CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - After lots of discussion, the Downtown Chattanooga Business Improvement District failed to pass. An ordinance to create the district appeared in front of city council members during their meeting Tuesday night. It was the final vote…
ARGO, Alabama (WDEF) - A coyote encounter in middle Alabama may give a lot of residents concerns over their doggie hatches. Roland Collins was awakened early over the weekend when he heard a loud noise in the basement. While his…
Washington — With a handful of Republican votes, House Democrats passed the latest version of the DREAM Act, an ambitious expansion of a nearly two-decades-long legislative effort that would place millions of young undocumented immigrants and immigrants with temporary status…
DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - An Alabama man died in a crash Monday afternoon in Dunlap. Tennessee troopers say a motorcycle ran into the side of a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 127 and Hickey Circle before 2 PM…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Housing Authority is working with the city on a new way to get the homeless off the street. The city of Chattanooga and the Chattanooga Housing Authority are joining together to fight homelessness. The…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Tennessee House Speaker informed colleagues today of his resignation plans. In a letter to the Governor and legislative officials, Glen Casada said he planned to resign on August Second. He turns 60 on August 2nd. Casada wants…
Officer Darnell Bryant was trying to disarm a woman with a gun.
June 4, 2019 / 4:10 PM / CBS/AP Video shows events outside school shooting The Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year's Parkland massacre has been arrested on 11 charges, prosecutors said Tuesday. Scot Peterson, 56,…
Kenneth Copeland, a Texas-based televangelist, was confronted by a reporter who grilled him over his fleet of private planes. The exchange, which aired last month on Inside Edition, recently went viral over the weekend and showed Copeland justifying his luxurious…
The mayor of a small Alabama town is apologizing after he reportedly recommended "killing" members of the LGBTQ community in a now-deleted Facebook post. Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers was responding to a comment on his original post, which read…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke thinks changes need to be made to Tenn Care. TennCare, the state's Medicaid program for low-income pregnant women and families. The other is CoverKids, the state's Children's Health Insurance Program that provides health insurance…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Housing Authority is working with the city on a new way to get the homeless off the street. The homeless voucher program will be used by case workers and navigators to get homeless people into housing.…
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, celebrates a big birthday on Tuesday, as it was passed by both chambers of Congress 100 years ago on June 4, 1919. According to the…
Jerome Powell: The 60 Minutes Interview Wall Street cheered a strong signal by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that the central bank would be open to cutting interest rates this year if trade wars with China and Mexico slowed growth in…
Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger presented his budget, which includes a 34 cent property tax increase for education.
House Judiciary subpoenas Hope Hicks, McGahn aide The White House has instructed former top Trump aide and confidante Hope Hicks and the onetime chief of staff to former White House Counsel Don McGahn not to hand over documents to the…
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to Cuba by U.S. citizens, including a ban on some educational and recreational travel, in a move to punish Cuba for aiding U.S. adversaries in South and Central…
The city of Los Angeles is grappling with deteriorating sanitation problems, as an increase in homeless camps and illegally dumped trash have created conditions for rats and other vermin to infest L.A. City Hall. On Monday, the Los Angeles Times…
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard wrote on Twitter that there is an "80/20" chance that he will be able to make a deal with U.S. officials to avoid a 5% tariff on all Mexican goods announced by President Trump last…
Washington — The 2020 census is at the center of a contentious legal battle stemming from the Trump administration's controversial decision to include a question on U.S. citizenship to the nationwide survey. Now, a new report says the census could…
Amid a tight labor market, Walmart is reaching out to high school students, offering its debt-free college benefits to teens as well as free prep for the SAT and ACT tests. The nation's largest private employer said Tuesday that ts…
Warriors win Game 2 of NBA Finals The NBA star claims Nike won't let him use a logo he says he designed and owns. Leonard's endorsement deal with Nike ended in 2018, and he now endorses New Balance. Nike told…
Authorities in Fiji said Tuesday that a young Texas couple vacationing in the South Pacific country died from an unidentified illness. The couple arrived in Fiji on May 22 and were taken to a hospital after they became ill, according…
Teen survives shark attack in North Carolina Atlantic Beach, N.C. -- A 17-year-old who was attacked by a shark on the North Carolina coast over the weekend says she had a leg amputated. High school junior Paige Winter issued a…