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Tunnel Hill officer faces child sex charge

ROSWELL, Georgia (WDEF) - A law enforcement officer in northwest Georgia has been charged with a sex crime. Abraham Galvan was a part time officer for Tunnel Hill police. But police in Roswell, Georgia have charged him in an undercover…

Rehearsing for Miss Tennessee Pageant this weekend

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The 2018 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageant is in Clarksville this weekend. The contest is Saturday night at the Austin Peay State University Music and Mass Communications Building. Here's a look at…

First Responder Hero Award - Trooper Terrence Gann

Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers are trained to handle medical emergencies, as well as traffic problems and crashes. And that's a good thing...especially when you have a trooper who goes that extra mile to save a life. That trooper is Terrence Gann, and he's our First Responder of the Month.

Shootout in the Gulch overnight in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Police have now charged three people in an overnight shootout in one of Nashville's trendiest draws for tourists. It happened near several nightclubs along 8th Avenue and Division Street in the Gulch. Witnesses say people were…

Bradley County Detectives Seek Auto Burglary Suspect

CLEVELAND Tenn. (WDEF) - Detectives are asking the public to help identify a person captured on surveillance video. This person is being considered a suspect in multiple auto burglaries in northern Bradley County, and possibly driving a late model gray Nissan…

Cleveland family concerned after threatening messages

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Cleveland family is concerned and fearful, after finding threatening messages where they live. Police say they have upped patrols in the area where the family lives, and are trying to pin down a suspect or…

Firefighters Assist Stranded Boaters

Chattanooga, Tenn. -- Chattanooga firefighters assisted stranded boaters on the Tennessee River this evening. Two boaters near Ross's Landing called 911 for help after the motor on their boat failed. Details are still being obtained, but Battalion Chief Don Bowman said…

Driver Injured in Overturned Tanker on I-24

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It looks like it could have been much worse. A tanker truck flipped on I 24 around 4:20 Thursday morning near the Welcome Center west of Chattanooga. Troopers tell us the driver was taken to the hospital.…

Driver injured in overturned tanker on I 24

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It looks like it could have been much worse. A tanker truck flipped on I 24 around 4:20 Thursday morning near the Welcome Center west of Chattanooga. Troopers tell us the driver was taken to the hospital.…

Tennessee wildfire season starts Sunday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee forestry officials say outdoor burning permits will be required as the state heads into wildfire season. The Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry says in a news release that the wildfire season runs from Sunday…

Police seek attacker that left Carta worker with burns

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Two weeks ago, Chattanooga Police say a woman was attacked outside of the Carta building on Wilcox Blvd around 7 am. Investigators released a video today hoping that it will help identify the attacker. It shows…

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