LILBURN, Ga. (AP) - The game ranch that's home to Georgia's four-legged Groundhog Day forecaster has closed. The state Department of Natural Resources tells news outlets it will help find new homes for wildlife including the groundhog called General Beauregard…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Schools could see some major personnel changes. Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson said he'll be announcing personnel shifts throughout the system Friday. Dr. Johnson did not go into detail about the changes, but did…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County school officials got a look at re-branding ideas for the school system. The Johnson Group President Joe Johnson gave a presentation of some re-branding ideas during the school board work session meeting Thursday…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The delivery of thousands of more wreaths on Friday will require an urgent need for even more volunteers to lay them in honor and remember our service men and women. Over a hundred volunteers from non-profits and…
RINGGOLD, Ga. (WDEF) - "Stockings Full of Love" has been a Christmas tradition in Catoosa county for 30 years. The toy store was opened today. Sheriff Gary Sisk was at Battlefield elementary school with his volunteers early this morning to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Despite new laws on the way next year, doctors and medical clinics are already reducing the amount of pain-killers an individual can buy. That's causing great concern among patients who say they can not survive without…
Darlene Kennedy decided to check some things off her bucket list and went skydiving.
Hamilton County, Tenn. (WDEF) - The HCSO is currently investigating a shooting that occurred earlier today in the Harrison Bay area near Basa Lake Lane. According to initial reports, construction workers confronted an individual who was attempting to steal an…
A man and a woman have been arrested after stealing packages from a home on Snow Street.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Former WUTC reporter Jacqui Helbert has reached a settlement with the University of Tennessee system over her firing. Last March, the station said they fired her for violating journalism standards in the report. Lawmakers complained that she…
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WALKER COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - Walker County authorities are asking for the public's help to identify an armed robbery suspect from Wednesday night. The holdup happened at the Family Dollar store on Mission Ridge Road around 7:30 PM. The store…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Convention and Visitors Bureau has a new President and CEO. They have chosen Barry E. White, who held the same job in Augusta. “We look forward to welcoming Barry to Chattanooga,” says Chattanooga CVB board…
A family from Athens, Tennessee was on the tour bus that flipped in Mexico, killing 12 people on Tuesday.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Crews removed two Confederate statues from Memphis parks after the city sold them to a private entity. The City Council had earlier voted unanimously Wednesday to sell two parks where Confederate statues were located and crews…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - You may think rain would slow down shoppers at Hamilton Place mall, but that was not the case on Wednesday. Many shoppers are realizing there's still so many Christmas gifts that need to be bought,…
MURRAY COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Murray County Sheriff's Office arrested a 20 year old North Carolina man after investigators say he snuck through a 14 year old girl's window. Police say the man posed as a 17 year old, and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Local leaders and family members of Pioneer Civil Rights leader James R. Mapp gathered on east Martin Luther King, Jr. boulevard today to dedicate a new street in his name. Back in the 1960's, James Mapp…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga police have established a safe area for community members to meet up for buying/selling transactions, as well as child custody exchange. Due to the increasing number of community members shopping through online services such as Facebook…
The Chattanooga Area Food Bank decides to cut a program in 8 Counties that helps children combat weekend hunger.
UPDATE: Cleveland Police have identified the woman as 62-year-old Julie Ann Headrick. The body was sent to Knoxville after being discovered this weekend. Sgt. Evie West says the police department still has not received results from the autopsy, though they hope…
A family of nine were driving from our area to the Rio Grande Valley on the Mexico border.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say the victim of a shooting last night in Alton Park is in serious but stable condition. It happened around 10:30 PM in the 41-hundred block of Highland Avenue. Police say that 23 year old…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a small plane crashed into the driveway of a home in Tennessee, damaging two cars. Knoxville Fire Department spokesman Capt. D.J. Corcoran told news outlets the three adults aboard the plane Tuesday walked away…