Bus driver Michael Ledbetter released on bond
He was charged on Wednesday with DUI while children were on his bus.
TDOT finishes Signal Mountain Boulevard project
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Signal Mountain Boulevard project is finally over. TDOT reports they finished the paving job Thursday afternoon. Once the paint dries on the traffic lines, the road will re-open in time for the Friday morning…
TCAT honors nursing student killed in McMinn County crash
Instructors and classmates are honoring an 18-year-old nursing student who was killed in a car crash with her two young nieces in Niota.
Ex-Police Chief indicted over misuse of TBI data base
Middle Tennessee chief accused of making illegal requests from the Criminal Justice Portal System over several months.
Post office delivers boy's "letter to dad in heaven"
A boy wanting to send a birthday card to his dad in heaven was comforted to know the post office got the letter to him safely. Teri Copland A boy wanting to send a birthday card to his dad in…
Trump heads for G-20 after Senate rebuke of his support for Saudis
BUENOS AIRES -- President Trump was headed to Argentina on Thursday to meet with fellow world leaders after a stinging setback from his own country's legislature over the killing of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. A large majority of the…
China halts work by team touting world's first gene-edited babies
China's government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies. Vice Minister of Science and Technology Xu Nanping told state broadcaster CCTV Thursday that his ministry is…
Deutsche Bank offices raided by police in tax haven case
Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt headquarters and other offices were raided by German police on Thursday. The raids were conducted on the suspicion bank employees helped clients set up offshore companies in tax havens to launder hundreds of millions of euros, in…
Signal Mountain road project could finish this week
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - A TDOT contractor has completed that slope stabilization project on U.S. 127, Signal Mountain Boulevard. Traffic is flowing today, after TDOT maintenance crews removed the concrete barrier rails and replaced them with barrels. When the…
Dade County Sheriff reopening cold case to confirm possible connection to serial killer
DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - The Dade County Sheriff is reopening cold case to confirm possible local connection to convicted serial killer, Samuel Little. The Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross says he found out Thursday from a Nashville news station.…
CPD's Lt. Austin Garrett appointed to Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond says he's appointing Austin Garrett to the rank of Chief Deputy. Chief Deputy Garrett will serve as head of the Command Staff and will serve as the Sheriff’s executive administrator responsible…
Thieves stole Renoir painting from auction house, police say
A CCTV image provided by police shows one of the three men who are suspected of stealing a Renoir painting from an auction house in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 26, 2018. LPD Vienna via AP BERLIN -- Three unknown men allegedly…
Grizzly bear mauls mother and young daughter near remote Canada cabin
A woman and her baby daughter are dead after a grizzly bear attack outside a remote cabin in northwest Canada on Monday, officials said. The Yukon Coroner's Service said Tuesday the child's father killed the bear before making the horrific…
Additional $300,000 spent for Avondale YFD Center renovation
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Construction continues on the Avondale Youth and Family Development Center in Chattanooga. Some extra expenses may be pushing the multi-million dollar project over budget. The city agreed to spend $6 million to build a brand new…
Englewood Elementary closed for Thursday because of heating problems
ENGLEWOOD, Tennessee (WDEF) - Englewood Elementary in McMinn County will be closed on Thursday because of heating problems. Their heat and air unit shut down for the second day in a row on Wednesday. So the school shut it off…
Serial killer confesses to 90 killings, including Chattanooga victim
Samuel Little says he met the woman in Chattanooga around 1980 and killed her in Dade County.
The Latest: House Democrats nominate Pelosi to lead them
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the House Democrats' leadership elections (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Nancy Pelosi has been nominated by House Democrats to lead them in the new Congress, but she still faces a showdown vote for House…
Company closing second casino in Mississippi's Tunica County
The booming casino business in Tunica, MS has hit hard times.
Murder victim's mother remembers 'bubbly, happy character'
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If David Earl Miller dies in Tennessee's electric chair next week for the 1981 murder of Lee Standifer, the slain Knoxville woman's mother won't be there to witness it. In a…
Arrests made in multi-county stolen property ring in Varnell
VARNELL, Georgia (WDEF) - Law Enforcement in northwest Georgia have recovered a haul of stolen goods in a joint operation. Varnell Police and Georgia Department of Community Supervision officers served search warrants Tuesday night and discovered a property full of…
Accountant charged with stealing from Volunteer Energy Cooperative
Investigators say he took almost a million dollars from the utility.
Israel says Trump’s Mideast peace plan is "completed"
UNITED NATIONS -- Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that the White House intends to move forward with its much-anticipated Middle East peace plan early next year, before expected Israeli elections. "We don't know the details of the plan but…
Scientist claiming gene-edited babies reports possible 2nd pregnancy
The Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies revealed another woman in his study is possibly pregnant. At a summit in Hong Kong Wednesday, He Jiankui said his study is now on hold after worldwide…
As far as Russia knows, the Trump-Putin meeting is still on
WASHINGTON -- Russia said on Wednesday it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned. Mr. Trump, in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, said he may cancel the…