Emily's List of Weekend Activities - September 27, 2019
If you're a fan of the Eagles, you'll want to check out the Black Jacket Symphony at the Tivoli Theatre.
GM strike leaves thousands of outside workers without a job
Chicago — Striking United Auto Workers and General Motors said they'll keep talking over the weekend, as they try to end a 12-day old walkout. Nearly 50,000 workers have been on the picket lines, demanding better pay, job security and…
TVA implodes Widows Creek plant in Stevenson
STEVENSON, Alabama (WDEF) - TVA is moving on from their coal fired plant history. On Friday, they brought down the closed Widows Creek Fossil Plant in Stevenson, Alabama. They used timed explosives to implode the 500 foot stacks and the…
New guideline for College police that they must follow orders
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Collegedale Police officers have been asked to sign a form saying that they have to follow orders. The document from the Human Resource Manager states that officers also must understand they work for, and report to,…
DeKalb County, Alabama reeling from rash of suicides
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - The DeKalb County Sheriff is warning the community about a rash of suicides that have hit the northeast Alabama community. Sheriff Nick Welden reported on Thursday that his officers worked three more cases in the…
Second Cleveland body is Jaclyn Carroll-Markcloud
"These homicides do not appear to be random acts of violence, rather crimes that were committed against specifically targeted individuals."
KFC surprises single mom with a new car
Crystal Lachance is a single mom from Salem, Oregon, who is not only a dedicated mother, she's a dedicated employee. Lachance works at KFC and for a full year she had to walk to and from work — an hour…
Judge blocks effort to indefinitely detain migrant families
U.S. spends millions on a now empty facility for migrant children A federal judge Friday rejected a sweeping Trump administration effort to detain migrant families and children for longer periods of time than currently allowed, saying it violates the very…
House passes resolution to end Trump's emergency declaration
The House of Representatives passed a resolution to end President Trump's emergency declaration along the southern border, which the president announced in February to obtain funds to build a border wall. The Senate passed the resolution with bipartisan support earlier…
300 former officials call out Trump for "unconscionable abuse of power"
Maguire: Whistleblower "did the right thing" More than 300 former national security officials — from the Bush administration to the Obama White House — have urged Congress to hold President Trump accountable for his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,…
Military grapples with rising suicide rates
Military suicides surged this year to a record high among active duty troops, continuing a deadly trend that Pentagon officials say is frustrating and they are struggling to counter. The Army, Navy and Marine Corps all saw the rate of…
GA Secretary of State discusses new voting system
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Something most of us can agree on is that voting is important. And for Georgia voters, they've been executing this task using the same system for 17 years. "Apple just introduced their Iphone 11 and…
Hospital freezer failure destroys cancer patients' stem cells
Stem cells destroyed at Los Angeles hospital A freezer at Children's Hospital Los Angeles failed earlier this month, leading to more than four dozen cancer patients losing their stored stem cells. The hospital said the blood stem cells were collected…
Tractor Trailer fire on I 59 in Dade County
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A tractor trailer fire on I 59 backed up traffic this afternoon to 1-24. It happened On I 59 south just above the Trenton exit. The fire spread from the truck to the grass along the…
BlueCross announces new technology academy at Soddy Daisy High
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The BlueCross BlueShield is funding a new institute at Soddy Daisy High School. This is a 250 thousand dollar fund that will launch at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. Leaders from BlueCross's technology team will…
Trump to cut number of refugees allowed in U.S. to lowest ever
Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday announced it plans to admit the lowest number of refugees in U.S. history over the next 12 months, placing a cap of fewer than 20,000 spots for millions of people around the world…
4 top takeaways from whistleblower complaint and DNI's testimony
The evolving story of an anonymous whistleblower and President Trump's call with the Ukrainian president saw two major developments on Thursday: the release of the whistleblower's complaint at the center of the House impeachment inquiry, and the public testimony of…
Whistleblower complaint details alleged White House cover-up
Last Updated Sep 26, 2019 7:30 PM EDT Washington — In a detailed, nine-page complaint, a whistleblower said "senior White House officials" worked to "lock down" all records of a presidential phone call this summer, out of fear that "they…
Homicide investigation underway after woman's body found in Cleveland
Cleveland Police now say it was a woman's body that was found in a wooded area on Wednesday night.
Hackers said to hit 300,000 Dunkin' Donuts customers
New York state is suing Dunkin' Brands, parent company of the coffee chain, for allegedly failing to warn hundreds of thousands of customers affected in two separate cyber breaches in 2015 and 2018. According to New York Attorney General Letitia…
DoorDash data breach exposes nearly 5 million accounts
Nearly 5 million DoorDash accounts were hacked, the popular food-delivery startup announced on Thursday. Door Dash said it suffered a data breach in May that affected 4.9 million accounts, it said in a blog post. Customers, merchants and workers who…
Senate passes funding bill to avert government shutdown
Washington — The Senate on Thursday approved a temporary funding bill that staves off the risk of a government shutdown through November 21. The vote came as much of the attention on Capitol Hill was focused on the House Intelligence…
Spy chief defends handling of "unprecedented" whistleblower complaint
CBSNKey takeaways from the hearing Whistleblower wrote that White House tried to "lock down" records of Ukraine call. Maguire testified the whistleblower "did the right thing," calling the situation "unprecedented." Maguire defended his decision to withhold complaint from Congress, saying…
Knoxville Developer Proposes $75 Million Dollar Residential and Retail Project for S. Broad St.
"It's going to reflect the character of the area, and the plan that was initiated some years ago."