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…
Bernie Sanders is leading the polls in the packed field of 2020 Democratic candidates and while it's more likely to see him out on the campaign trail these days, he's back in the halls of Congress Wednesday to unveil an…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - An unexpected event shocked residents in St. Elmo. Folks said that a large tree at the corner of 47th and Alabama Ave. toppled over around three Tuesday afternoon. It fell on top of some lines, covered…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Many people will tell you that they've experienced obnoxious smells in parts of Chattanooga. "They built all those apartments out there and they expect people to pay like a half a million dollars or what ever…
Orlando Moore and Portia Ravenelle seen in the Dominican Republic. Social Media A couple from New York who have not been heard from since late March in the Dominican Republic are presumed dead, according to the country's national police spokesperson.…
Barr promises to release Mueller report Reporting by Paula Reid Attorney General William Barr has assembled a team to investigate how the Russia investigation and other counterintelligence probes began, a U.S. official told CBS News. Barr said in a Congressional…