CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Interim school superintendent Dr. Nakia Towns is urging In a message to parents on Wednesday, she said "We are in a difficult moment." She says they are seeing more positive Covid cases now in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey says children now make up 36% of Tennessee’s reported COVID-19 cases. Piercey's remarks on Wednesday marked another sobering milestone in the battle against the high contagious delta variant. According to researchers from…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga shoppers have yet another grocery store option. Trader Joe's opened today on Gunbarrel Road near Hamilton Place Mall. As you can imagine, the store has been busy throughout the day. Captain Noah Stevens…
CHATTANOOGA(WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department is looking for the person who drove over one of their fire hoses on Wednesday. They were fighting a house fire on Miller Drive around noon. The hose did not have water in it…
Also news from Polk and Marion counties.
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF)- "78 Covid patients are hospitalized and 91% of those people are unvaccinated. 15 of those are on ventilators which is 95%," said Bruce Frazier. Monoclonal antibody treatment will soon be available for treating covid…
New store on Broad Street, replacement store across the street from their current one in East Ridge
LYERLY, Georgia (WDEF) - A northwest Georgia man has been sentenced to life without parole for the murder of a 15 year old boy. 30 year old Andy Roque Espinosa from Lyerly pleaded guilty two weeks ago. Prosecutors say Espinosa…
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…