Alabama man arrested in Colorado after escape
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a man who escaped from custody in Alabama has been arrested in Colorado.
Local brewers react to Georgia House bill on breweries
Rock Spring, Georgia (WDEF) -- Fans of breweries and distilleries in Georgia now have a reason to celebrate.
Chattanooga Parks builds pollinator garden for bees
Chattanooga, Tenn (WDEF) -- Bees are vital to our food source and when they were added to the endangered species list, Chattanooga's Parks and Rec decided to do something about it.
Festival highlights social justice, progressive ideas
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A festival highlighting social justice and progressive ideas was held this afternoon in Chattanooga.
Boy airlifted after ATV accident in LaFayette
LaFayette, Georgia (WDEF) -- A young boy was airlifted after an accident with an ATV late this afternoon.
Little girl snatches Pope Francis' skullcap, eliciting laughs from the pontiff
ROME (CBS News) -- As Pope Francis leaned in for a kiss, three-year-old Estella Westrick went for his skullcap, known as a zuchetto in Italian.
N. Carolina father accused of killing newborn, toddler
RAEFORD, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina father is accused of stabbing his infant and toddler daughters to death.
2 teens wounded as water balloon fight ends in gunfire
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Birmingham police say two teenage girls were wounded after a water balloon fight at a city park ended in gunfire.
Campus guns, income tax proposals await action in final days
ATLANTA (AP) - Legislation affecting college campuses, taxes and Georgia's fledgling medical marijuana program awaits action as lawmakers enter the session's final two days.
15-pound boxes of catfish from Mississippi company recalled
DUNDEE, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi catfish processor is recalling 1,700 pounds of fish after the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that it contained chemicals banned in fish farming.
Man says daughter billed for guardrail that killed her
LOUDON, Tenn. (AP) - A Loudon County man says his teenage daughter was billed nearly $3,000 for a guardrail that killed her in a wreck four months ago.
WikiLeaks: CIA tools could infiltrate MacBooks, iPhones
(CBS News) -- Armed with a fresh set of leaked documents, WikiLeaks said Thursday that the US Central Intelligence Agency has developed tools to infect Apple products like iPhones and MacBooks.
Investigators recover data recorder in Georgia plane crash
ATLANTA (AP) - Federal investigators have recovered a bright orange data recorder, often referred to as a "black box," after the fiery crash of a small plane into a suburban Atlanta subdivision.
VIDEO: Two Fires on Mountain Creek Road
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - It was a busy morning for many city firefighters. The Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a house fire at the 3500 block of Mountain Creek Road shortly after 9:00am today, finding the attached garage was fully…
Vehicle Crashes through Motel 6
Dalton, GA (WDEF) - The Dalton Police and Fire Departments responded to a vehicle that crashed into a Motel 6 on Highway 41 and Tibbs Road this morning. The 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix involved in the incident was traveling southbound…
Shooting on Rawlings Street
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - Last evening around 10pm, Chattanooga Police Officers responded to the 2000 block of Rawlings Street on the report of a person shot. Upon arriving on the scene, Officers located Regina Orr, 23, lying next to a…
WFLI Radio Station to Go Dark After Over 50 Years of Broadcasting
If you're a true Chattanoogan you've probably heard of the radio station Jet Fli WFLI, but one week from today, that same station will be going off the air for good.
Chattanooga Police respond to fatal motorcycle crash
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police Officers responded to a single vehicle motorcycle crash in the 1900 block of E34th Street around noon Friday, March 24th, 2017. The driver was identified as 21-year-old Brandon Tuders. Witnesses stated the motorcycle was traveling East on…
Chattanooga Police investigate two shootings
The Chattanooga Police Department is investigating two gang related shootings, including a fatal one , that happened on Thursday.
Police say spring break arrests plummet on Alabama coast
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) - Police in Alabama's two largest beach towns say they're arrested more than 450 spring breakers so far this year, and that's a big improvement from last year. Police in both Orange Beach and Gulf Shores…
Health Care Bill considered dead after pulled from House vote
The G-O-P's Health Care Bill is now considered dead, after being pulled from a House vote today. As the vote went down to the wire, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says there was not enough of a consensus for…
Tennessee Highway Safety Office Launches New “Stop Drugged Driving” Campaign
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – On Wednesday, March 22, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) was joined other public safety partners to launch the THSO’s new “Stop Drugged Driving” campaign to combat Tennessee’s recent spike in drugged-impaired driving crashes and fatalities. Click…
STEM School Students Model Aquatic Pollution in 3-D
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Researchers at the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute tasked students at the STEM School Chattanooga earlier this year with designing and building 3-D models of the regional watershed. The goal is to use these models to demonstrate how non-point-source pollution…
Georgia teen dies in motorcycle accident
GORDON COUNTY, Ga. Gordon County Deputy Sheriffs and other emergency personnel were dispatched last night, March 23, to a private residence on Millers Ferry Road in response to a report of a serious, off-road, motorcycle accident involving a juvenile at approximately…