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Dr. Bryan Johnson on test score improvement

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Test scores for Tennessee schools are moving in the right direction, and new Hamilton County Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson was encouraged by the numbers. The state of Tennessee improved across the board. With that improvement…

Blood Assurance requests donations for Harvey

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - As the disastrous hurricane Harvey winds down in Texas, the need for services increases--and that includes blood products. Blood Assurance is asking that residents here in the tri-state area come out and donate to fill the…

Publix activates disaster relief program

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Publix store managers in Chattanooga say they are saddened by the disaster in Texas and wanted to do whatever they could to help. They have activated their disaster relief program at their registers. All funds go to…

Grand jury to hear Chattanooga killing case

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Hamilton county grand jury will hear the case against a Chattanooga woman accused of killing her former boyfriend in July. That decision came this morning in the court of Judge Clarence Shattuck. Twenty six year old…

Hamilton County jail to receive additional funding

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County jail has outlived its usefulness, according to Mayor Coppinger and Sheriff Jim Hammond. As part of the plan announced by the mayor, the sheriff will take over management of the Silverdale workhouse, and…

Meth found on lunch money leads to woman's arrest

HELENA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama authorities say traces of meth found on a child's lunch money led to a woman's arrest. News outlets report the Shelby County Drug Enforcement Task Force says 44-year-old Heather Brooke Isaacs was arrested Friday and…

Cause Determined for Fire on Florida Avenue

Chattanooga, Tenn. -- The cause of this morning's fire at 4700 Florida Avenue has been ruled accidental. One of the residents who lived in the house told the fire investigator that he was looking for his wallet, which had fallen…

Fatal crash at the I-59 & 24 split this morning

DADE COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - A Dade county man died in a one vehicle crash this morning near the I-59/1-24 split. Dade Sheriff Ray Cross identified the victim as 45 year old Donald Nichols of Trenton. The sheriff says Nichols'…

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