DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Dunlap Police Department is warning about a door to door scam in their community. They got reports on Tuesday of someone going to homes in the Valley View Subdivision trying to sell television service. He…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County Commissioners on Wednesday address the problem of mental health at local jails. They voted to approve a program with CHI Memorial and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. Each will kick in $25,000 to help reduce the…
By STEVE PEOPLES and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) - Populist firebrand Steve Bannon savaged national Republican leaders in a fiery call to rally voters behind embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore as the battle for the GOP's soul…
This year's shortage could ripple into coming years.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A group of retired Chattanooga city employees gathered together at the Chattanooga City Council agenda meeting demanding answers about their new health care Tuesday night. In November the council approved a resolution that changes some retirees'…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga City Council approved a resolution for a contract to replace the glass on the Holmberg Bridge during the council's Tuesday night agenda meeting. The resolution authorizes a contract with Ross Glass & Aluminum, LLC…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Award-winning financial services company Advance Financial is running its annual food drive to benefit residents of East Tennessee and other communities across the state. Now through December 12, the company will have collection boxes at all…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Earlier today, the Chattanooga Police Department and City of Chattanooga became the newest partners with the U.S. Army, by joining the U.S. Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) Program. The Chattanooga mayor and police chief gathered in city hall for this…
Chattanooga, Tenn. (December 5, 2017) – Habitat for Humanity of Tennessee is directing $31,000 in state grant funding to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga to assist in building two new homes in the Scenic City. The funding comes as…
Some CARTA bus drivers say they're overworked, so they held a rally to make people aware of the issue.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Blood Assurance is calling on community members to make a blood donation at a local donor center or bloodmobile drive. The nonprofit regional blood organization presently has less than a day's supply of O negative blood,…
A teacher at CSAS has found a way to bond with his kids over Algebra, earning him a Golden Apple Award.
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland Police are looking for two men suspected of stealing rent money from a mail drop. Investigators say they watched the victim drop the money for their apartment rent into a box. Then surveillance cameras caught…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police are asking help to identify a shoplifting suspect. They say this is the male suspected of shoplifting a shirt from Belk's department store at the Walnut Square Mall. Police say he entered the store…
13 devices have been found and destroyed
LIBERTY CO., GA (WDEF) - One child was killed when a school bus crashed into a tree this morning near Savannah, Georgia. 21 children were on the bus, all Elementary school students. The fatality was a five year old girl.…
(state trooper) "has never experienced anything like this in his 20-something years of law enforcement."
FLAT ROCK, Alabama (WDEF) Jackson County investigators have made an arrest in a break-in at the Flat Rock School on Sand Mountain. They charged 41 year old Billy Edward Blake of Fort Payne on Monday. He faces charges of 3rd…
GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Grundy County School Board voted and elected Phyllis Lusk as the new school board chairman during their board meeting Monday night. Last month Robert Foster resigned from the role. Also during meeting the board…
UPDATE: Police say they found pipe bombs in the car. They went to the suspects house and found more explosives. The count is 13 bombs at the moment. Police have sent them to a shooting range to detonate them. ____…
Chattanooga, Tenn. (WDEF) - CARTA Transit workers plan to protest bus driver conditions during a rally Tuesday. Workers are protesting topics such as being forced to work overtime beyond their physical limits, discrimination by management, and unsafe vehicles on the road.…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Four local schools in Rossville were on lockdown this afternoon while police attempted to apprehend a suspect who ran from officers. Sheriff Wilson says it started when deputies conducted a traffic stop outside of Rossville,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- No matter how many officers a county employs, not every community can be carefully monitored by the police 24/7. That's where a neighborhood watch program comes in, and in cases like the Bradley County standoff last…
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Charges against Whitfield County coach Lamar Cofield, for failing to report suspected child abuse, have been dropped. District Attorney Bert Poston confirmed today that the law did not require Cofield to make the report, therefore…