Moving day for historic, but controversial epic painting Atlanta Cyclorama
One of the largest paintings in the U.S. but has it outlived it's time?
Tennessee bill would create sales tax holiday for guns
"Second Amendment sales tax holiday"
Highland Park Community Hosts Neighborhood Line-up
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Chattanooga Police Department is starting to make more strides as people are calling in for neighborhood line-ups, but we soon came to find out one community has been doing this for years. "It's going to be…
Lee University to Host Pulitzer-Winning Author
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Lee University was recently awarded a Literary Arts Touring Grant from South Arts to host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler for the 2016-17 Writer’s Festival. Butler will read on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in the…
Linden man charged in Henderson County murder, arson
JACKSON – An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Linden man on charges of murder and arson related to a fatal fire this week in Lexington. At the request…
Medical examiner's office says man shot at least 15 times
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (AP) - A preliminary report from the Hamilton County medical examiner's office shows a 29-year-old man was shot at least 15 times after allegedly pointing a weapon at sheriff's deputies last month. Local media (http://bit.ly/2lrZOtg ) says the…
Firefighters train for water rescues
On Tuesday evening Chattanooga Firefighters responded to a submerged car on Greenway View Drive and acted quickly in order to get the person out.
Rossville Elementary celebrates CHAMPS graduates
Rossville, Georgia (WDEF) -- Rossville Elementary held their CHAMPS graduation Tuesday morning.
MAPCO releases statement on skimmers
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - MAPCO has released a statement addressing recent skimmers found at two locations. "MAPCO would like to thank the hard work of our local law enforcement for the successful apprehension of the suspects related to a recent…
Three robberies with similar suspect descriptions reported
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police responded to 3 individual robbery from person calls on Tuesday evening all with similar suspect and suspect vehicle descriptions.
Chattanooga P.D. Catches Two Men With Gas Pump Skimmer
Suspects from Tampa, Fl. Caught After Fleeing From Mapco Gas Station
GPS Announces New Head of Middle School
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Girls Preparatory School has named Lynne Macziewski, an experienced school leader and award-winning teacher at Blake School in Hopkins, Minnesota, as the school’s new Head of Middle School. Macziewski is currently the interim Middle School Assistant…
Sheriff: Autistic girl, 10, found in locked wooden cage; pair charged
JONESBOROUGH, TENN. (CBS News) -- Two people were charged with child abuse after deputies found an autistic girl locked in a cage at a home in northeastern Tennessee.
Cleveland Police and Bradley Co. Sheriff solve burglary, recover stolen vehicle
Cleveland, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Cleveland Police Department and the Bradley County Sheriff's Office worked together to solve a burglary case and recover a stolen vehicle.
Randy Travis advocates for stroke victims in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Randy Travis met with Tennessee lawmakers to raise awareness for stroke victims following his near-fatal stroke in 2013. Travis was at the state Capitol on Wednesday, hours before he was to be feted at…
Medical marijuana bill clears Senate working group
ATLANTA (AP) - A proposal to expand access to medical marijuana has cleared a state Senate working group.
Dalton Police trying to identify man who shoplifted computers
Dalton, Georgia (WDEF) -- Dalton Police are asking for help identifying a man caught on surveillance cameras shoplifting two computers from Walmart.
UPDATE: Man dies after crash into pond
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say the man whose car ended up submerged in a pond off Greenway View Drive has died.
Man accused of not paying $223K in child support
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - After five years on the run, a Mississippi man has been arrested and accused of not paying almost a quarter of a million dollars in child support.
Sheriff: Georgia man's car tests positive for ricin
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. (AP) - The U.S. attorney's office in Atlanta says the FBI is investigating a Georgia man who drove himself to a hospital and said he'd been exposed to ricin, a deadly toxin.
Partially burned body from Whitfield County identified
Whitfield County, Georgia (WDEF) -- The Whitfield County Sheriff's Office has identified the body found at the Ellis Road on January 10th as Luis Antonio Lopez of Nashville.
Some schools closing due to illness
(WDEF) -- Polk County Schools announced on Twitter that school will be out the rest of the week. The Polk County School system was initially closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to illness, but Wednesday morning the closure was extended through…
North Carolina law limiting Gov. Roy Cooper's powers blocked by judges
RALEIGH, N.C. (CBS News) -- A North Carolina court temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that stripped the new Democratic governor of some of his powers.
Haslam introduces bill to ban open booze in vehicles
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has introduced legislation seeking to ban any open alcohol bottles or cans in vehicles traveling on Tennessee roads.