America’s winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional. The calendar says December but for much of the country temperatures beckon for sandals. Umbrellas, if not arks, are needed in the Pacific Northwest, while in the Rockies…
ATLANTA (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey, one of the NFL's most fearsome pass rushers during the 1970s with the Atlanta Falcons but long overlooked on mostly losing teams, has died at the age of 77. Humphrey,…
New York announced three more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus Saturday, bringing the number of state cases linked to the new variant to eight. “The omicron variant is here, and as anticipated we are seeing the beginning…
RED BANK, Tenn (WDEF) - The City of Red Bank is celebrating the holidays with the return of the Red Bank Christmas Parade and Festival. Local vendors…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - With the holidays in full swing, the added pressure of planning, shopping, traveling, social obligations, and covid-19 restrictions can add even more stress to those who have an…
DENVER (AP) — Denver's winter has started with a whimper, and the parched mountains to the west aren't faring much better. The Mile High City has already shattered its 87-year-old record for the latest measurable snowfall set on Nov. 21,…
NEW YORK (AP) — A green, folding massage table used by financier Jeffrey Epstein was brought into a Manhattan courtroom and set up in front of a jury on Friday to bolster allegations he teamed up with British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell to…
DENVER (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be treated at the state mental hospital to…
Guns used in U.S. school shootings have often come from the homes of young perpetrators, but parents are rarely charged for the violence that occurs, experts say. That's what makes the case against Ethan Crumbley's parents uncommon, following the fatal…
The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has health officials in some communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and better understand its spread as scientists study how contagious it is and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged on Friday to make it “very, very difficult” for Russia’s Vladimir Putin to take military action in Ukraine as U.S. intelligence officials determined that Russian planning is underway for a possible military offensive…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Department of Education has named Cleveland High's Autumn O'Bryan as Principal of the Year for East Tennessee. The award was handed out Thursday in Nashville.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-Electric and hybrid vehicles are viewed as the way of the future. However, with new technology comes potentially new challenges. Such as how does a vehicular extrication team cut into…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Crossville Police say they had to use a Taser to gain control of an unruly student yesterday at Cumberland County High. They say the student had threatened physical violence against staff members and teachers. But when…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- The Hamilton County Health Department, in partnership with Hamilton County Schools and One to One Health, will host another series of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination events for children ages 5-11. These events are intended to administer both 1st…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A local state lawmaker is tacking the issue of school board pay. Senator Todd Gardenhire is filing a bill to require that school board members get paid the same as…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court concluded historic arguments over abortion, a federal appeals court signaled it might be willing to allow yet another restrictive ban to go into effect. Earlier this year, a three-judge panel on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials say thousands of low-income families will be receiving a one-time payment of $950 through federal pandemic aid. The Tennessee Department of Human Services says the payments began this week to the Electronic Benefit Transfer…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a shooting last night in Hixson. It happened in a subdivsion on Forest Dale Lane just after 10 P-M. Police found an 18 year old male with a gunshot wound. He was taken…
President Joe Biden helped light the National Christmas Tree on Thursday while remembering those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and crediting the American people for his optimism. (more…)
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck began a seven-year prison sentence Thursday, convicted earlier this year on 37 counts involving a scheme to steal more than $2.5 million from a state-chartered insurer of last resort Beck reported to a federal…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - If you don't have the cash when you walk by a Red Kettle, we've got an easy way to give. Just scan this QR code on your phone. It will take you to a website where you…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - On Thursday, Chattanooga residents gathered to celebrate Hanukkah in an effort to prompt holiday awareness. To help kick off the event - a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - We've got a great story about a local woman who needs some help to thank an anonymous Good Samaritan. Megan Sandilands and her daughter went to the…