RHEA COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF)- Rhea County Sheriff Office Detective Rocky Potter says one person was recovered and pronounced dead on the scene. There was only one person as the other person thought to be there had left the location earlier.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers are advancing a bill strictly limiting the shackling of pregnant inmates. The bill would generally prohibit restraints of a pregnant inmate. More specifically, a pregnant inmate’s ankles, legs or waist couldn’t be shackled during…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee’s Community Tree Planting Program is accepting applications for a program that pays half the cost of public tree planting projects. According to a news release from the Agriculture Department, the grants can be used for…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of consumers complained of illness after eating it. The FDA said Saturday it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year.…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack. Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said three…
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF)- After two years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic the SonRise Resurrection Pageant was back this Easter weekend. People flooded into Southern Adventist University to…
SALE CREEK, Tennessee (WDEF)- Easter Egg Hunts are nothing new, particularly for Hamilton county, but this Easter Egg Hunt was different. It was at the Old McDonald's Farm for Hamilton County's first event…
RHEA COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF)- A rescue and recovery effort is being made after two men became trapped while working on an exterior wall from the inside in Rhea County. Rhea County Sheriff Detective Rocky Potter said two men dug a…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Twitter said Friday that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company for more than $43 billion and take it private.…
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Employees at two Verizon stores north of Seattle in Everett and Lynnwood have won their union election, making them the first unionized Verizon stores in the country outside of New York. The Daily Herald reports the…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge. The reductions come even as the nation struggles with…
UNDATED (AP) - The wallaby who went missing at the Memphis Zoo after storms passed through Tennessee this week has been found hiding - nearly in plain sight. Zoo spokesperson Jessica Faulk says Honey Bunch was hidden under a bush…
SECTION, Alabama (WDEF) - A husband was arrested this morning for shooting his wife on Sand Mountain. It happened on County Road 265 in Section, Alabama around 3 AM. First responders sent the female victim at the house.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- It's commonly reported that America's ten point four trillion dollar trucking industry is facing a driver shortage, but according to Sharae Moore of SHE trucking, the real issue is driver retention.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- A man has been arrested for the March 28th armed robbery of Dollar General in downtown Chattanooga. 49-year-old Abraham Emmanuel Jackson was charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping. A store clerk reportedly said Jackson had a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- A local Georgia resident has been charged with multiple crimes over the past year in Chattanooga. Officials say Zachary Andrew Cadorette of Lookout Mountain faces multiple charges, including burglary, theft of property, fraudulent use of a credit…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Athens police are upgrading their search for a missing woman. 63 year old Lee Allen Rose left home after getting in a verbal fight with her daughter on Wednesday. The daughter called police since…
(WDEF) - In an interview with Business Insider, the CEO of Volkswagen Group of America teases us that he thinks his company really should make an electric pickup truck for America. Of course, Ford's F-150 Lightning and Chevy's Silverado…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Hilary Colorado and Meghan Godfrey have different stories but both used to be homeless. "Two years ago, actually this past week, I lost my house in a tornado and we…
Decades ago a promise of a new park was made to the city of of Dalton. Now, that promise has been fulfilled. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's a facility that sits just off of Highway 153 and Hamil Road in Hixson. It's been here since 2019. It's called the "Everlasting Nation Museum." Many…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The CBS News program 60 Minutes will air a segment this Sunday shot here in Chattanooga. They are looking at how Volkswagen is coping with rising gas prices, supply chain issues, climate change and the war…
(ED NOTE: The name of the Road has been updated by Police to Tilton Road) DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Health officials confirm that a rabid skunk was killed in southeast Whitfield County a week ago. A resident says…
Tennessee’s Community Tree Planting Program is accepting applications for a program that pays half the cost of public tree planting projects.