A spring blizzard blasting some Rockies and Plains states early Thursday was already out-doing ominous forecasts in some spots -- and was just getting started. Driving was extremely hazardous and many major highways were closed. It was the second major…
Mount Baldy Village, Calif. -- Two hikers who vanished in snowy Southern California mountains were found safe Wednesday by rescuers who spent days searching the rugged terrain. Gabrielle Wallace, 31, of Rancho Cucamonga and Eric Desplinter, 33, of Chino Hills…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A video taken in Hixson Thursday morning shows a tree that falls and pollinates everything in its path. "Yeah I think it did. One lady, we saw one comment on there, that was in the neighborhood…
The son of a deputy sheriff is in custody in connection to a string of fires over 10 days at three black churches in Louisiana, CBS News' Pat Milton reports. The three historically black churches are just a few miles…
Stephen Carter was arrested on Monday night.
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia House Bill 316 is now law in the state. It will replace Georgia's 17-year-old voting machines with an upgraded touch-screen system that prints out paper ballots. It's a step up from older machines but cyber-security experts…
WOODVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man suspected of a string of Dollar General store robberies across north Alabama. On Wednesday, deputies served a search warrant to a home on County Road 401 in…
Firefighters responding to a natural gas leak were evacuating people from a Durham, North Carolina, building Wednesday morning when it exploded, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others, officials said. Durham Fire Chief Robert Zoldos said the blast at…
A Chattanooga resident is concerned about inoperable cars left in his neighbor's yard.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Wednesday's pollen count reached over 3,500 which is considered extremely high. While you might think the rain helps alleviate the pollen, one allergist says the heavy rain from last year is actually making the problem worse.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Lee's voucher-style proposal has restored the option of paying for homeschooling. A Senate panel advanced the Republican's key school choice initiative Wednesday. The legislation, expected to cost $125 million over five years, has House…
San Francisco - Nearly 200 million people who had sensitive information snatched from their Yahoo accounts will receive two years of free credit-monitoring services and other potential restitution in a legal settlement valued at $117.5 million. The deal disclosed in…
They are looking for Charles Jackson on a charge of criminal homicide.
Involved taking too long to push a child custody case
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Investigators are seeking the banking information of a car salesman who is suspected of kidnapping a paralyzed man in Chattanooga. He is also accused of taking nearly $200,000 from the man's accounts while threatening to kill him. An…
A loaded 9mm handgun was detected in a passenger's carry-on bag
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has named four finalists to become the new chancellor at the flagship campus. The finalists announced Wednesday include Donde Plowman, executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer at the University…
Several Tennessee lawmakers have been accused of sexually inappropriate behavior in the last few months.
Third inmate incident reported over the last week at the jail.
Citing a worsening "crisis of faith in government," Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren released her 2018 tax returns, becoming part of a small group of candidates in the crowded Democratic primary field to do so. "The American people think the government…
Spring blizzard threatens millions in Midwest Blizzard warnings have been posted from Colorado to Minnesota as a storm develops that could rival last month's bomb cyclone. The National Weather Service says up to 2.5 feet of snow could fall in…
A century after Einstein's equations predicted the existence of black holes, a virtual telescope the size of planet Earth has captured the first direct image of a black hole, or rather the mysterious region defined by the hole's event horizon,…
Conroe, Texas -- A woman from a Houston suburb is suing the Houston Astros for more than $1 million. She claims a T-shirt cannon fired at a game by the baseball team's mascot, Orbit, severely broke her finger, the Houston…
Norfolk, Va. -- An 80-year-old New York man has been arrested on charges that he killed two young women in a beach cottage nearly half a century ago in Virginia, police said Tuesday. Ernest Broadnax was arrested in New York…