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…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's National Drone Safety Awareness Week. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Unit at Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is reminding recreational drone pilots to be safe flying their drone. Drones weighing between a half a pound and 55 pounds,…
This time we meet the man who first discovered the rare condition just a few years ago.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on former Attorney General Jeff Sessions running for U.S. Senate (all times local): 8:19 p.m. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will attempt to win back his old U.S. Senate seat in Alabama after a tumultuous…
The black cat that famously darted onto the field in the middle of a Monday Night Football game this week is still on the loose. The cat stole the show during the Cowboys-Giants game at MetLife Stadium, but it quickly…
A group of Maine lobstermen spotted a deer in an unusual place Monday: open waters. The men quickly took action to save the animal, which had somehow ventured 5 miles away from shore, and hauled their catch of the day…
Lee Hall is the 4th Tennessee inmate to choose electrocution over lethal injection in the last year
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions officially announced Thursday that he is running for Senate in Alabama. If he prevails in the crowded Republican primary, Sessions would challenge Senator Doug Jones, who is considered the most vulnerable Democrat in the Senate. "When President…
The parent company of Sears and Kmart is closing another 96 stores, a sign hedge fund baron Eddie Lampert is struggling to revive the ailing retailer after buying it out of bankruptcy earlier this year. After the latest round of…
Last Updated Nov 7, 2019 7:27 PM EST Under tight security Thursday, hundreds of people gathered for the first funeral for the nine American women and children killed in an ambush in Mexico this week. A mother and her two…
The decision on whether the Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department will be turned over to Catoosa County, is not over.
How to prepare for the upcoming flu season At least 10 people in Oklahoma have been hospitalized Wednesday night after apparently getting insulin injections instead of flu shots, CBS affiliate KOTV reports. Health professionals were administering what they thought were…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Congressman Chuck Fleischmann and the Focus Centers of Chattanooga are teaming up to help fight the nationwide Opioid crisis. Fleischmann spoke on what the government is doing financially to help support states and their cities to…
"She's been a very strong leader in our organization."
CATOOSA COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF)- 28-year-old Kelly Ann McInnes was reported missing on Monday. Her sister Erin Crane says, "Kelly and I have been friends since the day that she was born. She is the light of the room when she…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A northeast Alabama man has been charged with punching a referee last Friday. 38 year old Johnny Ladell Gilliam from Stevenson faces third degree assault. Investigators say he hit the referee during the North Jackson…
In December 1972, astronauts on the Apollo 17 lunar mission returned to Earth with samples of rock and soil from the moon. On Tuesday, NASA scientists opened a sample that had been sealed and untouched for more than 40 years. The…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - A 6th grader at a McMinn County school is being questioned after a handgun was found near the campus. The Sheriff says that on Wednesday afternoon, a student found a rusted, unloaded handgun over a fence…
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has arrested one of their own Corrections Deputies. Rod Edwards Hanna is charged Promoting Prison Contraband 3rd Degree. Investigators say he was bringing tobacco into the jail and delivering it to…
San Juan, Puerto Rico — FBI agents arrested Puerto Rico Senator Abel Nazario and seven other people early Wednesday as part of an investigation into corruption in the U.S. territory. The U.S. Attorney's Office said the suspects include former municipal…
Atlanta, Georgia – A teacher presenting a flashy demonstration to get her students excited about chemistry made a mistake that caused a fire to burn "out of control" and seriously injure a student, says a report released Wednesday. The high school…
President Trump wanted Attorney General William Barr to hold a press conference saying the president had not broken any laws during the July 25 phone call during which he urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate political rival Joe Biden,…
San Francisco — Authorities are trying to determine if anyone helped two inmates who escaped from a California jail, traveled hundreds of miles and crossed into Mexico before being captured trying to walk back into the United States. Jonathan Salazar,…