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…
Experts at the Better Business Bureau have advice on how people can avoid scams when they are donating to Harvey victims.
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…
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…
"(they) were involved in a physical altercation with each other on the roadside that resulted in one being stabbed and the other beaten."
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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he took $90,000 from his father, including money from a reverse mortgage on his home.
The weather service says tornadoes will be possible in the Tennessee Valley starting Thursday night through Friday night.
The State Capitol Commission is scheduled to meet on Friday to consider Haslam's renewed request to relocate the bust
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- After an 8-month parking study, a group of organizations in Chattanooga are hoping they will come up with some recommendations about how to fix parking issues in the area. The River City Company, Carta, UTC, the City…
A Georgia man and the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office are teaming up to help victims devastated by Harvey.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Should a historic marker, monument or statue stay or go? That's the question communities in the south are asking as they come under pressure from various groups. One of the biggest battles of the civil war was…
NORTH PLAINS, Ore.---In the history of the Chattanooga Mocs golf program, no one has spent a season on the PGA Tour. That will change in 2018. Former All-American Stephan Jaeger ’12 is one of 25 to earn PGA TOUR…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - His name is Clark White, but local school kids probably know him as Deacon Bluz. The musician and educator spends a lot of his time teaching students about the blues. He recently brought his message, and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Responding to a request by FEMA, one of Erlanger's six LIFE FORCE air ambulances was deployed over the weekend to help with disaster relief efforts in Texas. LIFE FORCE 1, which is based in Cleveland, Tennessee, along…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Salvation Army of Chattanooga is stepping in to help with Harvey relief efforts. The local chapter is part of the Kentucky-Tennessee Division, which is sending six mobile kitchen units, capable of feeding up to 15,000 people…
Chattanooga, Tenn. – When Bill Godsey fell in love with SCUBA diving in 1956, the sport was still very much in its infancy. And as best friends tend to do, they’ve grown older together. Godsey became hooked on diving after…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Bethlehem Center and Partnership are hosting their second annual Job Fair. It will be held from 9 until 2 tomorrow at the Bethlehem Center on West 38th Street. The job fair is free and open to…
Officers found a person lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound.
It was the eighth such temblor in the northern portion of Alabama since February.
the system now has 600 more students than it did seven years ago.
Police now believe that Carter was actually the primary aggressor in the conflict.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A program is helping keep Chattanooga parks in good shape.