By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov.-elect Bill Lee is giving up control of his heating, cooling, plumbing and electric business that generates $225 million a year and placing his company holdings in a blind trust.…
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) - The Latest on a documentary detailing abuse allegations against R. Kelly (all times local): 5 p.m. Police in Georgia say an arrest warrant was issued last year after a man threatened a father who says singer…
They have charged a 22 year old in the shooting part last night in East Chattanooga
James Earl Alexander charged with aggravated child abuse
Infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman didn't sound pleased on a 2011 phone call as he listened to his chief enforcer for his cartel try to justify a beat down he gave some crooked police officers. After the…
Baghdad -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced stop in Iraq on Wednesday amid confusion over changing messages from the Trump administration about a planned U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria. Pompeo met senior Iraqi leaders, including Prime…
An undated police handout shows Norwegian Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, who is the wife of real estate investor Tom Hagen, and has been kidnapped according to police in Norway. NTB SCANPIX/REUTERS Copenhagen, Denmark -- Norway's police said Wednesday the missing wife…
A special train believed to be carrying Kim Jong Un departed Beijing Wednesday after a two-day visit by the North Korean leader to the Chinese capital. Kim couldn't be seen, but was presumed to be on board the long train…
London -- America's Kurdish allies in Syria, currently fretting over when the Trump administration will pull out the 2,000 U.S. troops who guarantee their safety, said Wednesday that they had apprehended an American teenager fighting with ISIS. If confirmed, the…
New details are emerging about an American Navy veteran being held captive in Iran. The family of Michael White revealed this week that he's been in captivity since last summer and his mother said she has no idea about any…
Recovery crews demonstrate the underwater gear they are using to find the plane
Istanbul — There are new tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, a key NATO ally, after national security adviser John Bolton came here to discuss the timing of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria. Bolton was looked for assurance that when…
The first nudist restaurant in the French capital is being forced to close because it cannot put enough bums in seats. O'Naturel will draw the curtain on nude fine dining in Paris in February after a little over a year,…
Thousands of protesters chanting "revolution is the people's choice" took to the streets Tuesday in a city southeast of Sudan's capital to call on longtime leader Omar al-Bashir to step down. It's the latest in nearly three weeks of anti-government…
Sydney -- Several foreign consulates have been evacuated in Melbourne as Australian officials note they are responding to multiple "hazardous material" events in the city. The Australian Federal Police say that police and emergency services are examining suspicious packages delivered to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - On Tuesday night, Chattanooga Police responded to Ivy Street for a report of a person shot. Not long after and a street over on E. 5th Street, there was a report of a pedestrian struck. A…
Coty Dilbeck was arrested for stealing a truck, and then re-arrested on charges of stealing another one during his jailbreak.
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Many students across the Tennessee Valley are back in school after Winter Break. The students at Cleveland Middle returned today to a big party at 7:15 this morning. Administrators rolled out the red carpet, threw confetti,…
Michael Morgan teaches English and Reading.
One of the companies (CoreCivic) operates the Silverdale Workhouse in Chattanooga
Accused of luring young hispanic girls to Georgia and Alabama and forcing them into the sex business.
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia man involved with a recent documentary detailing abuse allegations against R. Kelly told police the singer's manager threatened him. A Stockbridge police report says Timothy Savage told an officer on Jan. 3 that Don…
SECTION, Alabama (WDEF) - A motorcycle rider was killed Monday night while fleeing law enforcement on Sand Mountain. The wreck happened on Alabama 35 south of Section. 30-year old William Lee Gifford was on a Yamaha motorcycle that his a…
ATLANTA (AP) - The family of a 14-year-old Texas Boy Scout who was killed when a tree fell on his tent at a Georgia Scout camp is suing the Atlanta-area group overseeing Scouts programs. News outlets report Elijah Knight's parents,…