Cleveland Bradley Chamber announces job training campaign
"a well-paying career with a successful future is easily attainable and does not require massive student loan debt.”
Manhunt ends for Catoosa suspect in kidnapping and attempted murder case
Officers used a Taser to take him into custody
Pipeline CEO retiring months after spills, fatal explosion
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) - The longtime chief executive of a Georgia-based national pipeline network is retiring months after two spills and an explosion that killed an Alabama worker and constricted the region's supply of gasoline. Colonial Pipeline CEO Tim Felt…
Prosecutors say they have enough to indict former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn
Prosecutors have increased the number of suspects in their investigation of VW from 21 to 37.
Dade County Car Theft Investigation Turns Into Drug Bust
DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF)- In the 1400 block of Potts Road neighbors called Dade County deputies on a tip of a possible sighting of a stolen vehicle that turned into something else all together. "Sunday we had a truck that…
Flight makes emergency landing in Nashville, no injuries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An airport official says a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Nashville has safely made an emergency landing after smoke was reported from an engine. Nashville International Airport spokeswoman Shannon Sumrall said Flight 6176 made…
Huntsville man gets nearly 4 years for $600K tax fraud
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced a Huntsville man to nearly four years in prison for a $600,000 tax fraud scheme. A news release says District Judge Abdul Kallon sentenced 36-year-old Martin Tyronne Woods on Thursday to…
Skeletal remains identified as missing Fort Campbell soldier
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say skeletal remains found in Tennessee are those of a missing Fort Campbell soldier. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland sent a statement to news media Wednesday confirming that the remains found at Exit…
Georgia lawmaker shot during robbery in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - A state lawmaker returning home from the Capitol is recovering after being shot during a robbery at a convenience store in Columbus. A spokesman for House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, says 69-year-old state Rep. Gerald Greene…
Immigration lawyers react to Trump administration's plans
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) - Dalton is a town with a large Hispanic community. Immigration and nationality lawyer Carlos Calderin says with the new Trump administration there is a lot of uncertainty about what will happen when it comes to immigration.…
Bill allows direct beer sales at Georgia's craft breweries
Current law requires a wholesaler to serve as a middle man between brewer and the customer
Man accused of plot against Muslim community heads to trial
Sequatchie County man accused of planning an assault on a small Muslim community in northern New York.
Catoosa County investigators looking for trailer theft suspect
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Catoosa County investigators are asking the public to help them find a suspected thief. He is 28 year old Daniel Ray Bledsoe from Rossville. They want him for the theft of a 21 foot trailer, motorcycle…
Take a look at the luxury water park planned for Opryland Resort
It is upscale, family-friendly, but not open to the public.
Humane Educational Society closed by sewage line break
HES asking for donations to help them re-open
Gov. Haslam calls for investing in broadband expansion for rural counties
"This legislation provides a reasonable, responsible path to improve path to improve accessibility."
Tennessee man shot and killed by police in Alabama town
Man probably drove through Chattanooga before being shot in Alabama
Bradley County juvenile located
Officials say he was found safe.
House to vote on budget changes, including storm relief
Also money for law enforcement raises, schools and cyber security
No charges against officer in shooting of Memphis man
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The top prosecutor in Memphis, Tennessee, says no criminal charges will be filed against a police officer who fatally shot a man during a confrontation inside a home last year. Shelby County district attorney Amy Weirich…
CPD Does a Neighborhood Line up At Hamilton County Mall
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattonooga Police officers assigned to Charlie sector hosted a public line up at the Hamilton Place Mall.
Missing a safe? Police perplexed by safe found in ditch
IRONDALE, Ala. (AP) - Police in a Birmingham suburb are looking for someone to come forward and claim an apparently unopened safe that authorities found in a ditch earlier this month. Irondale police Sgt. Michael Mangina says it sounds like…
GBI and Catoosa County Still Searching For Fugitive
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF)- Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Catoosa County Sheriff's Department were led on a police chase that resulted in one man getting away. 41-year-old Wesley Weldon in wanted for attempted murder and kidnapping. Weldon is the brother…
Knitting store: no yarn for women's movement protesters
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - The owner of a Tennessee knitting store doesn't want anyone buying its yarn for arts and crafts for the women's movement. The Tennessean reported (http://tnne.ws/2k4Ne5u ) comments Tuesday on the Facebook page of The Joy of…