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Chattanooga Police are recruiting

Chattanooga police are looking a few good men...and good women. With new police academies planned for this year, the recruiting is in progress. Chattanooga Police are currently running an on-going recruitment for more officers. A career fair was held at…

EPB Breaks Ground On Community Solar Project

Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) – EPB has started construction on Solar Share, Chattanooga’s first community solar installation through a partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The renewable power generating facility will be located along Holtzclaw Avenue at EPB’s Distribution Center. By…

Walker County "brushfire" started by train passing

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A train passing through Walker County started fires in several different locations today, February 17. The fires are between McFarland and where it intersects with Highway 2. Firefighters call it "arc and spark" when a train passing through…

Dalton woman arrested for forgery

The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman after they found she was forging Sheriff’s Department officer’s names on documents and submitting them to the local tag office.

UTC College of Business students honored by Chambliss Law Firm

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) —Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. honored the 2016-2017 John C. Stophel Distinguished Students from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the firm’s annual Stophel Scholars reception on Thursday, Feb. 16. The reception at the Chambliss Conference Center…

3 teens charged in gunshot killing of south Alabama woman

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Sheriff's officials say three teenagers are charged with murder in the gunshot killing of a Mobile County woman, including her 13-year-old great-grandson. Authorities say the youths are being held in the death of 69-year-old Mary Faulk.…

TBI links man to a marijuana grow operation

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WDEF) – An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(TBI) has led to the indictment of a Sneedville man in connection with a marijuana grow operation. In June 2016, at the request of 3rd District…

Police respond to crash involving critical injuries

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Earlier today, February 16, Chattanooga Police responded to a traffic crash at 6000 Dayton Blvd. The crash involved a motor vehicle and a motorcycle. The call was made around 4:00 p.m when a motorcycle struck the front left…

Arrest made in Macon County double homicide

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) – An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of an Antioch man for his role in a shooting in Macon County over the weekend that left two people…

Firefighters Carry Woman from Burning Home

Chattanooga, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters were dispatched to a house fire around 4:00 this afternoon and were told a woman might still be inside. The first firefighters to arrive on the scene at 4621 Highland Avenue immediately made entry to…

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