Tornado toll in dozens, yet not as high as initially feared
On Sunday, the candle company said that while eight were confirmed dead and eight remained missing, more than 90 others had been located.
Residential fire on Mary Dupre Drive
A fire significantly damaged part of a home on Mary Dupre Dr. Saturday afternoon.
TECH BYTE: Tech Christmas Gift Ideas
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- If you don't have your Christmas shopping done yet, the clock is ticking. If you're stuck on what to get your loved ones this year, don't…
Walker County K-9 of the Year
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF)-Imagine getting to go to work every day with your best friend. Well, that’s what it’s like for Leonard Schrader with the Walker County Sheriff's office. His K-9…
Mistletoe Market at the Collegedale Commons
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF)- Nearly 200 vendors took over the Collegedale Commons Sunday to celebrate a family-friendly Christmas festival. Craft tents for adults, inflatables for kids, this family event has people…
Urgent blood donation needs
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Some elective procedures are being put on hold due to the current blood donation shortage here in Tennessee and Georgia. East Lake Academy is trying to do its…
Perry's Promise
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF)- Animals and their families got a special treat in Rossville Saturday. Perry’s Promise takes the pressure off of people in need during the holiday season. Seniors and People in need…
Pandamania: Twin cubs in French zoo take 1st steps in public
PARIS (AP) — First, a steady crawl. Then a short clumsy slide across the slick stone floor at their home at the Beauval Zoo near Paris. Then finally the big show as the twin giant panda cubs took their first…
Judge OKs regulators' subpoena for 'Rust' assistant director
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set must make himself available for an interview with state workplace safety regulators, a judge has…
Back-to-back: Young gives Alabama consecutive Heisman wins
NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Young didn't just meet the standard set by the star quarterbacks who preceded him at Alabama, he exceeded it. Young became the first Crimson Tide quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, making…
Official confirms 2 storm-related deaths in Tennessee as severe weather rips across multiple US states
UNION CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Official confirms 2 storm-related deaths in Tennessee as severe weather rips across multiple US states.
In storm's aftermath, Kentucky residents struggle with loss
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Jarred Holmes was supposed to have been working inside a candle factory when it was ripped apart by a monstrous tornado that killed an untold number of employees and trapped many others under mounds of debris. But Holmes'…
Dozens feared dead as tornadoes, storms strike US states
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight as a storm system tore through a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois and a…
Storms hit Arkansas nursing home, Illinois Amazon warehouse
MONETTE, Ark. (AP) — At least two people were killed Friday night when a reported tornado ripped through an Arkansas nursing home, and emergency crews in southern Illinois were also responding to reports of injuries at an Amazon warehouse after…
Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors completed presenting their case against Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, after a key accuser at the British socialite's sex-abuse trial testified that Maxwell and her companion, Jeffrey Epstein, forced themselves on her when she was just…
New York's COVID surge is back — and so is its mask mandate
NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a cold-weather surge in COVID-19 infections, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that masks will be required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. Hochul said the…
Missing Auburn student's car found, but 1976 mystery remains
LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) — An Auburn University student disappeared after leaving his job at a Georgia bar one night in January 1976, and authorities long believed he was murdered. But the only person ever convicted went to prison for years…
Surging inflation is forcing people and businesses to adapt
WASHINGTON (AP) — A warehouse worker in Tennessee is running up against price increases that far exceed her modest pay raise. The owner of a pastry business in Massachusetts has had to reduce his product offerings and personally absorb higher…
Georgia's Perdue sues over 2020 election, pushes fraud claim
ATLANTA (AP) — Days after announcing his candidacy for governor, Republican David Perdue further embraced debunked claims of electoral fraud in Georgia's 2020 presidential race by joining a lawsuit seeking to prove he and former President Donald Trump were cheated out of…
Full share on World Series champion Braves worth $397,391
NEW YORK (AP) — A full postseason share on the World Series champion Atlanta Braves totaled $397,391 from a record player pool of $90.47 million. The Braves split $32.57 million into 66 full shares, 14.25 partial shares and 38 cash…
Demaryius Thomas remembered by players for generous nature
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The message from Demaryius Thomas was just to congratulate Garett Bolles on being drafted. It meant so much to the Denver Broncos left tackle that, even years later, he still has the exchange stored on his…
Hixson welcomes you to Whoville!
Christmas is only 15 days away. Can you believe it? People all around the valley are getting into the spirit, but one subdivision in Hixson went a little further and transformed…
Woman killed in foggy crash this morning on Sand Mountain
DADE COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - A woman was killed in a crash during foggy conditions this morning on Sand Mountain. It happened on Brow Road in Dade County around 9:45 AM. The Georgia State Patrol says a wamon was driving…
Woman killed in Brow Road wreck
A 54-year old woman was killed Friday morning in a single-vehicle wreck in Dade County. It happened at around 9:45 on Brow Road in Dade County. Georgia State Patrol officials say they believe a Ford Escape was driving north on…