CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Country music rising star Luke Combs will play the Riverbend Festival in June. The 27 year old Ashville, NC native was a frequent competitor to Lauren Alaina for breakthrough artist of 2017. He scored two #1 hits…
"..as I told the president when he called earlier today, we will continue working hard to achieve our shared goal"
Parents want clear backpacks after gun incident at Georgia school
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A deputy in Dade County made an unusual drug bust over the weekend. He pulled the vehicle over on I 24 on Saturday for tinted windows. The driver, 36 year old Shawki Salah was returning to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Supporters of the Charles A. Coolidge Medal of Honor Museum announced this morning that they have surpassed the goals set 6 months ago. At a morning news conference Chairman Bill Raines said the committee has raised 1-point-25…
"I always knew how many votes I got, now I know how many friends I have."
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say a man listed in a database as an Aryan Nations gang member shot an officer and is on the run. Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch tells news outlets the man opened fire…
Chattanooga Police made an arrest in a shooting that left a man seriously injured.
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Sheriff Eric Watson's attorney Jim Logan described the emotional moment when he told the sheriff the charges he was facing would be dismissed. "He's a big man, and he's been through a lot and he…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) Durham School Services has fired the bus driver accused of leaving two children unattended on a bus Tuesday. They were children of a Durham employee who works as a bus monitor. She brought her kids to the Durham…
"There is something about the great snowstorm of 1988 that will make people tell their kids and grandkids about it."
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - A local family says there have been one too many break-ins in their community and they are sharing their surveillance video from their home security system in hopes of helping catch the people responsible. This family says…
"Who would have thought that we'd be in a position to have a custom station there because of so many international flights we're getting."
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - The city of Lafayette is showing a new face because of a renewed effort to clear blighted neighborhoods and create new housing opportunities. It's part of a long-range plan for the future...and city officials say they've…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Senate Republicans are proposing a modest tax cut that would allow more taxpayers to take the maximum standard deduction on their state income taxes. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said Thursday that it is…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell has filed legislation to pursue TennCare work requirements for able-bodied adults without young children. In a news release Thursday, the Nashville Republican thanked President Donald Trump's administration for announcing a path…
"I have maintained my faith in the judicial system to prove my innocence."
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Police Department say a man is behind bars, charged with Rape. The suspect is Anthony Lebron Vance. Vance was arrested January 10th just after Noon. The arrest affidavit says that around 8 am January 3rd,…
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting where one person died and another was injured.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Drivers heed this warning. The U.S. 27 North layout in downtown Chattanooga changes for drivers Thursday morning. "I just want to encourage people to be patient and drive the speed limit which is 45 through the project…
“This ongoing feedback will be substantive and important toward shaping the future of our school system,
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton county sheriff's department is moving ahead with plans to use Silverdale Corrections as its primary jail. And Sheriff Jim Hammond wants to get inmates with mental issues out of his facility. But in the meantime…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- One Dalton middle schooler already has his name on a U.S. patent. Tripp Phillips invented a a non-permanent glue intended to keep your Lego creations together but designed to easily dissolve in warm water. Martha Thomason…
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - How far will the "Dixie" purge go? The company that puts on her Dixie Stampede dinners this week announced they are dropping the "Dixie" from the shows in Pigeon Forge, Myrtle Beach and Branson. The…