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Chattanooga Balloon Festival kicks off

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Balloon Festival kicked off on Friday, despite the recent rainy and windy weather we've had in the area. The Tennessee River Park was getting transformed. On Friday afternoon, preparations were underway for the Chattanooga…

UPS to hire 50,000 workers in 1-day blitz

The United Parcel Service has added its own holiday to the fall calendar — dubbed "UPS Brown Friday" — during which it plans to hire 50,000 seasonal workers in a single day on Friday. The event is part of the…

Capital One customers unable to withdraw money after outage

What's in your wallet? Not enough cash, said angry Capital One customers after the bank suffered a widespread systems outage on Friday that stopped them from withdrawing money, blocked direct deposits and interfered with other transactions. Capital One said on…

Fast-moving blaze descends upon Southern California

Maria Fire erupts in Southern CaliforniaLatest updates: Kincade Fire in Northern California: 77,758 acres burned; 68% contained Maria Fire in Southern California: 8,060 acres burned Easy Fire in Southern California: 1,723 acres burned; 10% contained Getty Fire in Southern California:…

No school after Halloween petition

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County School students might be sad to hear this news, but yes you have school on Friday. A petition on Change.org joins others across the nation asking for the day after Halloween off. The…

Downtown Halloween Block Party in Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - 10,000 bags of candy. That's what had people lined up on what's called "treat street" at the 32nd annual Downtown Halloween Block Party in Cleveland. "Every year we always skip this line, but this year were…

Vanderbilt will sell alcohol at basketball, baseball games

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Selling alcohol has worked well enough at football games that Vanderbilt is expanding alcohol sales to basketball games at Memorial Gym and baseball games at Hawkins Field next spring. Vanderbilt announced the decision Thursday. Athletic director…

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