WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - A bill aimed to protect abortion rights from an upcoming Supreme Court ruling failed in the U.S Senate 51 votes against to 49 for. The Democratic sponsored bill was hastily put together before a Roe V…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Vietnam War. A tough period of time for our country. We lost over 58,000 Americans in that conflict. For those who made it back home alive,…
BERLIN, Germany (WDEF) - The Volkswagen Group now confirms they will create a new company and a new brand for the American market. They will re-invigorate the old International Harvester brand of "Scout" SUV's and wagons from the 1960s and…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff's Office has charged Andy Ledford with a burglary early Tuesday morning. A business owner contract the department around 4 AM that his surveillance system alerted him that a man was going through…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - An apartment unit on Missionary Ridge was damaged by a kitchen fire early Wednesday morning. It happened around 6 AM at 3047 Westside Drive overlooking East Lake. Firefighters found the flames on the bottom floor in the…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The investigation started Tuesday with several complaints to Cleveland Police about a graphic video when a young man kills a dog with a large stick. Bradley County and Cleveland investigators found it happened in the southern…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a wreck involving a Hamilton County sheriff's deputy. It happened in the 14800 block of Highway 27 (Dayton Pike) on Wednesday afternoon. The sheriff's office says the deputy was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly introduced his proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 budget for the city of Chattanooga. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Next week is National Police Week in the United States, but Tuesday night in downtown Chattanooga, local officers who lost their lives in the line of duty were honored…
BERLIN, Germany (WDEF) - Reports are surfacing tonight that a vote is coming up tomorrow in Germany that could have a major impact her in Chattanooga. Multiple news outlets say the Volkswagen Board will vote on a proposal to create…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Tuesday marked the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This day serves as a time of remembrance of those lost to fentanyl and to raise awareness of resources. (more…)
A team of volunteers from Chattanooga Gas spent today supporting the Tennessee River Gorge Trust. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County School Board has passed their budget for the upcoming school year. The budget creates funding for new 25.5 new positions, allocates six million dollars to address learning loss,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Volkswagen is holding a job fair aimed at hiring 1,000 production workers for its assembly plant in Tennessee. The hiring event will take place Saturday onsite at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. The effort to add…
IA_Final_Report (Redacted) CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - A captain for the Bradley County Sheriff's Office has resigned in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him. Captain Jerry Johnson left the force earlier…
PIKEVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Erlanger Blesdoe Hospital opened a new medical office building on Tuesday. it includes 14 exam rooms, 2 procedure areas, a lab, nurse station and physician offices, plus a much larger waiting room. It is right…
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI announces the indictment of an Athens man for arson. The fire burned an apartment complex on 5th street in Etowah on December 29. Local investigators along with TBI agents determined that Aaron Harris set…
EVANSVILLE, Indiana (WDEF) - The Sheriff of Vanderburgh County in Indiana is sharing more details on the end of the 10 day manhunt for Casey White and Vicky White. He says as…
UPDATE: Dalton Police say they have now identified the suspect. ________ DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police are looking for a woman accused of shoplifting $3000 worth of cologne and perfume at a store. They say the thefts actually…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials say they anticipate that an independent investigation of the state’s lethal injection methods will result in changes to how those executions are carried out, including how the procedures are…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland Police are asking for the public's help in their investigation into a stabbing last week at a liquor store. It happened Thursday night around 9 PM at the Eagle Liquor Store at 1800 Dalton Pike.…
TUNNEL HILL, Georgia (WDEF) - One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash this morning in Catoosa County. It happened on Highway 41 near I-75 around 8:30 AM. Three vehicles…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton Board of Education met tonight to approve its next fiscal budget, but a different conversation tonight that took over the meeting.…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - It took several hours, but Hamilton County rescuers successfully brought out an injured hiker this evening from the Pocket Wilderness. It happened Monday afternoon on the trials on the side of Montlake mountain. Hamilton County…
