BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The passing of a Bradley County High School student has led to the establishment of a new scholarship for Lee University. The family of Ashlyn Lamberth recently established a memorial scholarship at the university. Ashlyn…
GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Tracy City Elementary hosted a safety day for the faculty, staff, and students this Halloween. The event was to help students learned the importance of safety. The school had the opportunity to see some of the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police Sergeant Victor Miller has announced he will be running for Hamilton County Sheriff. In a statement released Thursday, he said, “I am pleased and honored to announce my candidacy for Hamilton County Sheriff. I…
COALMONT, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities are investigating allegations that a school where five football players have been charged with attempted aggravated rape has a history of hazing and sexual abuse. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the Grundy County Sheriff's…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The federal judge presiding over the fraud trial of four former executives at the truck stop chain controlled by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has denied a company…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga police have arrested a suspect accused of stealing several rings from a Hixson couple. The victims are in their nineties. They say they hired Brandon Cox to do work at their home. He asked to use…
UPDATE: The Hamilton County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team has quickly recaptured Kenneth Miller. He has just been apprehended without incident. Miller faces a new charge of Escape. ___ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Staff members at the Silverdale Detention Facility came…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Democrats have voted to support resolutions calling for the legalization of medical marijuana, wider health care coverage and a $15 minimum wage. The state executive committee passed the resolutions aimed at expressing the positions of…
Wacker Chemical expects to lose 25 percent of its global polysilicon production while it addresses the damage at its Charleston, Tennessee plant.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - People with state-issued handgun carry permits will be allowed to be armed within Tennessee's new legislative office complex. Lawmakers and staff are beginning their move into the renovated Cordell Hull office building near the state Capitol…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have identified the victim in the Cannon Ave shooting. 60-year-old Calvin Harkness suffered from non life-threatening injuries after an unidentified suspect shot him Wednesday evening. Officers received a call around 3:15 pm that a…
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) - Georgia prison officials are investigating three inmate deaths in the past week, two of which they say are apparent suicides. The Georgia Department of Corrections says 25-year-old Demitri Carter died at Phillips State Prison in Buford…
DALTON, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in Georgia say a man is dead after being caught in a piece of machinery at a plant in north Georgia. Whitfield County Coroner Greg Bates told local media that 51-year-old Jesus Pimentel was caught…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Despite a non-fatal shooting reported today, Chattanooga still remains over two months homicide free. The Mayor's Office recently released some lower numbers on violent crime in the scenic city. The success the city is seeing in these…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - East Ridge Elementary school now has a new "synergy station" thanks to a 50,000 dollar grant from the Leonore Annenberg School fund for children. The Synergy station includes scores of new books in the library, along…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - An effort by Commissioner Tim Boyd to pass a resolution on voting procedures failed at this morning's meeting, though it resulted in an unusual response from the other members before the session was over. Last month…
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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Atlanta-area authorities say a 3-year-old boy has been hospitalized in critical condition after his mother left him inside a car for three hours. Fulton County police tell news outlets that the child's mother, 25-year-old Lillian…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland Police are investigating a shooting in the northeast part of town. It happened around midnight at 3720 Stephens Road. Police say Desmon Benton was shot multiple times. He was flown to a Chattanooga hospital, but…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Comcast is boosting speeds on some of its most popular Internet tiers in Chattanooga over the next few weeks. Download speeds for the company’s Xfinity Blast! tier will jump from 75 Mbps to 100 Mbps. 25Mbps jumps…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Martin are opting out of Gov. Bill Haslam's signature effort to privatize facilities management services. The Haslam administration awarded Chicago-based company real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle…