The Salvation Army wants to capitalize on digital payments as waning foot traffic in brick-and-mortar stores diminishes its holiday fundraising, which historically has relied on shoppers dropping their spare change into the charitable organization's signature red kettles. Those who wish to…
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has unanimously recommended that Governor Greg Abbott grant a 120-day execution reprieve for death row inmate Rodney Reed as a growing chorus of supporters point to evidence they say casts doubt on his…
David Holmes, the aide who overheard a phone call between U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and President Trump, is testifying in a closed hearing with the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry. Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat…
In a wide-ranging report, NASA's inspector general warned that Boeing and SpaceX both face major technical challenges that threaten to delay initial flights of U.S. commercial astronaut ferry ships. If the worst-case scenario plays out, NASA could be forced to…
The principal says no one was "at risk during the incident."
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - One person was killed and another in critical condition after a house fire in East Ridge. It happened in the 13 hundred block of Adonna Lane around 10:30 last night. When fire crews arrived on…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia health officials have confirmed three additional cases of measles in an Atlanta area county where a middle school student was recently diagnosed with the virus. The Georgia Department of Public Health said Friday at least two…
Bowing to public pressure, Twitter has softened its earlier plan to ban all advertisements related to social and political issues. The social media company released details of its ban on political ads on Friday. Under the policy, paid political content…
Tracy Shearin-Drayton, a preschool teacher and mom from Greensboro, North Carolina, thought she'd have to wait five to eight years to get a kidney transplant. Shearin-Drayton was diagnosed with Lupus in 2009, and in August, she made public plea for…
Dollar Tree is selling "potentially unsafe drugs" and cosmetics at its more than 15,000 discount stores, according to federal regulators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the company this week outlining "multiple violations of current good manufacturing…
Washington — President Trump's former campaign adviser, Roger Stone, was found guilty by a jury on Friday of all seven charges that he faced. He was charged with lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction. He faces up to 50…
Ford issued two safety recalls Thursday affecting nearly 228,000 F-150 pickup trucks and Lincoln MKX vehicles in North America to fix loose cables that could cause engine stalling or even engine fires. More than 165,000 F-150 pickup trucks from the…
About 50 shoppers lined up Thursday ahead of the reopening of a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman police say was targeting Mexicans opened fire in the store and killed 22 people. On the day of the attack,…
Washington — The Republican National Committee confirmed Thursday it would hold its winter meetings at Trump National Doral, bringing business to one of the president's struggling properties. The news comes weeks after President Trump canceled plans to host next year's…
Correspondent Peter Van Sant and "48 Hours" investigate the murder of a Pennsylvania man shot dead after a bitter divorce, arsons at his mother's home and his girlfriend's home and countless threats of harm in "Maria Spencer's Vow to Kill," airing…
An ongoing investigation by ProPublica and BuzzFeed News found Amazon delivery drivers have been involved in more than 60 crashes causing injuries or death since June 2015. That joint investigation found that drivers reported feeling tremendous pressure to meet deadlines…
After four years of brainstorming, custom tool development and training, two astronauts plan to venture outside the International Space Station Friday for the first of four spacewalks to repair a $2 billion cosmic ray detector. The excursions are considered the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Officers searched for a missing person on I-24 east of Moccasin Bend Thursday. According to a Chattanooga Police Spokesperson, officers were assisting Lookout Mountain Police with a report of a missing person. Authorities said the missing…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say very old human remains have been found. They were discovered at 1100 Lupton Drive on Wednesday. Authorities say at first it wasn't clear if the bones were animal, human, and how old they…
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (WDEF) - The City Manager of Fort Oglethorpe takes a new job. Jenny Simpkins recently put in her resignation letter to the city. She has accepted another position as Assistant City Manager in Lilburn, Georgia. "It has…
Cigarette smoking dropped to an all-time low among American adults in 2018, according to a Center for Disease Control (CDC) report released Thursday. According to the report, 13.7% of U.S. adults smoked a cigarette in 2018. Since the first Surgeon…
"God don't give everybody the same in mental ability. But you only have to deal what you've got.."
new building will be a much-needed upgrade from the current animal center in Chattanooga.
The company will be moving into the old West Rock building on Industrial Drive.