CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The FCC voted to roll back #NetNeutrality regulations in a 3 to 2 vote on Thursday. The vote sent the country into a frenzy over how this would impact them. Simply put, Net neutrality is the principle…
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Cleveland Police Department and the Bradley County Sheriff's Office became the first police departments in the area to have an app for your cell phone. The new "411 app" launched today. The app will…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Salvation Army says they are down about 15 thousand dollars in their kettle fundraising efforts this year. But they are hopeful with the help of the community they can make that up by the 23rd.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - UPDATE: Cliftina Jones' court date has been set for January 5th. We have learned that suspect Cliftina Jones is a former employee of Orange Grove. Investigators are not commenting on the cause of death. ______ CHATTANOOGA,…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) Flu activity is increasing in the southeast in this week's CDC map. Georgia remains one of the worst hit states so far (Widespread category). Tennessee remains in the Local Activity category. But both Alabama and North Carolina…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has crunched the numbers on gun crimes in the state over the last four years. Here is what the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS) report found: • From 2013 to…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Another employee was sent to the hospital this morning at Mills Products in Athens. Yesterday, 17 workers went to the hospital after becoming sick. Fire & Haz Mat crews swept the building but could not find…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democrat James Mackler says he's dropping out of the U.S. Senate race to replace Sen. Bob Corker, a move that appears to clear the path to the Democratic nomination for former Gov. Phil Bredesen. Mackler said…
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (AP) - Civil attorneys for the students assaulted during a high school basketball team's trip are demanding to see the 130 documents created during the production of a report on the school's sexual harassment culture. The Chattanooga Times…
BRYANT, Alabama (WDEF) - Investigators recover some boats that were stolen in Hamilton County on Sand Mountain. A Jackson County investigator was following up on a case in Bryant when he noticed the suspicious boats on County Road 489. They…
No one was living in the home at the time.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bridgestone Americas is celebrating the grand opening of its new Tennessee headquarters building. The subsidiary of the Japanese tiremaker is consolidating several U.S. locations in one 30-story tower in downtown Nashville. It will be the workspace…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Carbon Five is one of several businesses focused on technology with an office inside the Edney Innovation Center in Chattanooga. "We work on a lot of different software projects for companies across the country, all web…
CHATTOOGA, Ga. (WDEF) - A Trion family lost their home in a fast-moving house fire this morning. 911 got a call around 10:30 about a fire at 94 Sizemore Road in the Mountain View Community. The two-story, split level house…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police arrested Thomas Lee Carr and charged him with attempted rape Wednesday morning. CPD only needed about 15 hours to catch Carr, thanks to information provided by community members. The incident occurred around noon Tuesday…
WOODBINE, Ga. (CBS NEWS) -- A Georgia couple accused of punching a mother and daughter over being served cold chicken have pleaded guilty to the crime. WGCL-TV reports Nathaniel and Latasha Smith entered guilty pleas last month to charges of aggravated battery and…
School officials locked down Athens City Middle School to search for a weapon, after two bullets were found in the hallway.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) We teamed up with Crown Automotive and the Salvation Army this holiday season to give a lucky viewer a new Jeep. And this was collection day. Thousands of you entered the contest that ran through November. Janette Irvin…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Emergency responders are still trying to figure out what made plant workers sick this morning in Athens. First shift employees started becoming ill at the Mills Products plant downtown. Two of them reported symptoms around 8:30…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - One child was taken to the hospital as a precaution this morning when a pickup rear-ended a school bus this morning. Bus 433 was piking up children for East Brainerd Elementary on East Brainerd Road at Mackey…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have arrested a suspect in an attempted rape in the MLK Neighborhood downtown. The attack happened around noon on Monday. The victim says she was followed by the suspect into her residence and then attacked.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A new study says four Tennessee metro areas are among the top 10 metro areas for job growth in the southeast so far this year. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that a study of employment…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has announced a $5,000 reward for information that helps authorities find, arrest and convict whoever is responsible for the September shooting death of Michael Heatherly. According to a news release, Sullivan County…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the Alabama Senate election (all times local): WATCH: Former VP @JoeBiden on Doug Jones win: “It sends a message that not only did they reject all of [Roy Moore] stood for, in terms of…