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Tracy City Elementary Holds Student Safety Day

GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Tracy City Elementary hosted a safety day for the faculty, staff, and students this Halloween. The event was to help students learned the importance of safety. The school had the opportunity to see some of the…

Silverdale inmate escape Wednesday night

UPDATE: The Hamilton County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team has quickly recaptured Kenneth Miller. He has just been apprehended without incident. Miller faces a new charge of Escape. ___ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Staff members at the Silverdale Detention Facility came…

Tennessee Democrats vote to support medical marijuana

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Democrats have voted to support resolutions calling for the legalization of medical marijuana, wider health care coverage and a $15 minimum wage. The state executive committee passed the resolutions aimed at expressing the positions of…

Guns to be allowed at new Tennessee legislative complex

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - People with state-issued handgun carry permits will be allowed to be armed within Tennessee's new legislative office complex. Lawmakers and staff are beginning their move into the renovated Cordell Hull office building near the state Capitol…

60-year-old Calvin Harkness injured in Cannon Ave shooting

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have identified the victim in the Cannon Ave shooting. 60-year-old Calvin Harkness suffered from non life-threatening injuries after an unidentified suspect shot him Wednesday evening. Officers received a call around 3:15 pm that a…

Chief David Roddy on violent crime reduction in Chattanooga

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Despite a non-fatal shooting reported today, Chattanooga still remains over two months homicide free. The Mayor's Office recently released some lower numbers on violent crime in the scenic city. The success the city is seeing in these…

New synergy station at East Ridge Elementary

EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - East Ridge Elementary school now has a new "synergy station" thanks to a 50,000 dollar grant from the Leonore Annenberg School fund for children. The Synergy station includes scores of new books in the library, along…

Police: Georgia mother left boy, 3, in car for hours

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Atlanta-area authorities say a 3-year-old boy has been hospitalized in critical condition after his mother left him inside a car for three hours. Fulton County police tell news outlets that the child's mother, 25-year-old Lillian…

Man shot in Cleveland around midnight

CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland Police are investigating a shooting in the northeast part of town. It happened around midnight at 3720 Stephens Road. Police say Desmon Benton was shot multiple times. He was flown to a Chattanooga hospital, but…

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