Signal Mountain group wants local water company
A citizen committee is urging Signal Mountain residents to choose local when their water department is sold.
Chattooga County deals with multiple school threats
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - Both the Chattooga County and Trion City schools have had to deal with school threats this week. On Thursday morning, a threatening message was written in the mortar of a wall in the boys' restroom at…
Ft. Payne looking for suspects who are shooting dogs with arrows
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - Fort Payne Police are looking for whoever seems to be shooting dogs in the area with a bow and arrow. Graphic photos have been circulating on Facebook of the dogs with arrows in them (We…
Whitfield Emergency Management passing out free weather radios to residents
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - Whitfield County received a grant from Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Homeland Security to purchase and distribute 600 NOAA Weather Radios. They have set up various events to give away 100 today. The event is being…
Alabama Senate votes to allow execution by nitrogen gas
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama moved closer to allowing death row inmates to be executed with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used to execute someone. The Alabama Senate approved the bill Thursday on a 29-0 vote. It…
Alabama, Texas, Florida set to hold executions on same night
By The Associated Press Executions are set for Alabama, Texas and Florida for the same night. If they are carried out as scheduled Thursday, it would mark the first time in more than eight years that three convicted killers were…
Police presence at Dalton High today after threat
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Students found an extra police presence at Dalton High on Thursday following a school threat found at the school late Wednesday. The Dalton Police Department says they need tips about a note that was found Wednesday…
New principal selected for Brainerd High
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) Hamilton County Schools have named Christopher James the new principal of Brainerd High School. James is an assistant principal at Fulton High School in Knox County and also served in administration at West High School in Knoxville.…
Russian curler stripped of Olympic medal over doping
Russia's Alexander Krushelnitsky brushes the ice surface during a curling mixed doubles round robin session during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, Feb. 8, 2018. Getty GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- Russian curler Alexander…
How did North Korea fare with its last-minute Olympics bid?
50 Photos Myong Gwang Choe of North Korea competes during the Men's Slalom on day 13 of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Yongpyong Alpine Centre on February 22, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Getty PYEONGCHANG, South Korea --…
Men helping fuel South Korea's booming cosmetics industry
A new trend is fueling the booming cosmetics industry in South Korea, and it's quickly spreading around the world. One research group says the country's beauty industry is worth more than $13 billion and some estimates show South Koreans spend…
As death toll soars, Syria cease-fire proposal hangs on Russia
UNITED NATIONS -- Sweden and Kuwait called for a vote Thursday on a U.N. resolution ordering a 30-day cease-fire throughout Syria to enable delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of people in acute need, and the evacuation of the critically…
Video shows quick cop catch boy falling from window
Egyptian police officer Kameel Fathy Geed, 45, outstretches his arms to catch a five-year-old boy who fell from a third-storey window in Asyut, Egypt, Feb. 17, 2018, in an image taken from security camera video released by the Egyptian Ministry…
Man tosses grenade at U.S. Embassy in Montenegro, gov't says
Police guard entrance to U.S. Embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro, on February 22, 2018 STEVO VASILJEVIC / REUTERS PODGORICA, Montenegro -- An attacker threw a hand grenade at the U.S. Embassy in Montenegro's capital and then killed himself with another explosive…
Walker County School Board approves lease agreement with Primary Healthcare Centers
WALKER COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Fairview Elementary School has been basically empty for three years. But that could change as the Walker County School Board approved a lease agreement with Primary Healthcare Centers on Tuesday. "It was just a…
2018 Winter Olympics: Team USA looks for gold in men's halfpipe
Tonight's schedule of events 7:57 p.m.: Here's a look at what's on tap Wednesday night in primetime (courtesy of our friends at CBS Sports) 8-11 p.m. -- Men's Alpine Skiing (slalom, first run), NBC (LIVE) 8-11 p.m. -- Men's Freestyle…
Commissioners approve school money for Hamilton County
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - With little discussion, Hamilton county commissioners took care of the final details in fixing up schools, improving the county jail, and saving money on a bond issue. The commission took care of a lot of unfinished business…
Dalton Police ask for tips on threat at Dalton High
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dalton Police Department is investigating a threatening note found in a classroom at Dalton High Wednesday. It was discovered at the end of the day on the floor of a classroom. It mentions a threat…
California teen gets prison for smuggling tiger cub into U.S.
Last Updated Feb 21, 2018 7:24 PM EST SAN DIEGO -- A California teen has been sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling in a Bengal tiger cub from Mexico. The defense attorney for 18-year-old Luis Valencia told the…
Israel claims responsibilty for stopping ISIS plot
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Teen sentenced for smuggling tiger cub
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Israeli intelligence unit claims responsibility for foiling ISIS plot
WASHINGTON -- CBS News learned details Wednesday of an ISIS plot to blow up a passenger jet last year. The attack never happened because Israeli cyber spies broke it up. Australian police raided several homes in summer 2017 linked to the…
Collegedale ranked as third safest city in Tennessee
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The city of Collegedale is the third safest city in Tennessee, according to the National Council for Home Safety and Security. This town of just about 12,000 people has put itself on the map as one…
Chattanooga Underground
Explore the history of Chattanooga as Jamal Williams and Kay Blevins go beneath the streets of downtown to find Underground Chattanooga.