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Benton woman indicted in PPE fraud scheme

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Benton, Tennessee woman has been indicted on Covid PPE  loan fraud charges. (Personal Protective Equipment: face masks, shields, etc.) 64 year old Donna J. Clark, Sr. faces charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and operating an…

Bradley County identifies Charleston body

CHARLESTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County Sheriff's investigators have identified the body found last week in a farmer's field near Charleston. They say the woman was 32 year old Carissa Diane Hamby of Cleveland. The body was found on Thursday…

Lafayette Blogger Continues To Shine

LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - In this day and age, many people have their own personal "blogs." For a variety of reasons. On a variety of subjects. But seldom do you find someone who has overcome so…

Delta flight diverted to Chattanooga after mechanical issue

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A routine Saturday afternoon flight did not go as planned for passengers onboard a Delta airlines flight from Cincinati heading to Atlanta. Delta airlines says that the pilots elected to divert the flight to Chattanooga after a…

US averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates in…

3 Year - Old Boy Found Unresponsive on Tellico Lake

A 3-year-old boy has died after being found unresponsive on Tellico Lake. This is the 15th boating-related fatality in Tennessee so far this year. A call came in close to midnight on August 6th describing that CPR was being performed…

Crush Autism Disc Golf Tournament

DALTON. Georgia (WDEF)- The Disc Golf community came together in a tournament to Crush Autism. "They have helped us in so many ways to learn about autism and ways of what to do and what not to do,"…

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