Chattanooga, TN – The Chattanooga Police Department and other area law enforcement agencies are partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to increase impaired-driving enforcement from December 1 - 31, surrounding the holiday season. The safety office's statewide Booze It and Lose It campaign is part of…
Fort Oglethorpe, GA (WDEF) - CHI Memorial will take over running Cornerstone Medical Center effective December 29th. This purchase comes after a management agreement was initiated several months ago. The total deal is about 18 million dollars. They say that the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Dec. 1, 2017) – Second Life Chattanooga, a nonprofit focused on ending human sex trafficking, announced today the formation of Second Life Tennessee. This rebrand reflects the expansion of services to include 25 counties in Lower East Tennessee.…
North Georgia (WDEF) – The holidays are almost here, and that means family gatherings and holiday parties where people tend to be in close personal contact. Don’t bring flu to the festivities. National Influenza Vaccination Week is December 3-9, and…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF)- Parents in Ringgold are on edge tonight after a, quote, murder list was brought to their attention. The administration says they deemed it was just a prank. Erica Rivers says, "You drop them off and you think that the…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating the scene of a gas station for connections to a shooting. This afternoon they responded to the 3900 block of Dodds Avenue after a person showed up to a hospital with…
You're bound to find something to do at this 24-hour festival, celebrating Main Street at the Southside district.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Seven officers are preparing for a 250-mile ride to raise money for fallen officers. Team Chattanooga is composed of Chattanooga Police officers who will ride with Law Enforcement United to ahead of National Police Week 2018. Thousands of…
Pretty official now @wvlt pic.twitter.com/460UUDGyEV— David Ball WVLT (@DavidBallWVLT) December 1, 2017 KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Multiple reports out of Knoxville say the University is going back to a familiar face to lead the athletic program out of a week…
PIKEVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) Pikeville Police Chief Ronald Byrd says that Joe Whitenburg will be charged with the death of his girlfriend and her mother. The bodies of 46 year old Deanna Lawrence and 24 yer old Dedra Lawrence were found…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A mother was charged with DUI when she arrived at school to pick up her child. The Fort Payne Middle SRO got a tip that 37 year old Mary Elizabeth Stevenson was intoxicated and headed…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a suspect in the shooting Thursday on Mack Smith Road. 38 year old Brandon Eugene Palmer shot in the leg lying in the yard. Investigators say that he got…
Police describe a marijuana deal that turned into a robbery, and a fight for a gun.
PIKEVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI is investigating the death of two women in Bledsoe County. Their bodies were discovered Thursday night on Sawmill Road in Pikeville, along with a third injured victim. TBI officials identify the dead as 24…
People impacted by the deadly Polk County tornado say they are still rebuilding, one year later.
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Multiple drivers were involved in an East Ridge crash today. Three cars appeared to have wrecked on John Ross Road Thursday afternoon. Only one person appeared to be hurt after the accident, though the extent of…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - For years the overcrowding at the Hamilton County Jail has been a known issue, and the sheriff's office says they're one step closer to a solution. Through a new partnership, the county will move the mentally…
PELHAM, N.Y. (AP) - The ALS Association says a man credited as one of the co-founders of the viral "Ice Bucket Challenge" that swept social media in 2014 has died after a yearslong battle with the condition known as Lou…
"I ask that you keep the driver of the burned commercial truck in your thoughts and prayers"
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say they still don't know if an off duty officer fired the shot that hit a victim over the weekend. Or even if the victim is also a suspect. It happened in an alleged 3…
MABLETON, Georgia (WDEF) A crossing guard in Cobb County, Georgia has been struck by a vehicle while directing traffic outside a school this morning. The guard was killed in front of the students. It happened outside Lindley Middle School in…
“This is a very sad situation, especially this time of the year."
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (AP) - A bus transporting workers in Tennessee overheated and caught fire injuring 11 people who were on board. Emergency officials told news outlets that the bus was traveling on Highway 49 near Springfield on Wednesday night when…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A pedestrian is in critical condition tonight after getting hit in Chattanooga. The Chattanooga Police Department says it happened around 7 p.m. in the 64-hundred block of Lee Highway. A 61-year-old female was heading south in…