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Cleveland Firefighters "Fill the Boot" for MDA

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - Members of the Cleveland Fire Department and Cleveland Professional Firefighters kicked off their annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign earlier today. The campaign helps the Muscular Dystrophy Association find much needed treatments and cures for Muscular Dystrophy,…

TENNESWIM 2017 Comes to Chattanooga

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A world-record-holding endurance swimmer and professor of Medical and Life Sciences in Germany will be attempting to swim the entire length of the Tennessee River. He says he's doing it to bring awareness to aquatic plant life.…

Fleischmann for punishment on government leaks

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Tennessee Congressman Chuck Fleischmann says people who leak classified information need to be punished. He's not the only one that feels that way. The nation's top law enforcement official is vowing to crackdown on government leaks. Attorney…

HCSO Corrections Corporal Placed on Suspension with Pay

Hamilton County, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office are not releasing details of the alleged misconduct that resulted in the suspension of Corrections Corporal Gene Planer. This is because the case is pending in Criminal Court. A bill of…

10-year-old girl falls off cliff, dies at Tennessee park

SPENCER, Tenn. (AP) - A 10-year-old girl has died after falling from a cliff at a Tennessee state park. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation spokesman Eric Ward tells local media that Grace Goodwin died Wednesday evening at Fall Creek…

Feds take no action after reviewing police shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Department of Justice has concluded its review into a deadly shooting involving a Metro Nashville Police officer and said no further investigation is warranted in the case. The decision was announced Friday morning in a statement…

Video of Business Burglary in Fort Oglethorpe

CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -  Detectives are requesting assistance identifying the person(s) responsible for a burglary at The Shoe Show on Battlefield Parkway. Surveillance video shows the incident occurred on this morning around 6 a.m. The offender and his vehicle are…

Breaking Ground for Project Jump

RINGGOLD, Ga (WDEF) - This morning, officials broke ground on Project Jump’s first tenant, the Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics. Project Jump is a public private partnership between Armour Commercial Real Estate, Catoosa County Economic Development Authority, Catoosa County…

Ooltewah Teachers Receive Free Lunch

OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hundreds of teachers received free lunch today in Ooltewah. The pastors of the East Hamilton Ministerial Association along with Salsaritas and Chick-fil-A planned to serve 400 school teachers at the drive-thru from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.…

Mayor Berke to announce choice of new chief

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Mayor Andy Berke will announce his choice for Chattanooga Police Department's new chief tomorrow. The three finalists are: current acting Chief David Roddy, Assistant Chief Edwin McPherson, and Captain Todd Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Police Department…

Plans change for Medal of Honor Museum

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Plans are changing to build a Medal of Honor Museum at Coolidge Park. That's after public outcry last year because people didn't want to lose so much park space to a museum. Today, Major General Bill…

First Day of School for CGLA

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hundreds of students are getting back in the swing of getting up early and having to go to school...as several schools are back in session. But the Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy is taking a different approach…

Over 50 Marijuana Plants Seized In Dade County

DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - The Dade County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Lookout Mountain Drug Task Force and Governor’s Office Drug Task Force Aviation Unit, seized over 50 Marijuana plants on Wednesday. In the 400 block of Wells Rd, Marijuana…

Law Regulates 'In God We Trust' License Plate

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A new Tennessee law has been enacted making the option of 'In God We Trust' license plates available in Hamilton County. County Clerk Bill Knowles announced that in July, 685 ‘In God We Trust' license plates were…

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