The Chattanooga City Hall Annex was declared all clear after a bomb threat. The Chattanooga fire department has charged a man with calling in the bomb threat. 57 year old, Gabriel Griffin is charged with Reckless Endangerment and filing a…
CHICKAMAUGA, Georgia (WDEF) - There will soon be a new branch of the Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union serving north Georgia. Groundbreaking was held this morning for a branch in Chickamauga, Georgia. The free-standing building is the 19th branch and…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A former East Ridge Police officer who claims he was fired for complaining about the department, has filed a lawsuit against the city. Adam Rose was fired last November, after a investigation into what was…
Three years ago today, six children were killed in the Woodmore bus crash.
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF)- An accident this morning involving two North Whitfield Middle School buses in Bradley county sent 18 students and 6 staff members to the hospital. The two school buses were following each other on the way to a…
Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday began deporting migrants who sought refuge in the U.S. to Guatemala, the first step in the implementation of a controversial agreement with the Guatemalan government aimed at requiring asylum-seekers from other countries to…
The U.S. Secret Service spent more than $250,000 at properties owned by President Trump in the first five months of his presidency, according to new documents. Obtained by the government watchdog group Property of the People through the Freedom of…
The White House Christmas tree paid a visit to Chattanooga today.
Law enforcement officials in North Texas seized 976 pounds of marijuana and 2,000 dosage units of THC concentrate vaping cartridges during a traffic stop earlier this week, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth reports. While speaking with the driver, a North Texas Sheriff's…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - A jury has sentenced Joseph Wielzen to life without parole for the aggravated rape and murder of Kelsey Burnette in 2017. The same jury convicted him last night. Burnette's body was found in a trash can…
New book describes Trump as an 'amateur' President Trump on Thursday rejected reported plans by the Navy to strip Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher of his Trident following the president's intervention in Gallagher's military justice case. "The Navy will NOT be…
BENTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Polk County investigators have charged two suspects in a suspected chop shop operation. Last week, detectives went to a home on Bowater Road in the Delano area. They were following up on a burglary from the…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - The ROTC students at Ooltewah High School presented a big check to the Samaritan Center this morning. The students raised the funds as part of the school's annual community service project called "The Great Turkey Race."…
WeWork, the ailing office-sharing giant that until recently was the highest valued startup in America, said Thursday that it will lay off 2,400 employees. The company said the cuts started a few weeks ago in overseas offices, but that U.S. layoffs…
An accident involving two Whitfield County School buses occurred this morning on APD-40 in Cleveland, TN.
November 21, 2019 / 9:00 AM / CBS/AP Fourth fraternity-related death in 1 month A Washington State University fraternity member died four hours before the first 911 call reported his condition on Nov. 12, according to the Whitman County Coroner's…
Lincoln, Nebraska — Nebraska is the first state agreeing to share drivers' license records with the U.S. Census Bureau as the federal agency tries to comply with President Trump's order to count the number of U.S. citizens. The Associated Press…
A Utah woman charged with a crime after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home is fighting the case that could force her to register as a sex offender, citing a court ruling that overturned a topless ban…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - "When you have African-American men who are dying of gun violence at a disproportionate rate, that is a public health crisis and we are not looking at it as a public health crisis," Clark said. Clark…
Detroit — United Auto Workers President Gary Jones abruptly resigned Wednesday, capping a tumultuous day that saw union leaders move to oust him, and General Motors accusing rival Fiat Chrysler in a lawsuit of bribing union officials to get more…
A vehicle fire on Interstate 24 Eastbound in Chattanooga backed up traffic on the interstate.
Police say he passed a teller a note saying she was being robbed and to call the police.
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) - Prison officers say a Tennessee inmate charged with killing a corrections administrator before he escaped a prison was seen riding a tractor outside a lawn mowing shop at the facility about…
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - A jury finds Joseph Wielzen guilty of murder of a woman in McMinn County two years ago. He was charged with raping and killing Kelsey Burnette and dumping her body in a trash can in Etowah.…