SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - Last September, it looked like a burglar shot Eddie Lanham to death. His wife discovered the body of the 75 year old man in their home after returning home. But investigators didn't buy it. They first…
First Responder Features Two K9 officers with Hamilton County Sheriff's Dept.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - You pull in and wait while your vehicle gets checked out for smog, pay a nine dollar fee, then are given test results. And, if you pass then you can renew your vehicle registration. A…
The Bradley County Sheriff's Office needs your help to locate a woman suspected of several crimes.
"the claim that we favor any set of customers over any other customer is just completely false."
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The police officer accused of beating a South Pittsburg man last fall, has now been charged. We first told you about the video used against him in October. Then-police officer Joshua Chance was one of the…
The flu has hit Hamilton County, and all public schools will be closed on Friday.
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - As flu cases continue to take their toll on southeast Tennessee schools, the Bradley County Health Department is offering free vaccines this weekend. The State Health Department says influenza activity is widespread in the state now.…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - A McMinn County woman has been charged with TennCare fraud for doctor shopping. A Bradley County grand jury indicted 49 year old Pamela J. Huston of Etowah. She faces three counts of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance…
"we should bluntly call out what is wrong: Hate, racism and violence are wrong."
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A SWAT standoff in Chattanooga ended with a suspect taken into custody around 12:45 Thursday morning. Chattanooga police say they answered a call about a person being barricaded inside a residence with a weapon on Isbill Road.…
Steve Ray's Midnight Oil Service Station in Ooltewah is on fire. Crews are responding to the incident.
Footage obtained by NewsChannel 5 in Nashville shows White County Sheriff Shoupe authorizing deadly force in the chase of a suspect driving on a suspended license.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Darnell Bryant is a new Chattanooga Police Officer. "I feel accomplished. I did it with the help of my classmates, you know, it's one of those stepping stones in life that you'll be proud of for…
"it's on the National Historic list of places, so we've got to be able to put it back into its original condition."
Watch @DrBryanJohnson surprise our Teachers of the Year! https://t.co/PmGzAWuGfV— Hamilton Co. Schools (@hamcoschools) February 7, 2018 HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson surprised this year's Teachers of the Year. …
DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - A Dunlap man has been charged with Aggravated Assault after a shooting last Friday. Investigators say it began with a domestic fight at a home in the Valley View Subdivision. But instead of threatening to shoot…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have interviews a person of interest in an early morning stabbing. It happened on West 12th Street Court in the College Hill Courts around 4:55 AM. Officers found the victim with a life-threatening stab wound.…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Oxygen Media is defending itself against a $35 million lawsuit filed by the mother of an American teenager who disappeared in Aruba in 2005. A company representative says in a statement that Beth Holloway's lawsuit gives…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A special committee of Nashville city council members will investigate whether there was improper use of public money during Mayor Megan Barry's extramarital affair with the former head of her security detail. News outlets report the…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say a dead man's body remained undetected in an impounded van for seven weeks.
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) -- An Ooltewah man is facing charges after luring first responders to his home by reporting a house fire.
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- A Dalton baby is the Gerber Spokesbaby! Gerber announced the winner of its eighth annual Gerber Spokesbaby contest on Wednesday. Lucas will be the first Gerber baby with Down Syndrome. Eighteen month old Lucas Warren of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Confederate monument at a Tennessee cemetery has been vandalized with graffiti.