ROME — Some of the highest ranking Catholic leaders from the U.S. met with Pope Francis to discuss the priest sex abuse crisis that has rocked the church. The U.S. bishops said Pope Francis "listened deeply from the heart" in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Life Force at Erlanger Health System is in wait and see mode, but they're ready. There is one helicopter in Cleveland, two flight nurses, two flight paramedics, a pilot, and a mechanic on standby and ready…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Probably the most honored First Responder in the Tennessee Valley over the last few months is Chattanooga Fire Captain Steve Everett. His quick response...even though he was off-duty at the time...saved a life, and reinforced the fact that…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga's Miller Park officially opens Friday, bringing a new green space to the Chattanooga community. The project cost more than $10 million. Sixty percent of that price tag was paid by private partners like Blue Cross…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hurricane Florence continues to threaten the coastal Carolinas, southern Virginia and Georgia Thursday. Meteorologists expect it to make landfall Thursday night or early Friday morning. Hundreds of thousands have been told to evacuate their homes, as…
The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport checkpoint Thursday morning.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of a West Virginia bishop, Michael Bransfield, and at the same time authorized a fellow bishop to investigate allegations that Bransfield sexually harassed adults, Vatican officials said. The development, announced…
The National Park Service says the scavenged body of a missing man has been found at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that straddles Tennessee and North Carolina. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports rangers found 30-year-old William Lee Hill Jr.,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov watch the military parade during the Vostok-2018 (East-2018) war games at Tsugol military training ground…
RISING FAWN, Ga. (WDEF) - Georgia state parks have opened their doors for Hurricane Florence evacuees to come and stay free of charge. "We're not gonna turn anyone away. They just need to come up here. Let us know that…
A statue at the Choo Choo made its way back to where it belongs.
The Bradley County Sheriff's Office needs you help to find a missing, elderly woman.
A trial is underway for a Chattanooga man accused of stabbing a woman to death.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Investigators with the Chattanooga Fire Department have ruled the Sept. 2 fire at Piney Woods Baptist Church arson. The church on 52nd Street in Chattanooga lost an estimated $150,000 in damage to the building and its…
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., said he is going to Rome in the near future to discuss his potential resignation with Pope Francis. Wuerl, who led the Pittsburgh diocese for 18 years, was implicated in a recent…
If your children are picky eaters, here's a recipe to hide some veggies in some delicious food.
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia has identified the two men that Britain named as suspects in the poisoning of a former Russian spy, and that there is "nothing criminal" about them. Britain last week charged…
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A controversial cartoon of Serena Williams that has been widely condemned as a racist depiction of the tennis great has been partially reprinted on the front page of the Melbourne-based newspaper that initially published it. The Herald…
A woman holds a child with severe malnutrition at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Lankien, Jonglei State, South Sudan, on April 8, 2016. Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP/Getty Images ROME -- The number of hungry people in the…
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Crisis Response Unit 222 is the country's most powerful weapon in the fight against Taliban and ISIS militants. The team swarms onto the scene at the first sign of trouble. When a terrorist attack is underway,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Scenic City Women's Network hosted a prayer walk and prayer service on the steps of the old Hamilton County Courthouse. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann read a proclamation saying, "by the congressman of the third district of…
Volunteer groups all across the Tennessee Valley are waiting to spring into action ahead of Hurricane Florence.
A Central High school teacher brings the arts alive in the Theater Department, earning her a Golden Apple award.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Environmental Protection Agency puts the Southside Chattanooga lead site on the Superfund National Priorities List. The EPA proposed to put the site on the list at the beginning of this year as they continue to…