WHITWELL, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Whitwell police and fire departments responded to a fire alarm at Whitwell High School at 2 a.m. CST Sunday morning. When a WPD officer arrived on scene, he said he could see smoke and flames inside…
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Saturday, football meant more than X's and O's , more than play calls, runs, and throws. Saturday, a town of 1,700 rallied together as one giant red wave, watching as the 2018 Whitwell Tigers made history…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - Friday's news of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska strikes to close to home for one family in Cleveland.
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - One Sequatchie County deputy is behind bars in Dunlap after being arrested for a DUI.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - One way locals can help those affected by the earthquake is to donate blood. Blood Assurance has already sent 60 bags of blood to help those who are in need. They say they need more people to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department was called to an apartment fire on West 38th Street around 2 P.M. Saturday afternoon. Firefighters say there was no sign of fire until Lt. Mack Ridge went inside the apartment and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters worked to save a house from a garage fire today. The Chattanooga Fire Department was called to Cleveland Avenue early Saturday afternoon on reports of a vehicle fire in a garage. Lt. John Meadows…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An ambulance has crashed on a Tennessee highway, killing a medic and a patient.
Protesters wearing yellow vests clash with police in Paris on December 01, 2018. Thierry Chesnot / Getty PARIS — A French protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot Saturday in Paris as police…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Chattanooga fugitive Dominique Lebron Collins remained on the run for six months after being put on Tennessee's Top Ten Most Wanted List. But his run is over. The TBI says they have captured Collins in Lynchburg,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on Kid Rock's comments and the Nashville Christmas Parade (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Kid Rock's profane comments on live TV have gotten him booted from leading the Nashville Christmas Parade. Instead, the parade…
Chattanooga's 24-hour long festival kicks off Saturday.
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Tennessee Historical Commission has added a church in Whitwell to the National Register of Historic Places. Whitwell Presbyterian Church was built around 1892, though people still argue over the exact date. It still has a small congregation…
Deal collapses that would have let a private company finish the nuclear reactors that TVA began to build 40 years ago.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Latest on the earthquake in Alaska (all times local): This is what happened on the 6th floor of the Nesbett Courthouse during the Anchorage #earthquake. Both attorneys jumped under their desks. Evacuated the building after…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters put out a blaze at a commercial building in Lookout Valley overnight. It happened around 3:45 AM on Aster Avenue. A passerby reported flames on the backside of the Otis O'Dell building, across the street from…
Entertainer is grand marshal of Nashville Christmas parade.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Outgoing Senator Bob Corker spoke with McCallie students this morning, and answered their questions. After a brief bio, in which he explained the highlights of his career, and his motivation for seeking public office, Corker challenged McCallie students…
Chattanooga Police are investigating another package theft case, but this time they were able to identify a suspect.
King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain attends an official ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, Nov. 25, 2018. HANDOUT/Anadolu Agency/Getty MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian officials have raised with Thai authorities the plight of an Australia-based refugee professional soccer…
JOHANNESBURG — Global health experts are urging the Trump administration to allow U.S. government disease specialists — "some of the world's most experienced" — to return to northeastern Congo to help fight the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history, and the…
"Black Panther" and "Walking Dead" star Danai Gurira says World AIDS Day resonates with her because she saw the effects of the deadly disease in her own community when she was growing up. Gurira was born in the U.S. but…
While some world leaders distanced themselves from the Saudi crown prince accused of ordering the assassination of a journalist, and from Russian President Vladimir Putin. But those two men appeared happy to see each other at the G-20 summit in…
AMSTERDAM — For decades the bright-eyed boy in the photograph was believed to be the legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh at age 13. But experts revealed Thursday the picture is most likely not the Dutch "Sunflowers" painter, but his brother…