CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A new gourmet burger chain will open its first Tennessee location in Chattanooga. Bad Daddy's Burger Bar just broke ground at a location on Gunbarrel Road. The Denver-based company actually started in Charlotte, North Carolina eleven years…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The recent surge of rain has been much needed for the Tennessee Valley. But this means river levels are also surging. Hamilton County Parks and Recreation closed all piers and boat ramps at the Tennessee River…
Wednesday's gloomy weather didn't keep dozens of people from taking a stand against domestic violence this Valentine's Day.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton county commission on Wednesday heard some final numbers from its vote to lower property taxes for senior citizens and veterans. The commission last year adopted the state law that allows members of those two groups…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Republican-led House committee has unanimously voted down legislation to let Tennessee handgun permit holders bring guns most places, including hospitals and professional sports arenas. In the Civil Justice Subcommittee Wednesday, Gov. Bill Haslam's administration, the…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect who may look a lot different in about a month. 30 year old Sasha Nicole Carr is wanted for a probation violation and two counts of…
ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) - The flu outbreak is now shutting down school systems around the Cumberland Plateau. Grundy County will close schools for the rest of the week. Students were already scheduled off for a professional development day Friday (now…
SYLVANIA, Alabama (WDEF) - Sylvania School was put on lockdown Tuesday after reports of a stranger on campus with a gun. School officials called the Sheriff's Department, who got a deputy on the scene in three minutes. The suspect had…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Board of Nursing (TBN) has lifted its sanction on the Cleveland State College Nursing Program. According to a press release from the college, the decision was made at the TBN board meeting in Nashville…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The senior U.S. Navy officer overseeing military operations in the Pacific says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's long-term goal is to reunify the divided Korean Peninsula under his totalitarian regime.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County District Attorney's Office has shut down the Economy Inn on Brainerd Road.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) - Three people have died following an early-morning fire at a South Nashville home.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman and her caretaker daughter have died in a house fire.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Local, state and federal authorities in Tennessee have padlocked 23 stores and indicted 21 people they accuse of selling candy and other products containing a form of marijuana.
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - While Signal Mountain Town Council unanimously disbanded the school system viability committee, the issue on whether or not to split from the Hamilton County School District, is tabled for now. Last night, council members said…
The Tennessee Highway Patrol wants to make sure people are buckling up and not driving distracted.
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Another day, another stolen credit card in the Dalton area. This time, Dalton Police are asking for your help to find a suspect trying to use the stolen cards at a Walmart. She was trying to…
A teacher at Dade Elementary inspires her students to succeed, and that's earned her a Golden Apple Award.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is out of the hospital after heart surgery. A statement from Siegelman's family says he was released from St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham on Tuesday. Siegelman had heart surgery last week…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Erlanger Health Systems reports that we may have finally turned the corner on this year's flu season. Flu-like illnesses have dropped from 226 in the last week of January to 184 last week. But we're certainly not…
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - Four dogs involved in a fatal mauling back in December on Sand Mountain have been euthanized. The dogs attacked two women on County Road 121, west of Rainsville, Alabama. 24 year old Emily Colvin was killed…
LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee firefighter was killed and four others injured when part of a home collapsed after a blaze. Lawrenceburg Fire Department Chaplin Chad Moore said 38-year-old fire engineer Jason Dickey died Monday after becoming trapped with…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgians would be able to purchase alcohol at restaurants and wineries on Sunday mornings, under a proposal approved by state senators. The Senate voted 38-18 on Tuesday in favor of allowing on-premise consumption to begin at 11…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga City Council is set to vote on a resolution to create a memorial to the Fallen Five.