his home in Georgia. Among those paying homage Sunday…
Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and TV detective, dies at 78
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. He was 78. Belzer…
1 dead, 4 wounded, after Mardi Gras shooting in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One person has died and four are in stable condition after a shooting during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, police said Monday. The New…
UTC Mocs softball suffer back-to-back losses to end Chattanooga Challenge
(GOMOCS) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team fell 5-4 to Maine in its first game on the final day of the Chattanooga Challenge and concluded with a 4-2 loss to Indiana State in the finale. GAME ONE RECAP:…
First Baptist Church hosts mental health summit to launch new program
First Baptist Church held their inaugural Mental Health Summit today. This summit was a kick-off event for First Baptist's expansion of mental health services for those in need Local Professionals came to speak and answer questions on matters of therapy…