POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - It happened on Sunday while he was camping at Cherokee National Forest in Polk County. 15-year-old Hunter Waldroup was on an ATV on the way back to a camper when a bolt of lightning hit.…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The woman shot by police near the Walnut street exit of I-75 in Dalton last year....has been given a longer prison sentence. Clinique Jackson was part of a two-state chase on I-75 South in August of 2018.…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - For years Dalton Utilities has been working to maximize their customers experience. They aren't your average utility company. They have tackled the internet and cable business as well. Dalton Utilities GigLink is one of the fastest internet…
It was a remarkable scene Thursday at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. As travelers watched from the terminal, U.S. Air Force Col. Roy Knight was welcomed home — with full military honors — 52 years after he was shot down…
The nation's largest teachers union is threatening to call for a boycott of Walmart over the retailer's gun sales. The American Federation of Teachers wants the company to stop selling firearms, as well as take other measures. The AFT has…
Dan Coats stepping down as intel chief Top intelligence official Sue Gordon is leaving the Trump administration, President Trump announced in a tweet late Thursday, meaning the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is losing its two top leaders…
"Sometimes in life and in farming we have to make difficult decisions"
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department is encouraging people to apply for their community teaching garden grant.
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- After two mass shootings last weekend, people are starting to wonder how can we stop this from happening? Tom Rowark who lives in Chattanooga says, "This one feels find of different. Uh we've had this going on ever…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is not calling the Senate back to Washington for an emergency session to address recent mass shootings, but gun control measures will be on the table when Congress reconvenes in September, he said in an interview…
Immigration authorities released hundreds of undocumented workers apprehended during a series of high-profile raids at seven workplaces in Mississippi — but immigrant communities in the area are still reeling from the massive operation. In what officials touted as the largest…
Twitter has suspended Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reelection campaign account Thursday after posting a video showing threats against the long-time Kentucky Republican. McConnell's campaign spokesperson, Kevin Golden, called out the social platform for its decision in a statement to…
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has sued the FBI and Justice Department over his 2018 firing, claiming his right to due process was violated and ultimately blaming President Trump. McCabe filed the suit Thursday in the U.S. District Court…
Many American families may be taking their summer vacations at the end of August — and so are thousands of tarantulas, which will crawl toward Colorado at the end of the month. Every year, a mass migration of tarantulas shows…
West's family is now suing Cheek and his father for $10 million.
Charlotte Keelin Jordan taught in the Hamilton County School System for 45 years
Two women were stabbed, one fatally, right in front of a police officer Thursday morning in the middle of downtown Pittsburgh at a bus shelter. The incident was reported around 11:40 a.m., CBS Pittsburgh reports. The incident was nearby a…
"We need Tennesseans as well as partners in surrounding states to be vigilant."
More than half of American beaches have high levels of E. coli bacteria at least one day a year. The bacteria, present in animal and human waste, get into water from waste treatment plants or storm water runoff. Beaches in…
After his wife died, Chuck Wagner went on an 11,000-mile road trip across the United States. He made the journey alone, but it was almost as if his wife Lorraine was with him. Chuck and Lorraine were married for 48…
At least four people are dead in a series of stabbings in Orange County, California, on Wednesday and several others critically wounded, police said. The suspect is in custody, police said. There are at least eight different crime scenes, police…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF)- For the last 100 years, the Butler family has been perfecting the craft of distilling. 76 year old Charles Butler has been distilling moonshine and whiskey for as long as he can remember. Charles says, "Oh, It's great…
(DALTON, GA) - A Dalton man who is accused of biting off a "chunk" of his wife's face, and beating her, has been indicted by a Whitfield County grand jury. 29 year old Santos Rumulo Puac-Ramirez was indicted on several…
An affidavit said that she refused to get out of the car.