CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Police Department, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and the District Attorney’s office, are asking the public to help them find six suspects. They are members of the Athens Park Blood street gang being prosecuted under…
"When I was threatened several weeks ago, I felt that I had no recourse but to alert the authorities."
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Legislation passed last year in Tennessee allows needle exchanges to help prevent the spread of diseases. Chattanooga Cares is a local group treating people from 11 counties in southeast Tennessee. The name of this needle exchange program…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Whitfield County Sheriff's Office got an unusual call last week. A homeowner on Cedar Ridge Road said that a seven foot boa constrictor snake was in the yard hunting their Chihuahua. Luckily, the Sheriff's Office…
Early voting started on Wednesday in Hamilton County a for the May primary elections.
The Bradley County Sheriff's race is expected to bring out a lot of voters.
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Rhea County and Dayton law enforcement officers raided a beauty salon on Tuesday afternoon. The executed a search warrant at Creative Cuts and Designs in downtown Dayton. The Sheriff says officers could smell a strong odor…
WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - On Wednesday, Sen. Lamar Alexander talked about a hearing on his bill dealing with the opioid crisis. He calls it the next step in ending the national opioid crisis. " We have lots of people in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau reminds us that the annual burn ban begins on May 1st. So you just have three more weekends to burn on your property in the county. The ban lasts all…
UPDATE: We talked to the owner of the restaurant. He says he was not pocketing the tip money. They were just dividing it up with the bus boys. He based the policy on other restaurants in the area. But now…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam has announced that more than 10,000 adults have applied to Tennessee Reconnect, the state's new program that allows adults, no matter their age, to go to community college or technical schools tuition-free. Haslam…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A plan to help recover the dwindling population of an endangered fish in Tennessee and Kentucky has been released for public comment. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Monday the plan released last week by the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Legislature has passed a bill that would allow seven-day liquor and wine sales, despite opposition from religious conservatives. Afterward, the Tennessee Pastors Network called the measure "despicable." If signed by the governor, liquor stores…
“Paul took me under his wing from my first day in the U.S. House... Paul has been a great friend."
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the indictment against Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd does, indeed, involve politics. They say Boyd was indicted for attempting to extort an opponent in an upcoming election. That opponent is Brent…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - 52-year-old James Fry is a husband, a father, he's written a children's book, and he's also a 4.0 student at Chattanooga State Community College. "I've always been able to say to each of my kids, boy,…
Atlanta to Murphy ring started with a connection in the Georgia jail system.
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Georgia (WDEF) - The proposed McLemore resort and hotel on Lookout Mountain will carry the name Hilton. That announcement came this morning as Walker county leaders heard more about that project from its developer. Designed as a mountaintop…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- One Rossville 11-year-old is overcoming his disabilities with karate. In fact, he's won eight consecutive gold medals -- most recently at the U.S. Karate Open in Las Vegas. Joel Westbrook has not allowed his disability to…
The City of Cleveland is seeing an increase in crime compared to previous years.
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Patrick Cannon entered guilty pleas today in court for charges stemming from his time as Dade County Sheriff. He pled guilty to five counts of violation of oath of office and 13 counts of theft by…
5pm UPDATE: Tim Boyd issued this statement on his indictment on Tuesday: “This action by the District Attorney today is perhaps the most flagrantly political, despicable, desperate thing any of us has ever seen in Hamilton County. It reeks of…
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A truck wreck overnight spilled hundreds of stoves along a highway near Trenton. The tractor trailer over corrected in a curve and ended up in a ditch. Now in the daylight, crews are working to remove…
JACKSON, Tennessee (WDEF) - A grand jury has indicted a teacher at Dyersburg High School in west Tennessee. The TBI began investigating accusations against John Mark Moody in early March of having inappropriate relationships with multiple students. He was indicted…