CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Two weeks ago, missionaries Henry and Victoria Benach decided to go overseas to assist those fleeing Ukraine. "I've booked the tickets, got everything ready, and we're going by faith,"…
SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Several intriguing developments are in the works for the Seiverville/Smoky Mountains area of East Tennessee. Now we're learning of a new one promising great views and a treehouse experience. The Sanctuary Treehouse Resort is touted…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - A drug task force has charged six people with trying to smuggle drugs into the Bradley County jail. They got a tip on Monday about illegal contraband being introduced into the facility. After reviewing phone calls…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland Police have filed a new charge against the Cleveland Middle School teacher charged over a hidden camera in a locker room. It is a second count of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A jury found Nathan Lebron Odum Jr. guilty of robbing a T-mobile store four years ago. It happened at the Cummings Highway store on March 26, 2018. Proseuctors say Odum was unable to get into the time…
Levi's Call (GA’s #AMBERAlert) issued for 1 y/o Cali McClean on behalf of South Fulton P.D. The child was abducted by Erjahn McClean, age 33, & believed to be traveling in a black LandRover, tag CH57803.
Residents jumped to escape a fire at duplex early Thursday morning.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- On Tuesday, March 15, a Cleveland Middle School student found an electronic recording device discretely placed in the girls' locker room. After being notified by the student,…
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…