Traffic fatalities have doubled in Chattanooga
"if someone would have paid just a little bit more attention while they were behind the wheel"
Riverbend Wristbands
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Riverbend has adopted many big festival trends, like the loadable wrist bands that must be purchased this year. In previous years, festival attendees could use tokens to make payments. Now, Riverbend organizers want you to trade in…
Case of Tennessee man accused of killing 8 with grand jury
New details on what happened to the 12 year old girl who survived
Sen. Lamar Alexander recovering from leg surgery
Plans to return to work on Monday.
Race supports Cleveland girl with neuroblastoma
The Cleveland community is coming together and organizing a run to show their support for a five-year-old girl battling cancer.
Top University of Alabama donor tells students to boycott
He says he doesn't want them "trapped" by the state's new abortion ban.
Wreck closes exit on I 59 at the Georgia line
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - Alabama's Department of Transportation has closed a bridge over I 59 in the northeast corner of the state after an early morning crash. A tractor trailer damaged the County road 140 over the interstate at the…
Councilwoman calls for investigation into alleged CPD cover-up
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga City Councilwoman Demetrius Coonrod is calling for more investigations into the Chattanooga Police Department. That's after information surfaced that names high-ranking officers in a cover-up controversy. Councilwoman Coonrod has named current chief David Roddy, former…
Bethlehem Center gets computer upgrade
A donation to the computer lab at the Bethlehem Center will help Middle School, and High School students in South Chattanooga.
Deputies charge lost mom with DUI, testing her baby too
They are testing the baby for intoxication from her breast milk
China threatens "rare earths" clampdown as trade war deepens
China state media reports suggest the country is considering limiting exports of "rare earths" as the trade war with the U.S. escalates. Rare earths are a group of 17 elements used in everything from mobile phone cameras and automobile catalytic…
Average worker's bonus from 2017 tax cuts was $28
Corporate bonuses given out since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed amount to just $28 per U.S. worker, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. The total amount spent on bonuses was no bigger…
NLRB sets union vote at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant
The date is set for June 12, 13 and 14.
Missouri governor gives Planned Parenthood two days to avoid shutdown
Missouri will not renew Planned Parenthood's license to perform abortions unless the clinic fully complies with the state's requests, said Governor Mike Parson during a press conference Wednesday. The clinic is the last one performing abortions in the state and…
Top defense official suggests Russia violating nuclear test ban treaty
A top defense official suggested Russia might have illegally tested low-yield nuclear missiles, effectively violating a 1996 international ban on nuclear tests. Speaking Wednesday at the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley Jr., director of…
House Judiciary Committee chairman on impeachment: "All options are on the table"
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said that "all options were on the table" with regards to beginning impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump, in response to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's first public statement on the Russia investigation Wednesday afternoon. "With…
Man sets himself on fire near White House, Secret Service says
A man set himself on fire outside the White House Wednesday afternoon, the Secret Service said. The incident occurred on the White House Ellipse shortly after noon. A spokesman for the Washington, D.C., fire department said first responders managed to…
Read Mueller's full remarks on Russia investigation
Robert Mueller spoke publicly about the Russia investigation today for the first time since being appointed special counsel in May 2017. Below are Mueller's full remarks, as delivered at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2019.…
Alex Trebek shares "mind-boggling" update on his pancreatic cancer
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek on his cancer diagnosis What is "mind-boggling"? This good news from "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek. The game show star says he is "near remission" less than three months after announcing his diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic…
"We'd fill" a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020, McConnell says
Mitch McConnell said Tuesday Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy if one came up in 2020, a reversal of his position during a Democratic presidency. "Oh, we'd fill it," McConnell said to laughs at the Paducah Chamber luncheon when…
Missouri trying to "weaponize" abortion clinic inspections, Planned Parenthood CEO says
Missouri's last abortion clinic could be shut down this Friday, meaning it would become the first state to effectively end all legal abortion services since Roe vs. Wade was established back in 1973. Missouri's health department is refusing to renew…
Body of missing man found
POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Crews are no longer searching for a missing 26-year-old Cleveland man in the Ocoee River. They recovered a body at around 4:17 Tuesday afternoon. Rescuers had been looking for the man since yesterday evening. Polk…
Tomorrow's Riverbend Festival is a whole new game.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The first of several big changes to this year's Riverbend Festival is an earlier date. Riverbend 20-19 starts on Wednesday and runs through Saturday. The more compact festival also has added light shows, a Ferris wheel, and more…
Funeral arrangements for Christian book author Rachel Held Evans
Funeral service Saturday in Chattanooga, burial Sunday in Dayton.