CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson highlighted some successes the Hamilton County School District has had in the State of the System address at The Howard School Thursday night. "In teachers 0 through 3, we've…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Shaw Industries is closing Plant 23 in Dalton, moving the production to other facilities. The plant employs 275 workers. The company will try to find room for them at other Shaw plants. The shutdown should be…
UPDATE: Paramedics checked out 33 students and teachers and everyone is okay. The students will have to move for the night because the heating system was shut down during the investigation. _______ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Firefighers were called…
"Don’t underestimate what could happen”
If you didn't know, this is the fifth annual Tennessee Quit Smoking Week.
The excess flooding in Hixson has some homeowners on edge
HAMILTON CO., Tn. (WDEF)- More than a dozen roads were closed this morning after heavy rainfall caused flooding in and around Hamilton County. The stairs at Ross' Landing are almost covered. There's been flooding all over Hamilton County today. We…
A jury finds a former Grundy County Sheriff's deputy guilty of criminally negligent homicide.
"It just keeps pitching away, taking away piece by piece, eventually there's not going to be nothing to hold it back."
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Cumberland County Rescue Squad saved three kayakers this afternoon. They were trapped by the fast moving current of Drowning Creek. They had to climb up trees to get above the rising water. The Rescue Squad…
Westview Elementary's Karen Saxton died in a fiery crash on Highway 58
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A newly filed lawsuit argues that Tennessee's school voucher program is unconstitutional and must be blocked before going into effect later this year. Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced Thursday that his…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Investigators in Catoosa County say a fire at a home on Brownwood Circle in Ringgold, Ga. was arson. The fire started about 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2nd. The Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner's Office determined that…
An investigation is underway after a body was found in a burned car in Marion County.
Officials are worried that a tree could come down on one of the homes.
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - North Lee Elementary School now has their first mascot crew. "Coming in and being the first, the original ones to do this, it's tough. It's not easy, but they've made it fun," North Lee Cheer…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Four workers were burned in a flash fire Wednesday night in Dalton. It happened at an industrial plant on Brookhollow Industrial Boulevard around 5PM. One patient was taken to Erlanger, two were transported to Hamilton Medical…
Topgolf announced today that their East Ridge location will feature a new open-concept venue.
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A Reserve Deputy was injured in one of the two high speed chases in northeast Alabama last night. The first one began around 8 PM near Fort Payne. In that case, a deputy tried to…
"We had two feet of water everywhere covering our property and it was almost coming into the house. It was like a rushing river through this whole neighborhood."
Erlanger doctors say there are several different ways to fight Seasonal Affective Disorder.
"Why would you destroy the requests? Because there's no statute that requires the requests to be kept."
Authorities in Maryland posed as a 13 year old online
Driver and dog okay, but several cars burned.