On May 21, 2022 at approximately 3:03 a.m., Chattanooga Police Traffic Division responded to a traffic fatality in 100 block of Highway 27 South. The following was determined through interview, observation, and investigation: Vehicle #1 (Chevy) was traveling South in…
Hamilton County, TN - On Friday night, May 20, 2022, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office deputies were hired by the Hamilton County Department of Education (HCDE) to provide security for the Howard High School graduation at Finley Stadium. At approximately 8:15…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The East Ridge Police Department recently suspended Officer Sam Roistacher after an incident that included an off-duty officer Andrew Carter back in December. A neighbor's son and a visitor, Kadron Locklin, were chasing a dog…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival announces who will be running the race this year, plus some new details. The festival is returning for a 3rd edition on October 14-16 this fall. Even organizers have named the Sportscar Vintage…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he doesn’t have a timeline yet on when his administration might roll out a long-blocked school voucher program that saw its biggest legal roadblock removed by the state’s high court. The…
Dalton, Ga. -- On Tuesday, Georgia will hold it's primary elections. In District 14, which includes Whitfield County, Representative Marjorie Taylor Green will be defending her seat against several COP challengers. Chief…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - We have lots of people inside a big room in Dalton. Listening to a judge. But everybody is happy. Some are emotional. They have good reason. Edwards…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a deadly shooting overnight near the East Lake Duck Pond. Officers responded to the scene in the 3600 block of 13th Avenue around 12:45 AM. They found a 25 year old male who…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-Randy Pickett has been expecting a market pullback. “Actually, I’ve been planning on this. I knew it was going to happen. Because, when I watched it in 08, it taught me that…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Memphis Police Department reported the death of a one year old, tragically lost after being left in a hot vehicle. Tennessee ranks number eight in the nation for hot car child…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - An employee at United Christian Academy has been charged with statutory rape. Bradley County investigators say there was a sexual encounter between 29 year old Amber Paige Green and a student this week off campus. The…
SAVANNAH, Georgia (WDEF) - Gov. Kemp and the Hyundai Executive Chair signed an agreement today that will bring a new auto plant to Georgia. It will make electric vehicles and batteries an an industrial site near Savannah. Officials say the…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a 1-year-old child has died after being found in a hot vehicle outside a Tennessee daycare center. Memphis police said in a tweet that the toddler was pronounced dead at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital…
NICKAJACK LAKE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Investigators have recovered the body of a Whitwell man who apparently drowned after his boat sank overnight on Nickajack Lake. Three men went out bowfishing Thursday night. The survivors say that around 10:30 PM, their…
ATLANTA (WDEF) - A formerly powerful Georgia lawmaker has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of health care fraud and money laundering. John Oxendine served as Insurance Commissioner for the state for three terms before losing a…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF)- East Ridge firefighters had to respond to a house fire at 5305 Connell Street in East…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Recent drops in the Stock Market and record-high inflation have Chattanoogans worried about their 401 K's and a looming recession. CBS News reported today that the S&P 500 is "on…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - East Ridge Police have dropped charges against a suspect and disciplined an officer for an arrest in December. Chief Stan Allen says he was made…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - last week, there was a preliminary hearing for two juvenile suspects in the alleged beating and subsequent shooting of a stray dog here in Bradley County. That preliminary hearing…
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee physician has been barred from prescribing a number of controlled substances after he was accused of prescribing drugs with no legitimate medical purpose. The settlement was reached last week between Manchester doctor David Florence…
Over two weeks after narrowly losing the Republican Primary for Hamilton County Mayor, Sabrena Smedley has filed a complaint contesting Weston Wamp's victory. The basis of her complaint is massive alleged crossover voting…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Modern Chattanoogans may take it for granted that people want to move to the Southside, Riverfront and North Shore. But it wasn't always that way. 30 years…
CLEVELAND (WDEF) - Last week, there was a preliminary hearing for two juvenile suspects in the alleged beating and subsequent shooting of a stray dog in Bradley County. That preliminary hearing was delayed until today, and, just like last week,…
UPDATE: County officials now report that the state re-inspected the kitchen facilities at Silverdale Detention Center this morning. They say the facility passed this time after Aramark addressed issues from the failed inspection last week. "This re-inspection, completed just days…