3 Sisters Music Festival is on for October
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The return of festivals…
Tennessee Attorney General joins call challenging President's Covid vaccine plan
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is the latest Republican to take on President Biden's Covid vaccination plan. He is one of 24 Republican state attorneys general to sign a letter raising concerns over the…
Jury selected in Davidson County to try Janet Hinds in Hamilton County
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A jury has been selected for the Janet Hinds trial. It's set to start here in Hamilton County, Monday. The jurors will be brought in from Davidson County, and…
MTSU Trustees once again asks to change name of building named for Confederate General
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Officials at a Tennessee university say they will once again seek permission to strip the name of a Confederate general from one of its buildings. News outlets report that Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees…
Dalton looking for suspects who vandalized flags on 9/11
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dalton Police Department is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest of vandalism suspects who hit a September 11th flag display. They say both American flags and POW flags were stolen and damaged. They were…
Ridgeland High School Teacher Honored as Do The Right Thing Winner
One of the most important people in a young child's life is a teacher. When a teacher is really really good at his or her job, there's probably nothing better. A teacher is who we honor this month for "Do The Right Thing!"
Catoosa County man convicted of molesting family member
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A jury convicted 37 year old Jonathan William Miller this week of molesting a family member. Prosecutors say he sexually molested a 12 year old girl in Tennessee for years and the molestation continued when the…
Health Dept. reports Covid fatalities are getting younger
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Health Department is putting a number on the younger fatality rate we are seeing now from Covid-19. Back in the winter surge, we saw that only 4% of the deaths were under 50 years…
Third suspect charged with Sexual Battery at immigrant facility
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have charged a third woman, employed at an immigrant facility on Vance Avenue, with Sexual Battery by an Authority Figure. 22 year old Rebeka Perez is now being held at Silverdale. Two other women were…
Natural Immunity from Covid-19 Vs. Vaccine Immunity
If you contract the Covid-19 virus does your natural immunity serve as a replacement for the vaccine?
Rossville man charged with vandalism at Ridgeland High
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Walker County Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect for vandalism this summer at Ridgeland High School. On June 14, someone broke windows and spray painted fixtures at the school. The damage added up to more…
US unemployment claims rise after hitting pandemic low
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that the spread of the delta variant may have slightly increased layoffs. Applications for jobless aid rose from…
Arcade search leads to drug charges in Murphy, NC
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - A raid by sheriff's deputies on Tuesday led to gaming and drug charges for three suspects. Cherokee County officers searched the American Pride Sweepstakes Arcade on Highway 64. Sheriff Derrick Palmer says they found gambling…
Walker County extending hybrid classes for another month
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Walker County School System has decided to extend their hybrid class plan for another month. Based on their current Covid data, they will continue the plan of limiting days in class through Friday, October 22.…
Police find no indication of "gang initiation activity" in kidnapping complaint
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have been investigating a report of a man who says he was kidnapped over the weekend, but haven't found much to verify it. They say a man…
Catoosa school superintendent Denia Reese is retirng
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Catoosa County school superintendent Denia Reese is planning on retiring at the end of the current school year. She has run the school system for 16 years. In making the announcement, the Board of Education says…
Monoclonal treatments offered outside Parkridge hospital
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Monoclonal treatments for COVID-19 are growing in popularity. They first become available in Dalton in late August, and now through Access Pharmacy in Hixson. "What it is, is two different monoclonal…
Ex-Murray jailer sentenced for sexual contact with inmate
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - A former jailer in Murray County has been sentenced for sexual contact with an inmate. 26-year old Bryson Wallace Starks was sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of probation. He will also have…
Warning: Bradley County Covid-19 Scam Alert
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County authorities warn about a scam in their community involving fake health department employees. The scammers go door to door and present false identification that they work for the health department. They say they need…
Healthy Chattanooga Coalition
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the city of Chattanooga and member businesses, announced today the launch of the Healthy Chattanooga Coalition. The Healthy Chattanooga Coalition is…
Flu Season and Covid-19 Boosters - trying to avoid a "Twin-Demic"
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - With flu season right around the corner and the delta surge in full swing, many people are wondering about the possibility of a “twin-demic’ and if a Covid booster shot…
Biles: FBI turned 'blind eye' to reports of gymnasts' abuse
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress through tears Wednesday that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.
Fires shut Sequoia National Park, could threaten huge trees
Sequoia National Park is shut down, its namesake gigantic trees potentially threatened by two forest fires burning in steep and dangerous terrain in California’s Sierra Nevada.
Nicholas crawls into Louisiana from Texas, dumping rain
Nicholas weakened to a tropical depression as it crawled from Texas into southern Louisiana on Wednesday, unleashing heavy rain across a landscape where Hurricane Ida destroyed thousands of rooftops now covered with flimsy tarps.