ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The Board of Regents has picked former Governor Sonny Perdue to lead the University of Georgia system. The full board still must confirm the selection in a vote. Tuesday's selection comes after a year long, nationwide…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Clevelanders helping Clevelanders could be seen as one of the city's local companies came to the aid of one of its longest-tenured residents. Rivco Owner Alex Rivera and his men…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Overdose deaths are on the rise all over the country and the startling trend is hitting Chattanooga hard. "Chattanooga is no different, we've seen quite a…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. -- On the afternoon of February 15, 2002, the Walker County Sheriff's Department was called to Tri-State Cemetery in Noble, Georgia. What they found was shocking. "Throughout the next…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announces five new promotions and hirings in his administration. Karista Mosley Jones will serve as administrator of the Department of Early Learning. The former school board member has been working for the city…
DALTON, GA (WDEF) - Who says Math class has to be dry as toast? What if you could write the equations right on your desk? How about a comfy couch for when you…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Officials in McMinn County are announcing indictments in a sex offense investigation involving students at McMinn Central High School. The victims, so far, are nine male teenagers from…
JASPER, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Marion County Sheriff's Department has charged two suspects with stealing fiber optic cable. Last Thursday morning, deputies saw a Chevy Impala driving down Highway 41 with…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are issuing a warning about a rash of overdose deaths in our area that they blame on fentanyl. They say the city has seen 10 overdose deaths since the…
The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
A fast moving fire ripped though a home in Red Bank about 7:15 Tuesday morning.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters were called to a Mexican restaurant in Hixson on Tuesday morning. They found a fire in the back of El Matate in the Publix complex on Hixson Pike near Valleybrook. But when firefighters put it…
The case that’s captured the Tennessee Valley’s attention since 2018: a two-year-old girl dead; her babysitter’s boyfriend charged with killing her. On Monday, a jury found Benjamin Brown of Soddy-Daisy guilty, but…
Tennessee lawmakers passed a ban Monday against instant runoff voting in elections, which is also known as ranked choice voting.
HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) - A flock of commercial broiler chickens in Kentucky near the Tennessee border has tested positive for avian influenza. According to a news release, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian…
BERLIN (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Germany's chancellor on Tuesday after the Kremlin signaled that it was still possible for diplomacy to head off what Western officials have said…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Today a pair of Cleveland firefighters began a nine day walk to the State Capitol in Nashville. They took a pit stop at Wired Coffee in Ooltewah to speak with News…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga retiree Ronnie McGill described it as if a battle had been won. For the first time in more than three decades, he and the fellow residents of Memphis Drive…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "I don't understand what the jury was thinking," says Annie Shell's father David Shell. A jury took two days to decide Benjamin Brown of Soddy-Daisy is guilty of criminally negligent…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Rich Sulley knows trees better than most. Fact of the matter is, Rich is in Chattanooga for one reason: look at our trees. Rich is an…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A jury on Monday found Benjamin Spencer guilty in the death of two year old Annie Burkett. But it was not on the original charges. In the trial that began last week, prosecutors said the Annie and…
HARRISON, TN (WDEF) - The early teenage years are a challenging time in most of our lives. A well-timed compliment can put pep in your step and change your entire outlook. That's…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is for the first time endorsing a separate agency hiring election investigators. The plan will overlap what the Republican says is his own underfunded investigation unit. Raffensperger on Monday also called…
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WDEF) - A former church official was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse of a girl. Michael D. Lewis pleaded guilty to statutory rape charges. The abuse happened between 2014-16 when Lewis was…