CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The River City Company says property tax revenues in Downtown Chattanooga have grown nearly 39% since 2013---adding nearly 5 million dollars to the city and county tax base. The growth surprised some in the business community. According…
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has charged an Alabama woman for making a false report that lead to officers shooting a man to death. It happened in the early morning hours of New Year's Day. Walker…
CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A jury has been selected for the Woodmore bus crash far away from the scene of the crime. The court traveled to Clarksville to find a jury that had not been over-exposed to coverage of the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County captures a suspect just hours after putting him on their most wanted list. 27 year old Jason Allen Brandenburg was wanted for three counts of Child Abuse. Members of the HCSO Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team…
Crews spent the afternoon removing a crane, and its truck, that fell on top of two homes in Chattanooga.
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - Fort Payne Police continue to investigate the case of a dog shot by a crossbow. Graphic images of two dogs that were shot have been circulating on Facebook this week. But the surviving American bulldog…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on the Nashville mayor's affair (all times local): 11:55 a.m. The Nashville mayor's office is citing a legal opinion that says the lead prosecutor and his office should recuse themselves from the investigation of…
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WDEF) - Customers of BB&T were cut off from their money for awhile on Friday, due to a "technical issue." ATMs and phone service broke down on Thursday. The bank restored service by 11:30 Friday morning. But…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - A jail cell fight has sent one man to the hospital and landed new charges against another. It happened at the McMinn County Jail last weekend. TBI investigators say Jerrod Ivan Jones assaulted the other inmate,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Police Department is sponsoring a free crime prevention training program designed for business owners and managers. The department says the 4-hour program is for those who are interested in making their facility and employees…
ATLANTA- Police say a man was followed after a bar fight in Atlanta and shot while driving. Atlanta police Capt. Andrew Senzer tells news outlets that police haven't nailed down the precise location, but the early Friday shooting took place…
According to JLC AirShow Management officials, ticket sales will begin Friday evening for the seventh annual Wings Over North Georgia Air Show! This event has been North Georgia's #1 fall family event for 7 years. Last year, reports say there…
An Atlanta jail that mistakenly released a convicted murderer says no one will be disciplined for what happened. According to the Associated Press, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office realized a mistake was made after the murder victim's family saw Javoris…
Court documents say the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has found a nude and partially nude photo of a woman on the phone of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry's former bodyguard. According to the Associated Press, the agency believes the evidence shows that…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga radio DJ Gene Lovin was at an event in 2016 when the unthinkable happened. "I had posed for some pictures and collapsed. I suffered a cardiac arrest. A heat attack. A severe heart attack," Lovin…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - Officials are investigating what caused the collapse of a two story building near the Walker County Courthouse this afternoon. It came down after 4PM on East Villanow Street at South Main, next to the main Courthouse…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - What caused the death of thousands of small fish in a Hixson creek? That's what neighbors and several investigative agencies would like to know. The water level in a small creek off Dupont parkway near Memphis Drive…
Residents were allowed back into a Brainerd Road extended stay motel after it was padlocked last week.
A citizen committee is urging Signal Mountain residents to choose local when their water department is sold.
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…
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 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…
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…
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…