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Fire in Hixson

Hixson, TN (WDEF) - Early Saturday morning, the Dallas Bay Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire located at 904 Wesley Drive in Hixson. Upon arrival, fire crews reported the second floor of the home was completely engulfed and…

HCSO Strike Team Apprehends Fugitives

Hamilton County, TN (WDEF) - On Friday, February 17th, members of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (FAST) located and apprehended two wanted fugitives in Hamilton County. In an attempt to locate them, several digital wanted posters…

Residents speak out at TVA board meeting about energy bills

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - With weather recently dropping into the teens and twenties, the Tennessee Valley Authority says conditions were harsh—for consumers and their power bills. TVA's proposed rate change system that they say will help reduce cost to consumers,…

US rep: Tennessee should use $29M on backup paper ballots

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper is urging Tennessee's Republican-led legislature to use $29 million-plus in federal money on backup paper ballots, citing concerns from national security experts over vulnerabilities of paperless systems to hacking from Russia…

Remembering Jay Branum from WDEF in the 1970s

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This week, we lost another veteran of WDEF TV from the 1970s. Earl Freudenberg posted about the passing of his friend Jay Branum. He was a photographer for the station, with Jimmy Sampley & Tommy Eason. front…

Senior Matters - Elder Abuse

The definition of elder abuse in Tennessee is broad...and it includes physical, emotional, psychological, sexual and financial crimes. We could also add--exploitation, neglect and abandonment. These days the focus seems to be shifting to taking away an elderly person's financial…

3 convictions out of 4 in Pilot Flying J verdict

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Three of four former employees of truck stop chain Pilot Flying J have been convicted in connection with a rebate scam. They have been on trial since November in Federal court in Chattanooga. Former company President Mark…

CARTA drivers protest with sealed lips

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Unionized employees of CARTA walked out of a board meeting this morning, after their request to speak to the board was denied. That follows recent complaints from bus drivers over required overtime, and a short staff. A…

Black defends campaign checks, trucking emissions loophole

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rep. Diane Black is defending efforts to extend an emissions loophole benefiting a Tennessee-based trucking company whose entities, executives and family gave her gubernatorial campaign $225,000, as The New York Times reported. Campaign spokesman Chris Hartline…

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