CANTON, Ga. (AP) - The driver and two passengers in a car are dead after a fiery crash in Georgia. Multiple media outlets report it happened about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 75 northbound. Cherokee County Sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Marianne…
A teacher in Cleveland makes sure her students succeed, earning her a Golden Apple Award.
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) – Discount Tire, the world’s largest independent tire and wheel retailer, opened its first location in Hixson to meet demand for tires and wheels in the greater Chattanooga area. The new tire store is located just north…
FORT PAYNE, Ga. (WDEF) - Fort Payne Police arrested a man Monday afternoon on two Grand Jury indictments for Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault. 43-year-old Roy Alonzo Allen has been taken into custody by members of the Fort Payne Police…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - On Monday morning, the SRO at Fyffe School found a window had been broken. Inside, several classrooms were vandalized, including graffiti on the boards. It didn't take long to crack the case. Officials simply looked…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Eastside Utility District is warning customers about a scam involving past dues bills. The water company services 66,000 customers in Hamilton and Bradley Counties. They say someone is calling home to settle the unpaid bills over…
“It’s been challenging over the past few months for my family and I while dealing with Lucy’s sudden death."
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) - Songwriter Lee Thomas Miller is joining the race for the Republican nomination to succeed Rep. Marsha Blackburn in Congress. Blackburn is giving up her House seat representing suburban Nashville to run for the U.S. Senate. Miller…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Sheriff of Chattooga County has fired a jailer after he was brought in for questioning for public exposure. Trion police identified 23 year old Brandon Siffles as the man suspected of driving through neighborhoods and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic state Rep. JoAnne Favors of Chattanooga says she won't seek re-election to the Tennessee General Assembly next year. Favors is a retired nurse and former health facilities administrator who has served in the state House…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - After more than 5,000 survey responses, a task force must make recommendations about a Confederate monument in Georgia's oldest city. WTOC-TV reports that Savannah officials received 17 letters, 181 emails and more than 4,800 online survey…
WASHINGTON (AP) - (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he has "no reason to doubt" women who have accused Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct when they were minors. Sessions made the comment under…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Hamilton County NAACP held a symposium on race relations Monday night. Around forty people gathered at Bessie Smith hall for the event. A panel made up of 10 people from different groups spoke about…
Hamilton County, Tenn. (WDEF) - Earlier Monday morning, deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office received multiple reports of burglaries from residents who live in the vicinity of the Sedman Hills and High Ridge neighborhoods in north Hixson. The victims…
LAFAYETTE, Ga. (WDEF) - Police are asking for the community’s help in locating a missing woman in LaFayette, Ga. Brittany Baker was reported missing on November 10th. In a Facebook post by the police department on Monday, she is said to…
ELLENWOOD, Ga. (AP) - A Tennessee family has been reunited with their rodeo horses that were stolen in Georgia before a competition. WSB-TV reports the horses and trailer stolen from one Walmart in Henry County on Friday were found at…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Amid the passionate social media reaction to Butch Jones' firing, local fans share the same passion a day after their team's game-changing decision. Thoughts included: "They should've done it a couple years back," "I think it was…
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) - Alexander's Disease is a rare disorder of the nervous system, commonly described as a Leukodystrophy, and a young Ooltewah boy and his family recently found out he suffers from the disease. Having a rare disease is something…
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta police say a man who accidentally shot his two stepsons while cleaning a handgun has been charged.
State Representative JoAnne Favors is not running for re-election.
A local teacher at Sequoyah High School, has earned not one, but two big awards for helping recruit young people.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on Roy Moore, Alabama's Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate (all times local): 7 p.m. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama says the latest accusation against him of sexual misconduct is "absolutely false." Standing by…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - About a thousand TVA workers were evacuated this morning from their office complex downtown. TVA officials report "some kind of event" in the computer data center turned on the sprinkler system. No one was hurt in…
The fastest drag strip car ever built is legal on the street.