HCDE helps students displaced after motel shutdown
Students and their families had to find a new place to live after the Economy Inn was padlocked and the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office called it a public nuisance.
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…
Lyerly man killed in Georgia crash
CAVE SPRING, Georgia (WDEF) - A crash this morning below Rome, Georgia claims the life of a Lyerly man. It happened around 8 AM on Blacks Bluff Road near Cave Spring. An SUV coming out of a curve crossed over…
Chattanooga police investigate East Chattanooga shooting
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a shooting Wednesday night in East Chattanooga. It happened after 7:30 PM in the 3300 block of Campbell Street. 20 year old Keontae Bush says someone in a passing vehicle shot him. He…
EPA announces commitment to clean Chattanooga lead site
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will clean a lead site in Tennessee, pending federal funding. News outlets report the EPA announced its commitment Tuesday to clean the Southside Chattanooga Lead Site when funds are…
Bad Daddy's Burger Bar coming to Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A new gourmet burger chain will open its first Tennessee location in Chattanooga. Bad Daddy's Burger Bar just broke ground at a location on Gunbarrel Road. The Denver-based company actually started in Charlotte, North Carolina eleven years…
TVA controls high water levels as more rain in forecast
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The recent surge of rain has been much needed for the Tennessee Valley. But this means river levels are also surging. Hamilton County Parks and Recreation closed all piers and boat ramps at the Tennessee River…
"Chattanooga Rising" Raises Awareness About Domestic Violence
Wednesday's gloomy weather didn't keep dozens of people from taking a stand against domestic violence this Valentine's Day.
How much will veteran taxbreak cost Hamilton County?
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton county commission on Wednesday heard some final numbers from its vote to lower property taxes for senior citizens and veterans. The commission last year adopted the state law that allows members of those two groups…
GOP-led committee unanimously votes down Tennessee gun bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Republican-led House committee has unanimously voted down legislation to let Tennessee handgun permit holders bring guns most places, including hospitals and professional sports arenas. In the Civil Justice Subcommittee Wednesday, Gov. Bill Haslam's administration, the…
Catoosa looking for suspect who is 8 months pregnant
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect who may look a lot different in about a month. 30 year old Sasha Nicole Carr is wanted for a probation violation and two counts of…
Flu now closing schools west of Chattanooga
ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) - The flu outbreak is now shutting down school systems around the Cumberland Plateau. Grundy County will close schools for the rest of the week. Students were already scheduled off for a professional development day Friday (now…
Suspect arrested for "Menacing" at Sylvania School
SYLVANIA, Alabama (WDEF) - Sylvania School was put on lockdown Tuesday after reports of a stranger on campus with a gun. School officials called the Sheriff's Department, who got a deputy on the scene in three minutes. The suspect had…
Sanction lifted from Cleveland State Nursing, now accepting students
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Board of Nursing (TBN) has lifted its sanction on the Cleveland State College Nursing Program. According to a press release from the college, the decision was made at the TBN board meeting in Nashville…
Admiral says North Korea aiming to reunify Korean Peninsula
WASHINGTON (AP) - The senior U.S. Navy officer overseeing military operations in the Pacific says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's long-term goal is to reunify the divided Korean Peninsula under his totalitarian regime.
UPDATE: District Attorney shuts down Brainerd Road motel
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County District Attorney's Office has shut down the Economy Inn on Brainerd Road.
3 Dead, Firefighter Hurt In South Nashville House Fire
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) - Three people have died following an early-morning fire at a South Nashville home.
81-year-old woman, caretaker daughter killed in house fire
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman and her caretaker daughter have died in a house fire.
23 Tennessee stores shut, accused of selling marijuana candy
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Local, state and federal authorities in Tennessee have padlocked 23 stores and indicted 21 people they accuse of selling candy and other products containing a form of marijuana.
Signal Mountain tables school split talks for now
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - While Signal Mountain Town Council unanimously disbanded the school system viability committee, the issue on whether or not to split from the Hamilton County School District, is tabled for now. Last night, council members said…
Tennessee Highway Patrol stresses importance of buckling up
The Tennessee Highway Patrol wants to make sure people are buckling up and not driving distracted.
Help Dalton Police find another stolen credit card suspect
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Another day, another stolen credit card in the Dalton area. This time, Dalton Police are asking for your help to find a suspect trying to use the stolen cards at a Walmart. She was trying to…
Golden Apple: Lee Anne Gibson
A teacher at Dade Elementary inspires her students to succeed, and that's earned her a Golden Apple Award.