1700 B.C. inscribed ivory coming to Southern Adventist University
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A rare artifact is stopping in Collegedale for a couple months for the public to see. An ivory comb with the oldest deciphered…
Chattanooga Public Library kicks off Start Smart Initiative
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Public Library is launching a new program that will get rid of fines for the youths overdue books. The Start Smart Initiative…
Authorities investigating inmate death at Hamilton County Jail
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is investigating an inmate death that occurred early Friday morning. On January 10, 2025, HCSO corrections officers were made aware of an unconscious inmate. Floyd…
Dalton residential fire leaves $15k in damages
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) - Dalton Fire Department responded to a house fire call that caused nearly $15,000 in damages and an…
CDM hosts Dolly Days all week long
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – This weekend, the Creative Discovery Museum hosted Dolly Days, where the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library came together to encourage everyone to sign up and…
Catoosa County Fire Dept. offers a free certification CPR course
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (WDEF) - As we head into 2025, Catoosa County’s volunteer firefighters are taking their CPR recertification class. Lieutenant Brian Mangum explains that it…
A wanted fugitive from Georgia has been located and arrested
Hamilton County, Tenn. (WDEF) — This morning, deputies were able to locate and arrest a wanted fugitive from Georgia for Aggravated [caption id="attachment_1910785" align="alignright"…
A man arrested for shooting at a family playing in the snow
UPDATE (1/13/2025): The man arrested for shooting at a family sledding in the snow has received additional charges. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO)…
CFD responds to an abandoned house fire
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – This afternoon, Green Shift companies were dispatched to an abandoned house fire in the 1000 block of N. Hawthorne Street. The Chattanooga Fire Department says that upon arrival, they observed heavy smoke coming from the…
Chattanooga Snowstorm Brings Community Together for a Day of Fun and Festivities
It's not every day that Chattanooga gets a good snowfall, so when the snow started to fall early this morning, people wasted no time in getting outside to enjoy it. Whether it was…
Chattanoogans react to snow day
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The largest snow in over a decade caused Chattanoogans to reckon with, and in many cases, enjoy the winter storm. (more…)
FDA finds little handwashing, dirty equipment at McDonald's supplier linked to E. coli outbreak
EDITED (1/10/2025): Food and Drug Administration officials turned up dozens of violations at a McDonald's supplier linked to a deadly outbreak of E. coli that led to more than a hundred infections and a sweeping recall of onions…
What is Community Notes, and how will it work on Facebook and Instagram?
Mark Zuckerberg set the internet abuzz this week when the Meta CEO announced that the tech giant would no longer conduct independent fact-checking. The program, implemented in 2016, will be replaced with Meta's own version of…
Whitfield County propane tank accident causes precautionary evacuations
TUNNEL HILL, Ga. (WDEF) – Residents on Pine Oaks Drive in Tunnel Hill are being evacuated as a safety precaution after a truck accident involving propane tanks…
Macy's will close 66 stores this year. Here is where they are.
Macy's is closing 66 store locations that it has said are underperforming. The closures are part of the storied retailer's turnaround strategy. The company referred to the brick-and-mortar stores it's shuttering as "non-go-forward" locations. They include outposts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida,…
Delta flight aborts takeoff at Atlanta airport, forcing passengers to evacuate on slides; 4 injured
At least four people were injured Friday morning…
GDOT beginning snow removal across region, stressing roads still hazardous
ATLANTA, Ga. (WDEF) -- As snow, sleet, and freezing rain blanketed north and central Georgia on Friday, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) shifted from brine treatment to snowplowing and road clearing. More than 300…
Tesla recalls more than 239,000 vehicles over rearview camera problem
Tesla is recalling more than 240,000 vehicles because of a rearview visibility issue. In a regulatory filing this week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the electric automaker reported that a computer circuit board on certain…
Trump sentenced in felony "hush money" case, released with no restrictions
Appearing in court virtually from his Mar-a-Lago home Friday, President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced for his crimes in the New York "hush money" case, to unconditional discharge for his 34 felony counts, released with no restrictions.…
List of road closures across the Tennessee Valley
Roads across the Tennessee Valley are closing due to unsafe conditions. The following roads have been closed so far: Roberts Mill Road (Signal Mountain, TN) W Road (Signal Mountain, TN) Shoal Creek Road (Signal Mountain, TN) Waugh Street Hill (Dalton,…
Road closures taking place across Dalton due to unsafe conditions
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- Winter weather has prompted the closure of some roads in Dalton, including the Waugh Street hill between Shugart Road and Walston Street, as well as Tony Ingle Parkway/Dug Gap Mountain Road, which remains closed across the…
Signal Mountain man arrested on child rape charges
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Signal Mountain man was arrested on Thursday on child rape charges. Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) responded to…
Country music star Pam Tillis coming to the Walker Theatre
Calling all country music lovers! Get ready to hear award-winning musician, Pam Tillis, at the Walker Theatre this weekend! CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - County music enthusiast can stay warm and entertained this…
Have you seen him? Juvenile missing since New Year's Eve
GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Grundy County Sheriff's Office has put out a BOLO alert for a missing 15-year-old named Samuel Kayden Keith Westerfield. Westerfield was previously missing and was found on Christmas, now he has run off again.…
