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…
By ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A top Republican strategist says a 308-vote victory in a heavily GOP state Senate district should serve as a wakeup call for the state party. The contest was narrowly won by…
UPDATE: Chattanooga fire investigators now believe the fire on Ocoee Street was intentionally set. Anyone with information about this fire is encouraged to call the Tennessee Arson Hotline at 1-800-762-3017. ___ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Neighbors in Glenwood were awakened in…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - Complaints by some members of the Bradley county commission of credit card abuse in the sheriff's department have been under investigation since August. The results of an audit by the state were released today that cleared…
Chattanooga Police investigate a shooting on Highland Avenue where one person was shot.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A 73 year old driver involved in a crash with a Chattanooga Police car has died. The crash happened on November 28th on 4th Avenue. Chattanooga Police were responding to a car fire that night, with…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - UTC was welcomed into an exclusive neighborhood this week. The university and the city of Chattanooga have officially been introduced as members of the MetroLab Network. The group includes partnerships with Harvard, Georgia Tech, Johns Hopkins and Notre…
The Latest: 7:00 pm (12-19-2017) CHARLESTON, Tenn. (WDEF) - TBI has confirmed the identity of the man killed in an officer involved shooting in Charleston, TN as 27-year-old Johnathan Melton. At the request of 10th District Attorney General Stephen Crump,…