OOTELWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) - It was a Hamilton County Schools teacher recruitment event Wednesday that had several job seekers at Ootelwah High School, like soon to be graduated college student Deanne Lee. "It's been a little nerve-wrecking. I'm not from…
The State Department inspector general's report on political targeting was received by Congress Wednesday, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffers are poring over it. It's expected to be released publicly within a day. The report recommends disciplinary action against U.S.…
A judge on Wednesday sentenced Toby MacFarlane, a former executive at WFG National Title Insurance Company, to six months in prison for paying $450,000 to get his two children into the University of Southern California as athletic recruits. It's a…
"Miracle" dog survives Hurricane Dorian's wrath In early September, dozens of animals were swept out to sea in North Carolina during Hurricane Dorian, which hit the state as a Category 1 storm. Now, three cows have been found nearby, and…
By BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia’s top election official is investigating two prominent critics of the state’s new touchscreen voting machines. Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger’s office confirmed the investigation into Marilyn Marks and Richard DeMillo…
A retired national guard member was honored in Chattanooga.
Facebook said it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts from its service from April to September, up slightly from 3 billion in the previous six months. Nearly all of the bogus accounts were caught before they had a chance to become…
A firefighter in Massachusetts was killed in the line of duty while he was saving two others. Lieutenant Jason Menard was killed just hours before he was supposed to go to Disney World with his family. As the fire devoured…
In a major milestone, SpaceX engineers fired the powerful abort engines in the company's Crew Dragon astronaut ferry ship Wednesday, carrying out an apparently successful ground test showing the problem that triggered a catastrophic explosion last April has been resolved.…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new report Wednesday warning that superbugs that resist antibiotics have killed nearly twice as many people as previously thought. Maryann Webb spent three years in unending pain, hooked up to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on a Tennessee lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Tennessee’s House speaker says his chamber’s GOP supermajority will not move forward with a possible expulsion vote of a lawmaker accused…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Hyundai says it will build a pickup-style sport-utility vehicle at its plant in Alabama, which is being enlarged in a $410 million expansion project. The Korean automaker announced the project Wednesday in a statement that says…
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Authorities have charged three people in a rash of vehicle burglaries in Rhea County. County and city officers responded to a multiple vehicle burglaries in the Edgewater area of Dayton. They found one suspect with some…
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Several crews responded to a house fire early this morning in Trenton. Fire fighters responded to Michael's Road off of Highway 301 around one in the morning on Tuesday. The house was still smoking late into…
". . . it's where the industry is going to electric mobility, by the fact that it's the first American built electric car it's phenomenal."
They have also agreed to forfeit private houses, vehicles, bank accounts and personal property to the government..
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A judge sentenced Joel Harris to five years for an incident where he was shot by police. In June of 2018, Chattanooga Police responded to a disorder call at a Tunnel Boulevard apartment complex. Officers say Harris…
"As heaters are turned on each year, we start to see this."
Nike will stop selling its products through Amazon and instead focus on what it called "more direct, personal relationships" with customers, company officials announced Tuesday. Anyone looking for Nike can still purchase items on the company website, its app, or…
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A police chase began early this morning in Trenton. A city officer spotted a car reported stolen from Summerville. He chased the vehicle to I 24 in Hamilton County. That's when the stolen car hit the…
A federal judge in Seattle, Washington has ruled illegal the Trump administration's decision last year to allow a Texas company to post blueprints online for 3D-printed guns. Judge Robert Lasnik of the U.S. District Court in Seattle said in his…
The first death occurred in late August, two days before classes began, when an incoming freshman was struck by a car while walking on a freeway near the University of Southern California. In the more than 2 months since, eight…
All social events for fraternities and sororities were suspended at Washington State University after the death Tuesday of a student possibly tied to alcohol. It's the second fraternity-related death in the past week and the fourth college campus death in…
A Texas law that gives families 10 days to find a new hospital if they disagree with doctors who decide to take a patient off life support is once again under the spotlight after a judge halted a Fort Worth…