CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Piney Woods Baptist Church Pastor says “God is good even in the midst of trouble” after church sustains significant damage in fire. Chattanooga Fire Department official Chris Warren says the fire was reported at 11:38 Sunday night. The…
Kyaw Soe Oo after court appearance in Yangon on August 20, 2018 Getty YANGON, Myanmar -- A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents. The ruling came amid mounting…
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sun. Aug. 2, 2018. Reuters Last Updated Sep 2, 2018 11:46 PM EDT RIO DE JANEIRO -- A massive fire tore through a…
A Somali soldier walks near the wreckage of vehicles at the scene of a blast outside the compound of a district headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on Sun., Sept. 2, 2018. AP NAIROBI, Kenya — At least six people…
RED BANK, Tenn. (WDEF) - Officials say no one was injured in a fire in Red bank today. The call came into 911 around 6:30 about a fire on Old Trail Road. Red Bank Fire officials say heavy smoke was pouring…
Projected path of Potential Tropical Storm Seven as of Sun., Sept. 2, 2018. National Hurricane Center Last Updated Sep 2, 2018 9:44 PM EDT Weather experts say heavy rainfall and winds are possible over portions of the central Gulf…
Wa Lone, center, gives two thumbs up as he is escorted by police to a courtroom for his on going trial in Yangon on July 17, 2018. Getty Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's state secrets law during their…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - More than a dozen Tennessee organizations have begun a voter registration drive with a goal of signing up thousands of black voters ahead of November's elections.
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff Office is conducting a death investigation in the case of missing person Curtis Kapteina. Officials have since corrected the spelling of the victims last name as well. Mr. Kapteina's body was found…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say they are searching for suspects in the fatal shooting of a New York man during a car chase on Interstate 40.
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - The Whitfield County Emergency Management is urging residents to get disaster plan in place for National Preparedness Month. They hope that residents will get prepared for a disaster before it happens. The annual campaign "Ready…
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- The new Bradley County Sheriff Steve Lawson was sworn in Saturday. The ceremony was held at Bradley Central High School. Lawson beat incumbent Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson in this year's election. Welcome to new Bradley…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The longtime drummer for country music star George Strait has been killed in a car wreck outside of Nashville.
LOUDON, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say three children have been injured in a tubing accident in eastern Tennessee.
ATHENS, Tenn. (WDEF)- Athens Utilities Board tweeted Saturday that multiple lines are down causing many to lose power. One customer was pleading for power to be restored before halftime of the Tennessee Vols game. BEFORE HALFTIME STARTS PLEASEEEE. — VolunteerNation…
President Trump warned Canada on Saturday that it "will be out" of a revised North American trade agreement unless it's "fair" to the United States, and he threatened to scrap the current deal should Congress "interfere" with the negotiations. "There…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The family of a Tennessee man who died shortly after a surgeon left a needle inside his chest cavity has sued the hospital.
A man inspects the wreckage of a bus at the site of a deadly Saudi-led coalition airstrike on Thursday, in Saada, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. Hani Mohammed / AP SANAA, Yemen — A Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels…
Dutch police officers point their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after allegedly stabbing two people in Amsterdam's Central Station, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. AP Last Updated Sep 1, 2018 1:39 PM EDT AMSTERDAM — Authorities…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - Hamilton County Schools are honoring the 25 schools in the district that earned Level 5, the highest level of student growth, in the recent Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS). The schools will be recognized with an…
For the first time in eight years, Palestinians are receiving international mail. Letters, packages, presents and even a wheelchair have arrived in the West Bank after Israel released 10 tons of undelivered mail to the Palestinian territory. A dusty mailroom…
For the first time in eight years, Palestinians are receiving international mail. Letters, packages, presents and even a wheelchair have arrived in the West Bank after Israel released 10 tons of undelivered mail to the Palestinian territory. A dusty mailroom…
Dutch police officers point their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after allegedly stabbing two people in Amsterdam's Central Station, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. AP AMSTERDAM - Two people wounded in a knife attack at…
Knoxville, TN (WDEF) - the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), working alongside several local agencies, have arrested and charged a woman in connection to the ongoing investigation into the homicide of a Rocky Top man. TBI agents joined the Rocky…