ATLANTA (AP) - Police are asking for help in identifying two persons of interest following a fatal shooting at a rap concert in downtown Atlanta that left two dead. It happened Sunday night at The Masquerade at Underground Atlanta. Police…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Salvation Army is getting some help building two playgrounds for kids in the community. Hundreds of volunteers from the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation made it happen. They came out to the Salvation Army's…
DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - In the wake of the recent church shooting in Sutherland Springs Texas, one local Sheriff is encouraging churches to organize security teams. Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross told us that he encourages his deputies to…
SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) - A judge has set a tentative trial date for a man charged with kidnapping, raping and killing a Tennessee nursing student who disappeared from her rural home more than six years ago. Judge C. Creed McGinley…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff will have to wait a little longer to face a judge, after being accused of using altered, forged or falsified vehicle titles. Sheriff Eric Watson's trial had been scheduled to begin on…
The case of a Chattanooga man accused of leaving his baby to die in a hot car will now go to the grand jury.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - DK Eyewitness Travel recently named Chattanooga as one of the ten best locations for an alternative fall getaway. Chattanooga is the only city in Tennessee to make the list. No town in neighboring Georgia, Alabama or the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Alabama and North Carolina are the final states in the running to win a prized Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. joint car factory. Several states were in the running for the massive plant worth $1.6…
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Brooklynn M. Townsend as special judge for the General Sessions Court of Polk County. Townsend’s appointment fills a temporary vacancy due to the disability of Judge Billy D. Baliles. “I appreciate Brooklynn…
CANTON, Ga. (AP) - The driver and two passengers in a car are dead after a fiery crash in Georgia. Multiple media outlets report it happened about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 75 northbound. Cherokee County Sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Marianne…
A teacher in Cleveland makes sure her students succeed, earning her a Golden Apple Award.
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) – Discount Tire, the world’s largest independent tire and wheel retailer, opened its first location in Hixson to meet demand for tires and wheels in the greater Chattanooga area. The new tire store is located just north…
FORT PAYNE, Ga. (WDEF) - Fort Payne Police arrested a man Monday afternoon on two Grand Jury indictments for Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault. 43-year-old Roy Alonzo Allen has been taken into custody by members of the Fort Payne Police…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - On Monday morning, the SRO at Fyffe School found a window had been broken. Inside, several classrooms were vandalized, including graffiti on the boards. It didn't take long to crack the case. Officials simply looked…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Eastside Utility District is warning customers about a scam involving past dues bills. The water company services 66,000 customers in Hamilton and Bradley Counties. They say someone is calling home to settle the unpaid bills over…
“It’s been challenging over the past few months for my family and I while dealing with Lucy’s sudden death."
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) - Songwriter Lee Thomas Miller is joining the race for the Republican nomination to succeed Rep. Marsha Blackburn in Congress. Blackburn is giving up her House seat representing suburban Nashville to run for the U.S. Senate. Miller…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Sheriff of Chattooga County has fired a jailer after he was brought in for questioning for public exposure. Trion police identified 23 year old Brandon Siffles as the man suspected of driving through neighborhoods and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic state Rep. JoAnne Favors of Chattanooga says she won't seek re-election to the Tennessee General Assembly next year. Favors is a retired nurse and former health facilities administrator who has served in the state House…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - After more than 5,000 survey responses, a task force must make recommendations about a Confederate monument in Georgia's oldest city. WTOC-TV reports that Savannah officials received 17 letters, 181 emails and more than 4,800 online survey…
WASHINGTON (AP) - (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he has "no reason to doubt" women who have accused Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct when they were minors. Sessions made the comment under…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Hamilton County NAACP held a symposium on race relations Monday night. Around forty people gathered at Bessie Smith hall for the event. A panel made up of 10 people from different groups spoke about…
Hamilton County, Tenn. (WDEF) - Earlier Monday morning, deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office received multiple reports of burglaries from residents who live in the vicinity of the Sedman Hills and High Ridge neighborhoods in north Hixson. The victims…
LAFAYETTE, Ga. (WDEF) - Police are asking for the community’s help in locating a missing woman in LaFayette, Ga. Brittany Baker was reported missing on November 10th. In a Facebook post by the police department on Monday, she is said to…