BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Averaging 77 new cases per day and with an active case count of over 1,000. Bradley County is feeling the impact of the ongoing pandemic, causing the community and school system to make…
RED BANK, Tennessee (WDEF) - A wreck and fire this afternoon on Highway 27 created quite a mess. Chattanooga firefighters say that two dump trucks collided on the highway then flipped off the road and caught fire. It happened on…
CHATTANOOGA, TN - (WDEF) - The start of a new school year is here. As the kids are back "at it!" Doing all of the things that kids do while in the classroom! Everybody is "doing their…
Since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital on Aug. 14, more than 70,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan in the largest U.S. airlift evacuation in history.
Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
He encourages vaccines but will not require face masks.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Food City has plans for two stores in our area. On Wednesday, they will announced details for East Ridge and Chattanooga. The Chattanooga store will be built downtown at Broad Street and west 13th…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) - "The recruit academy that will be graduating September 9, we have a class with them just to show them how to balance their budget and how to live off of firefighters' salaries. But…
POWELL, Alabama (WDEF) - DeKalb County Narcotics officers make a synthetic marijuana bust on Sand Mountain. The Sheriff says they have had calls complaining about a house in the Powell community, near Rainsville. The paid a visit to the house…
DECATUR, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Meigs County school system is the latest to take action because of rising illness and Covid cases. The schools will dismiss early on Wednesday at 1PM. And they will be closed for the rest of…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker on Tuesday filed paperwork to enter the U.S. Senate race in Georgia after months of speculation, joining other Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in 2022. Walker, 59,…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Firefighters battled a blaze this afternoon inside a boat house on Chickamauga Lake. It was first spotted by a boater on the lake who saw smoke coming from the building around 2:30. Highway 58 Volunteer firefighters found…
Hamilton County, TN (WDEF): As the school year continues, so does the rise of COVID 19 cases among students. There is over three hundred active COVID-19 cases, according to Hamilton County Schools COVID 19 Dashboard. Nearly twenty…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - The competitive housing market is causing some buyers to make grave mistakes. According to President Robert Backer of Greater Chattanooga Realtors, home buyers are waiving appraisals or home inspections to try and get…
CLEVELAND, Tenn (WDEF) - The Caring Place in Cleveland, TN is in desperate need of volunteers. The nonprofit serves about 2,000 residents per month and offers food, clothing, and spiritual services. Typically the organization depends on 150 volunteers but because of…
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- Is the city of Dalton safer than Atlanta when it comes to COVID-19? According to the city's Facebook post, the answer is no and the numbers may surprise you. In a recent Facebook post from the…
More than 100 National Guard personnel are being deployed to 20 hospitals across Georgia to help deal with the state’s latest surge of COVID-19 cases.
A federal judge has found that a part of Georgia's new election law that broadly prohibits the photographing of a voted ballot is likely unconstitutional.
Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight Tuesday.
President Joe Biden will stick with his Aug. 31 deadline for completing the U.S.-led evacuation from Afghanistan.
The American Civil Liberties Union, representing disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from requiring face masks, arguing the ban excludes vulnerable students from public schools.
ATLANTA (AP) - Former football great Herschel Walker has registered to vote in Georgia, a possible prelude to him running for U.S. Senate in 2022. Electronic voter registration records show Walker registered Tuesday at an Atlanta house owned by his…
Georgia (WDEF)- Anyone with moderate to severely immunocompromised can now receive a third dose of Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in the North Georgia Health District. "You must wait 28 days after your second dose to get…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Lookouts say they don't expect the legal troubles facing one of their investors to have any impact on the team. On Friday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against John Woods and…