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New Security Improvements For 2017 Riverbend Festival

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The biggest event of summer in Chattanooga starts tomorrow. Riverbend 2017 is expected to draw big crowds throughout the day. Which brings up a few questions--like security and any new rules. Few cities have an event that draws…

Tony Bigoms Granted New Trial

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A convicted Chattanooga murderer is granted a new trial. Tony Bigoms was convicted of killing and dismembering Dana Wilkes back in 2012. Wilkes was a 48-year-old dialysis worker in Chattanooga. Court papers show the two were friends at…

Local Perspective on Comey Testimony

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.(WDEF)- Former FBI Director James Comey testified before lawmakers today, for the first time since President Trump fired him last month. In his statement, Comey says that he hopes the president will "release all the tapes." He said this after…

Highly contagious dog flu has local vets concerned

Two cases of a dog flu virus has been confirmed in Knoxville area. UTC Veterinary Medicine Virology Laboratory says this particular strain was first reported in Chicago a few years ago. And now is making it's way through the southeast.…

DPD Investigating Animal Cruelty Case

DALTON, Ga. (PRESS RELEASE)- The Dalton Police Department is seeking information from the public to help officers determine who abandoned a puppy on the side of the road sealed in a taped up cardboard box. The puppy was found by…

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