CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police investigated a potential bomb threat on Brainerd Road Friday night. Traffic was rerouted as a precaution. The CPD Bomb Squad has since cleared Nova Medical Centers and Brainerd Road has reopened.
AUBURN, Alabama (WDEF) - New court documents out today say witnesses saw Aniah Blanchard's kidnapping. 29-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed was arrested for her kidnapping late Thursday night in Florida. The court documents against him say he was seen forcing Blanchard into…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police have identified a man accused of lewd acts at a fast food restaurant. It happened last Sunday afternoon at the Subway restaurant on Glenwood Avenue. After the suspect ordered a sandwich, the employee noticed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man charged with killing a Tennessee sheriff's deputy and burning his body and patrol car has pleaded not guilty to federal charges. Court records show Steven Joshua Wiggins appeared before a judge Thursday in Nashville.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say the private information of nearly 44,000 TennCare members may have been stolen during a breach of the email system of a vendor for the state's Medicaid agency. The Tennessean reports that Magellan Health Systems…
Facing a federal lawsuit and mounting criticism, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday said she will forgive loans for more than 1,500 borrowers who attended a pair of for-profit colleges that shut down last year. Students who attended the Art…
Northeastern Syria — The president of Turkey will visit Washington next week at President Trump's invitation, which is expected to draw protests over Turkey's Syria invasion and the slaughter of America's Kurdish allies. But inside Syria, the Kurds are already…
Here are the highlights from the impeachment inquiry this week — followed by analysis by chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett and chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes: A new phase The impeachment inquiry transitioned this week into a more public process.…
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — Five more family members were laid to rest after they were killed in a brutal ambush in Mexico. Rhonita Miller and her four children were buried Friday, including her 8-month-old twins. Nine Americans, including six children,…
Facebook announced Friday that it is deleting "any and all mentions" of name of the person who has been identified in conservative circles as the whistleblower who triggered a congressional impeachment inquiry into President Trump's actions. The company said Friday…
ATLANTA (AP) - A missing Clark Atlanta University student has been found dead, authorities said Friday. The body of Alexis Crawford, 21, was found at a park in DeKalb County, Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields said at a news conference.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) - This morning, 18 students from Beacon Academy came for an exciting in station Weather in the classroom visit. The science students have been studying Meteorology since school began. They have studied instruments used to measure weather,…
In early October, three babies died after contracting a waterborne bacterial infection at a hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania. After more than a month of investigating, the hospital said Friday that it finally discovered the cause: breast milk that had been…
In Michigan, $8.50 can buy a decadent bar of fudge from Mackinac Island. A similar amount could also cost someone their house. It was $8.41 to be exact — that was how much former Michigan resident Uri Rafaeli failed to…
E.P.B. of Chattanooga has become the first local company to earn a certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
VILLANOW, Georgia (WDEF) - The U.S. Forest Service has had to close the Johns Mountain Overlook Road because of vandals. The overlook is a popular north Georgia destination to look at fall colors. But vandals have spray painted pentagrams and…
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RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) Sheriff Gary Sisk is releasing more information on the disappearance of Kelly Ann McInnes. Yesterday, her sister questioned why there was no search going on for her. Now the Sheriff reveals there is more to the story.…
U.S. health officials reported a breakthrough Friday in their investigation into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses. A government lab found the same chemical compound in fluid taken from the lungs of 29 patients across the country,…
Two teenage boys will now be tried as adults after being charged with the murder of a photographer in Ohio. On Sept. 2, Victoria Schafer was out taking senior pictures for a group of high school students at Hocking Hills…
Signs of environmental damage are everywhere, but sometimes, those signs are very hard to see. Before dawn, on the Oregon Coast, marine biologists are on a hunt for what's nearly impossible to find – microplastics – 5 millimeters or even…
Burlington, Massachusetts — A Buffalo Wild Wings worker died after he was exposed to a strong cleaning agent in Burlington, reports CBS Boston. Ten other people – workers and customers – went to a hospital as a result of the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Keke and Brittany are living new lives. "I literally have become like a new woman," Brittany said. They were brought together through a program. While the two have different stories of finding recovery, they're overcoming similar…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say 29 year old Gregory Allen Cole was killed when his motorcyle slammed into a car this morning. The crash happened around 7:19 on Highway 153. Cole was heading north on 153 and had just…