BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Heavy rains swamped streets in downtown Birmingham on Wednesday, flooding streets and parking lots and prompting rescues of motorists who got trapped in the deluge. Water was up to the headlights on vehicles on streets that…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Lookouts begin their season April 8th on the road in Knoxville to play the Smokies. But each day that passes is one more day…
DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - Officers in Sequatchie County disarmed a man today at the Dunlap Coke Ovens. The original call was a person making threats with a weapon. Deputies and city police found Kyle James Pirnik at the Coke Ovens…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Today was day 3 in the murder trial of Bill Forte. Forte is being tried for first degree murder after shooting and killing his adopted son in 2018. Expert testimony was…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Last week, Hamilton county commissioners asked why the county doesn't have people picking up roadside litter. At this morning's meeting, two sessions court judges appeared. Judge Christie Sells told the commission that only people who are not…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Police in Cleveland have charged a Middle School teacher after finding a recording device in the girls' locker room at a local school. A student at Cleveland Middle School discovered the electronic device on Tuesday. School…
By JEFF AMY and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — During his two Senate campaigns, Republican David Perdue had little trouble raking in millions in campaign cash. But as he tries to unseat Georgia's incumbent governor, fellow Republican Brian Kemp, Perdue is…
Nine people died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on Wednesday as he appealed to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine's fight against Russia.
The Chattanooga City Council made history this evening when they confirmed Celeste Murphy as the city's new police chief. She is the first female, and Black female…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Former Lee University choir director James Lamar Phillips has been sentenced to just under a year of prison time for a sexual abuse case. He could get early release after 75% of the sentence is served.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County School Board is considering a former Cigna Corporation Office building as a potential new school. It is located on Goodwin road, just down the street from East Brainerd Elementary. Members of the board are…
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County District Attorney General Neal Pinkston is asking for a review of a traffic stop in Collegedale. On March 10th, the driver was charged with speeding, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. His office is not…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - When cutting edge technology is combined with hard work and kindness, learning is sure to follow. Those qualities merge seamlessly in Shannon Seigle's classroom at Stem School Chattanooga. Tony…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Doing what he can to assist people in his home country, Ooltewah resident Alexander Bormotov has started a non-profit. The non-profit is called Go 4 Life, and it's an answer…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- More than 1,500 Lee University students have signed an online petition for safer campus crosswalks. Last month, a freshman student at the school was hit at the Medlin Hall…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF): Pedaling for Parkinson's has come to the Chattanooga area. This program is designed to use forced exercise to slow the progression in Parkinson's patients. It involves a one hour session…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Cleveland Fire Department was dispatched this morning to a residential house fire on the 2700 block of Henderson Avenue in Cleveland. CFD Deputy Chief Pete VanDusen said the house suffered "substantial damage," and that the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The deal is done and singer Ruben Studdard will become a member of the UTC faculty. The American Idol winner from Birmingham will teach two courses next fall. He has increased his ties to the local university…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police arrest a suspect in a shooting last week on 11th Street. It happened in the afternoon last Tuesday a block away from the downtown police precinct and the Community Kitchen. A 21 year old woman…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A Dalton man has been sentenced to 19 years on a child molestation charge. 55 year old Anthony Marshall Ponders was convicted a couple of weeks ago. Prosecutors say Ponders exposed himself to a child. A…
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Fountains in city parks and squares are gushing water dyed emerald green and hotel rooms are filling up as restaurants and bars make sure they stock extra beer and hire extra…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Martin is both lobbying for and running for Robin Smith's old seat in the state legislature. He says if he is appointed by the Commission as the Interim Representative, he will step down…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County investigators say it looks like a resident shot a burglar last night inside her home in northeast Bradley County. She was alone with an infant when she says several men entered her home. But…