Dalton, GA (WDEF) - Late last evening, the Dalton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Sierra Place; an apartment complex located at 906 Sierra Place. When firefighters arrived, there was heavy smoke coming from the front of the…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- An explosion struck a huge rally for Ethiopia's reformist new prime minister on Saturday shortly after he spoke and was waving to the cheering crowd that turned out to support sweeping changes in Africa's second most…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Cath Shaw Truelove owns Bees on a Bicycle, an urban garden center. They have an online presence through social media and a brick-and-mortar store on Market Street. She said that when she heard about the recent…
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense James Mattis has "indefinitely suspended" military exercises with South Korea following the Singapore summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Lt. Col Christopher Logan, a Pentagon spokesperson, said Friday. Mattis suspended…
An attorney who specializes in railroad litigation is speaking out after a deadly train-car crash in McMinn County.
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of America's wounded warriors are being forced to pay for life insurance they don't want -- and can't even use. In 2007, six weeks after Matt and Tracy Keil were married, he was shot in the neck…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - "Welcome to Georgia..here's what you can do here!" That's the message drivers on I-75 got today at the welcome center. The program is called "Georgia on my Mind." It allows local communities and current tourism partners…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Businessman, war veteran and former Chattanooga Vice-Mayor John P. Franklin died this week and long time friends are remembering him. They say it wasn't the achievements that made him so memorable it was who he was for…
Hall is accused of taking more than $2,500 in unearned payroll funds
McALLEN, Texas -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a notice that it may seek up to 15,000 beds to detain immigrant families. The agency on Friday put out a request for information to help in planning for potential…
Board of Trustees approve new budget with no tuition hike next year.
Grad Gary Rollins gives UTC $40 million to turn their business school into national institution.
Truck hit a car that hit a deer on Highway 193 in Chattanooga Valley
3rd victim was a teenager from Calhoun, Georgia
As tens of thousands more people continue to flee deadly gang violence in El Salvador, one community has found a way to defend itself. At night, San José Guayabal's streets are filled with little boys and girls. Shops now stay open…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Women in Saudi Arabia have had to wait – and protest – for nearly 30 years to win the right to drive. Earlier this month their government lifted the world's last ban on female drivers. Many…
When Robert Swan became the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles, a milestone he completed 32 years ago, he thought he would never do it again. But in 2017 he found himself back on the…
Demonstrators hold a sign reading "No means no" in Pamplona on May 10, 2018 during a protest against the acquittal of five men accused of gang raping an 18-year-old woman. Getty MADRID -- A Spanish court triggered a new wave…
Court records show 18-year-old Joseph Wielzen was arrested for death of Kelsey Burnette on Thursday.
72 Photos Migrants are seen on the deck of the Mission Lifeline rescue boat in the central Mediterranean Sea, June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Misson-Lifeline/Handout MILAN -- Italy's populist, anti-migrant interior minister said Friday that Malta should allow a Dutch-flagged rescue ship…
BEIJING -- A popular Chinese social media site is censoring discussion of "Last Week Tonight" and its HBO host John Oliver after he mocked Chinese President Xi Jinping, his apparent sensitivity about being compared to Winnie the Pooh and his…
WASHINGTON -- Medical tests have confirmed that one additional U.S. Embassy worker has been affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba, the State Department said, bringing the total number to 25. The new "medically confirmed" worker is one of two…
GAUHATI, India -- Police say at least one rat slipped through a hole in the back of an ATM in northeastern India and started eating. By the time it finished, more than $19,000 in bills were shredded. The police superintendent…
Groups D and E finish Matchday 2. Iceland is looking for their first World Cup win. Serbia, with a win over Switzerland, can punch their ticket out of the group stage -- a feat they haven't achieved since 1998. 2018…