CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff's Office has released this statement assuring residents the leaks at the Wacker Plant is only steam. "Incident Command has advised the environmental reading outside of the Wacker facility is 0.0 HCL. Additionally,…
A Chattanooga woman is using her passion for reading and teaching to help area kids in need.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - At the Ironman Village Thursday afternoon athletes could be seen checking in for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship and checking out vendors in the tents lined up near the Tennessee River. "It's been awesome. I mean…
Officials with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office say it is important for parents to talk to their children about gun safety.
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - No decision yet on whether a 15 year old Rhea County teen charged with murder will be tried as an adult. Trinity Quinn was first thought to have been kidnapped by 28 year old Daniel Clark from…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - You can subtract one of the shootings this summer from the list. Investigators have determined that it really wasn't a targeted shooting at all, but an accident. On the evening of June 14th, a 16 year old…
SAN JUAN, Puerto (WDEF) Hurricane Irma didn't directly strike Puerto Rico, and it still has left more than a million people without power. It skirted the island overnight, still packing 175 mph winds. San Juan suffered mainly downed trees and…
HIXSON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County investigators have released more information on a shooting case in Hixson. A three year old was shot Wednesday night at a home on Valley Lane. The injury did not appear to be life threatening.…
ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities say a Bengal tiger shot and killed after frightening motorists on a Georgia interstate and chasing a dog through a neighborhood had escaped from a truck on its way from Florida to Tennessee. Feld Entertainment spokesman…
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - A woman accused of chemical endangerment of a child has been arrested in Alabama. Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin and Investigator Brandi Fuller told the Gadsden Times on Wednesday that 25-year-old Courtney Taylor Coleman said she…
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The group is recommending 25 new Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents to address the issue.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Two people are behind bars after a carjacking and police pursuit down I-75 in Chattanooga. Chattanooga police say Anthony Duckett and Emily Baggett were arrested as the primary suspects in today's events. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga police…
Hamilton County, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Deputies are currently on the scene of a shooting involving a 3 year old child near the 7300 block of Valley Lane. The circumstances of the shooting are not known at this…
After the Trump administration announced they plan to end the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program, recipients in the Tennessee Valley are feeling uncertain.
As Florida residents brace for Hurricane Irma, evacuees are fleeing to other neighboring states, including North Georgia.
Hamilton County, Tenn. (WDEF) - Late this afternoon, at approximately 4:20 pm, an Ooltewah High School student (juvenile) working for a landscape company was struck by a hit and run driver while weed-eating a ditch near the 5958 block of…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Immediately following their rescue efforts after Hurricane Harvey last week, McKamey has sent more rescue efforts. This time they have headed south to Glynn County Animal Control in Brunswick, GA near St. Simon Island to aid…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Two Catoosa County detectives have resigned after admitting to inappropriate sexual relations with female witnesses. Sheriff Gary R. Sisk released a statement Wednesday that Detective Tim Deal and Lieutenant Freddie Roden have both resigned from the Catoosa…
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NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports final numbers from the Labor Day Weekend on state waterways. There were four boating-related fatalities, including the Jet Ski accident on Chickamauga Lake. A 24 year old Dayton man died when…
The female victim was taken to the hospital to have a lump on her head checked out.
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland Police are looking for a suspect who held up a gas station Tuesday night with a large knife. It happened at the Citgo on Mouse Creek Road. Police say the man pulled the knife on…