CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Drop-off locations for Operation Christmas Child boxes are now open! Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts—filled with school supplies, hygiene items, and fun toys—to children worldwide…
KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee grand jury this week declined to indict four men who helped supervise the cleanup of a massive 2008 coal ash spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant. A former investigative reporter for…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The Atlanta Braves will celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a new event highlighting Cherokee history and culture at Truist Park. Cherokee traditions at Truist Park will happen on Saturday, November 27 from 11:30 AM to…
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF)-Collegedale Academy students brought in, collected, and donated around 10,000 pounds of food for a Brainerd Food Pantry. This is the 38th annual CAD4HOPE for Collegedale academy. This year the…
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Collegedale Academy students brought in, collected, and donated around 10 thousand pounds of food for a Brainerd food bank. This is the 38th annual CAD-4-HOPE for Collegedale Academy. This year the school chose to collect food…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "I think what we've all witnessed here conclusively is a witch hunt and my beer permit was just revoked for no reason," says The Blue Light…
Deere & Co. workers approved a new contract Wednesday that will deliver 10% raises immediately and end a month long strike for more than 10,000 employees.
Volcano scientists issued an alert Wednesday, warning that a cloud of ash — from an eruption more than century ago — was headed toward Alaska’s Kodiak Island.
Just a few weeks ago Covid-19 cases were steadily declining. Unfortunately, that low didn’t last long as cases are once again on the rise.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - After months of planning and construction, a new Publix opened in Chattanooga today. The store is located on South Broad Street, the same property the Mount…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The city of Chattanooga is hoping to set up an enclosed encampment off 12th Street for the city's growing homeless population. "We're really just trying to come in with an…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A man with a long criminal history has pleaded guilty to a murder from 2019. Jeremy Otto Sutton pleaded guilty to second degree murder of Douglas Holmes. The victim was shot in his own home in June…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has sent out a press release stating that a two-day undercover operation by special agents with the TBI Human Trafficking Unit, Chattanooga Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and Tennessee Human Trafficking Task…
UPDATE From Collegedale Police: Collegedale Police located Claude Finch III in an apartment in the East Brainerd area. After a short foot pursuit Finch was taken into custody a few minutes before 5…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE Tenn. (AP) - Universities and a national laboratory are among those landing exemptions to a Tennessee law that limits or prohibits most government entities and businesses from instituting COVID-19 prevention mandates. Early exemptions have…
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The defendant who fired the shotgun that killed Ahmaud Arbery took the stand Wednesday as defense attorneys began presenting their case in the murder trial of three men, saying, “I want…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department reports that a pickup truck ran into a convenience store this morning in Hixson. It happened at the Mapco on Highway 153 at Gadd…
ROCK SPRING, Georgia (WDEF) - All of us are trying our best to work through COVID-19. Navigating through something we've never experienced before. A global pandemic. Many people and organizations…
Americans may soon get a better glimpse into a future of green-friendly transportation by visiting a U.S. national park.
SODDY DAISY, Tenn (WDEF) - A local health care nursing home took a moment today to honor their employees that endured the pandemic. The Soddy-Daisy Health Care center…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Since the CDC approved Pfizer’s vaccine for children ages 5-11, two weeks ago, more than 26,000 children in the state of Tennessee have been vaccinated.…
GALLATIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a new Amber Alert today for kidnapped 3 year old Noah Clare from Gallatin. And they shared several developments in the case. The TBI issued an endangered child alert last…
CLEVELAND, TN (WDEF) - "It's got retractable arms, extendable arms that can open doors and move stuff out of the way." A robot with the Cleveland Police Department played a vital role in…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Five Bradley County residents have been arrested in connection with a narcotics investigation. The Sheriff's Office says, after searching a home on Old Georgetown Street, authorities seized "numerous suspected fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, buprenorphine, and multiple…