NLRB stops UAW election at Volkswagen Chattanooga, for now
“We could not be more pleased with this decision and are glad the regional director halted the UAW’s attempt to push through a quick election.."
Neighbors concerned about traffic on Hamill Road
After a serious crash injured two people this morning, neighbors are concerned about drivers speeding on Hamill Road.
Cherokee Co. man arrested for weapon of mass destruction
ATF & deputies find a blasting cap in man's house.
At least 3 dead amid Midwestern flooding
The latest round of Midwestern flooding has claimed at least three lives, closed hundreds of roads and forced residents of threatened towns to shore up threatened levees with sandbags. In some communities, waters are rising to historic levels. The National…
Pictures show snakes found at Soddy Daisy Middle School
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - School Board Member Rhonda Thurman said efforts are being made to alleviate what appears to be a problem with snakes at Soddy Daisy Middle School. Pictures show some of the snakes that have been found…
Highway 153 wreck sends car into pawn shop
It happened just before 2 PM at 153 and Hamill Road.
Fisherman drowns wading in Ocoee River
BENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Polk County officials have recovered the body of a man who drowned in the Ocoee River Thursday evening near the Grassy Creek community. Witnesses told deputies that Brian Bates was wading and fishing with friends when…
New Philly flight & Dallas changes for Chattanooga fliers
New flights begin tonight & Saturday to Philadelphia
Nadler gives Barr new deadline to comply with list of requests
Critics accuse Barr of protecting Trump House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler responded to Attorney General Willliam Barr's refusal to comply with a subpoena for materials with a new deadline -- 9 a.m. Monday, May 6 -- for a response…
Police say drunk driver plowed through cemetery headstones
Police say the Chevy Pickup ran over a dozen graves and caused heavy damage.
70th Annual Armed Forces Day Parade
This year's Grand Marshal was General Michael Garrett, the commanding general of the U.S. Army forces command.
Judges rule Ohio congressional map unconstitutional, order redistricting
CINCINNATI — A federal court ruled Friday that Ohio's congressional map is unconstitutional and ordered a new one be drawn for the 2020 elections. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati ruled unanimously that district boundaries were manipulated…
Trump administration loosing offshore drilling rules
PORT FOURCHON, La. — The Trump administration moved Thursday to give oil and gas companies more flexibility in meeting safety requirements imposed after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed nearly a dozen people and was the worst offshore…
260,000 new jobs in April as unemployment drops to 3.6%
Businesses hired 263,000 people in April, again defying many economists' expectations that a tight labor market would slow down job creation. Economists were expecting about 190,000 jobs to be added for the month. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.6…
One year after Hawaii volcano erupted, residents are still "tense"
Hawaii is marking the first anniversary of one of the largest and most destructive volcanic eruptions in its history. Lava flowed from the Kilauea Volcano for months, wiping out more than 700 homes on the Big Island. The eruption produced…
Klobuchar unveils $100 billion substance abuse, mental health plan
Sen. Amy Klobuchar released a plan Friday to spend $100 billion over a decade on substance abuse and mental health, a topic that touches her personally. Klobuchar explained part of her plan in an interview with "CBS This Morning." The…
Some Hamilton County School Board Members unsure Commission would go with budget proposal
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The proposed 2020 budget is for 443 million dollars. It includes a 5% teacher pay raise, adding 14 counselors and 15 truancy officers. And it's the budget, board members discussed Thursday night. "If there was…
Sheriff Hammond wants to raise salaries
Sheriff Jim Hammond says other organizations are outbidding them for the best employees.
Tennessee considers hands free driving law like Georgia
drivers would not be able to hold or support any wireless communication device with any part of their body.
Kameron Leslie arrested in Jacksonville, Florida
Leslie was on the TBI's most wanted list as the suspect in the murder of a young mother in Chattanooga.
Hands-free Bill is On The Governor's Desk
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Tuesday, Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill that could make Tennessee the 19th state to have a hands-free law. The neighboring state,Georgia, has already seen a decline in traffic fatalities since they implemented the law in 2018. "…
COACHING COPS: Loftis Middle's SRO hits the bullseye with his team
Four years ago, Hamilton County Deputy Michael Houston traded one shooting range for another when he began Loftis Middle's archery program.
Students participate in distracted driving cone course
Students at Red Bank High School got to see the dangers of distracted driving first hand.
America's largest union looks to mobilize members ahead of 2020
Biden's support with working class Americans The National Education Association, the nation's largest union, announced plans Thursday to mobilize its more than three million members in an effort to influence the 2020 election. On a call with reporters, NEA President…