MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An alleged bank robber who took 11 people hostage in a Tuscaloosa credit union last month has been charged. A federal grand jury indicted 18-year-old Cedrick Lamar Collins on Friday with one count of bank robbery…
Dalton, Ga. (WDEF) – A Whitfield County dog was recently bitten by a raccoon that has since tested positive for rabies. The dog was unvaccinated and must now undergo a six-month quarantine. The dog was attacked by the raccoon during the…
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) - Police in coastal Alabama's beach cities are informing the public about a "zero tolerance" policy of misbehavior during Spring Break. Media outlets report the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores police departments issued warning letters to…
ATHENS, Tenn. (WDEF) - Athens City Middle School administrators sent a letter home to parents letting them know a student brought a gun to school. The letter states on Tuesday the student brought an unloaded handgun, not to do harm but…
NEWNAN, Ga. (WDEF) - Andrea R. Williams has been sentenced to six years and seven months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for using stolen identities to file dozens of fraudulent federal student aid applications. “Williams…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An environmental group says volunteers will be planting tens of thousands of trees in Tennessee this weekend. The Tennessee Environmental Council says more than 20,000 volunteer tree-planters from the state's 95 counties are picking up their…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Two weeks of intense fire training for Fire Academy 2017 came to a close today on Hancock Road in Chattanooga. The two houses donated by Hamilton County government were used over and over again the past two weeks,…
ATLANTA (AP) - Parents in Georgia could opt to have newborn babies tested for a rare genetic disorder under a bill that has passed the House. The chamber unanimously voted Friday in favor of the bill, sending it to the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The City of Chattanooga's Public Works Department is revising the policy at the City's Refuse Collection Centers and upgrading technology to continue to provide this crucial service to citizens and to reduce improper use of the center…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Two doctors who operated a pain management clinic on the Alabama coast are facing time in federal prison after being convicted of running what authorities describe as a pill mill. Jurors in Mobile returned the verdict…
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ATLANTA (AP) - A group of Georgia senators has decided that it's OK for optometrists, who are not medical doctors, to perform injections around the eye. State law now requires that only ophthalmologists, who have at least four additional years…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Singer Usher Raymond isn't the only native putting Chattanooga on the map there are plenty of everyday people making their mark right here at home. Daphne Kirksey says, "It's interesting to have a female boss." She is…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An Alabama consultant has admitted to lying to FBI agents about a contract at a county jail in Alabama. It's confirmation that a Mississippi bribery probe is spilling across state lines. Michael P. Goddard of Vestavia…
MOSCOW (WDEF) - We continue our look back 25 years ago to a series we ran on our trip to Moscow in the winter of 1992. Here is a look at why we sent a crew to Russia. In the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County authorities are investigating an inmate death at Silverdale Detention Center, now known as CoreCivic. County officials say 45-year-old Dana Palmer was taken to a local hospital yesterday, February 22, where she was pronounced dead. Palmer is…
'Shine a Light On Slavery' Day is raising awareness about different forms of slavery. A local organization is working toward building Tennessee's first rehabilitation home for girls, and it's here in Chattanooga. 7th Well Co-founder Tess Brandon says sex trafficking…
A Dayton City School student could get thousands of dollars in scholarship money after becoming the state winner for the Doodle 4 Google art contest.