City announces money for new Wilcox Boulevard Bridge
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga officials say they have landed one of the largest transportation investments in the city's history. The Federal Government will send $25 million from the…
More To The Story with Staley: Electric Truck
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Matt McLelland is the Vice President of Sustainability and Innovation for Covenant Logistics. He's showing us what he believes to be the first 100 percent Class-8…
Shot goes through window at Dodson Avenue Health Center
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a shot that hit the Dodson Avenue Health Center Friday morning. It happened just before 9 AM. The bullet went through the window of the building on Dodson Avenue. but did not hit…
Whitfield jury finds Hawk guilty of a second child molestation
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A Whitfield County jury today found Charles Baretta Hawk guilty of child molestation. The 43 year old Chatsworth resident had a prior molestation conviction plus two more for failing to register as a sex offender. The…
Immigrant buses make pit stops in Dade County
DADE COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) -- The Dade County Sheriff's Office took to social media this afternoon saying they had received a call that tour buses were dropping off immigrants at a pair…
Kane Brown to Perform at Video Music Awards
NEWARK, N.J. (WDEF) -- Kane Brown will be making history later this month when he performs at the MTV Video Music Awards. He'll be the first male country artist to perform at…
Residents Sign Petition Against North Hickory Creek Development
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Property Developer R.M. Investments LLC is asking Hamilton County to rezone 53.9 acres on North Hickory Valley Road from rural residential to multi-family residential. Next Wednesday, the County Commission is expected…
Suspected Meth Maker wanted in Marion County
JASPER, Tennessee (WDEF) - The 12th Judicial Drug Task Force is looking for a suspect who failed to show up for court. Rex Allen Pickett faced manufacturing meth charges in the Marion County General Sessions Court. The 46 year old man…
From The Archives: 1982 Flooding
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - We usually think of summertime as hot and dry in our area. But this year is an outlier. It has been hot, but we've…
Unseal warrant for Mar-a-Lago search, AG Garland asks
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the federal warrant the FBI used to search the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump. Announcing the action Thursday, Attorney…
Sheriff says immigrants bound for D.C. are getting dropped off here
(NOTE: This story has been changed to remove the term "illegal" immigrants. There is no evidence at this point that the people involved crossed the boarder illegally or are undocumented. They are seeking asylum in the United States. They were…
Man and woman tell police they were shot in bed last night
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a case where the victims say someone shot them in bed. It happened in a Hixson neighborhood on Lavender Trail off Delashmitt Road around 1:30 AM. The 22 year old male and 26…
Body Found on Grove Street
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga police say that the body of a woman was found late last night on Grove Street in Chattanooga. (more…)
Severe storms lead to flooded roads in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Reports of roads being closed due to the inclement rain spread all throughout the Tennessee Valley from Alton Park to East Ridge. W. 33rd Street…
Here are the public hearings over property taxes in North Georgia
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - North Georgia governments are in the process of telling residents how much they are rolling back your millage rate this year and whether those sky-high new evaluations will actually mean higher property taxes. Remember, in Georgia,…
Back to School: The Public Education Foundation places future teachers in disadvantaged schools
The Public Education Foundation (PEF) in Chattanooga is placing future teachers in our economically disadvantaged schools. (more…)
Erlanger Privatization to be Complete in 2024
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Hamilton County is moving ahead with the plan to transition Erlanger Medical Center from a public entity to a private non-profit. The move has been in the works for Several Months,…
Dade Sheriff: Did you drop these bags of meth last night?
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dade County Sheriff's Office is asking for the person who dropped some bags last night in Trenton to come reclaim it. The baggies have about two pounds of meth and fentaynl in it. Deputies says…
Tennessee Supreme Court picks Skrmetti as attorney general
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court says Jonathan Skrmetti has been tapped to be the state’s next attorney general. Skrmetti replaces Attorney General Herbert Slatery. Slatery announced in May that he wouldn’t seek…
Sheriff reports major fentanyl bust in Murphy, NC
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - The Sheriff in Cherokee, North Carolina reports the arrest of a suspect they identified in their on-going investigation into the fentanyl crisis. On Tuesday, officers conducted…
More To The Story: Vision of Mercy
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga native Diane Moore founded "Vision of Mercy" back in May of last year. With a goal of providing non-perishable food bags and other…
Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga Hosts Food Truck Fridays
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Non-profit "LAUNCH" has teamed up with the Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union to host Food Truck Fridays at the Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga. The Kitchen Incubator is a startup facility…
Chattanooga City Council approves South Broad development
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- If you build it, they will come. After decades of discussion, the Chattanooga City Council voted Tuesday night on a resolution to approve both the proposed South Broad…
Jeep driver ejected in Brainerd Road crash
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A driver is recovering after being ejected from his jeep this evening in a crash. It happened just before 9 PM near the intersection of Brainerd and Shallowford roads. Police say the Jeep was heading towards Chattanooga…