NASHVILLE, Tenn. (News Channel 5) - A new report released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation revealed that cases of violent crimes, such as rape and murder, increased in 2015. On Monday, the TBI released its 2015 Crime in Tennessee report…
Hamilton County, TN (WDEF) – A man in in serious condition after he was partially ejected from his vehicle during an accident on Middle Valley Road. Michael Smith, 29, of Hixson, was partially ejected and partially entrapped under his vehicle after…
SYLACAUGA, Ala. (WIAT) — Three men were arrested after a Sylacauga home as burglarized on April 14. The victim caught three suspects entering the home and stealing belongings on video, and uploaded it to social media. According to Sylacauga police, the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - There are multiple reports into the News 12 newsroom that Erlanger Hospital was on lock down earlier this afternoon. We've learned that it's connected to the many gang-related shootings hitting the area since Friday. The hospital…
Juvenile shot to death on 7th Avenue after noon
An Apison Elementary student wins a national contest for writing an essay about his Mother.
Simple assault cases account for 67-percent of all domestic violence offenses.
Will split 3 hour math test over 2 days
Ran across 5 lanes of interstate traffic, and then back again before being hit
8 cent jump at the pump tops national average
Lottery tops their record for money returned to state education
Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature get their first chance this week to override Governor Bill Haslam's veto of the Bible bill.
It's Happy Hour all day long again today at Krystal.
A male, juvenile is recovering this morning from gunshot wounds to the leg and hand
WHITFIELD, CO., Ga (WDEF) - Two motorcyclists were killed Sunday night after being hit head-on by a drunken driver. According to the Whitfield County Coroner, Westley Cummings, 52, and Wanda Cummings, 49, of Chatsworth, Georgia were riding on Dawnville Road when a…
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - For one day, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the second most popular guy at a NASCAR race. That's what happens when the race is in Tennessee and former Volunteers great and Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning…
UNION SPRINGS, Ala. (AP) – Three corrections officers at Bullock Correctional Facility have been charged with attempting to smuggle contraband into the prison. WBRC-TV reports that according to public records, three corrections officers, 24-year-old Victor Davis, 23-year-old Tevin Denton and 20-year-old…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are actively investigating a robbery-turned-shooting that happened Sunday afternoon. The call came in around 12:30 p.m. reporting one party shot. #ThisJustIn Witnesses say one of the two was shot in the leg but was taken…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is fighting a court order for him to testify in a civil lawsuit against the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain owned by Haslam and his brother, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. The…
DOUBLE SPRINGS, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager has died after she drowned while swimming with family at a lake in northwest Alabama. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman Johnathan Appling says 15-year-old Carmen Elizabeth Johnson of Hartselle was swimming…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT) -- According to preliminary autopsy reports obtained by Local 8 News, Jon Levin and Myra Smith-Findell could have died from a possible drowning in a hot tub with no significant trauma or injury. Both victims also had…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A FedEx Express hub worker fell asleep in the loading area of the plane and ended up on an early-morning flight to Texas. The employee, who was not identified, reportedly woke up in mid-flight, knocked on…
Authorities are on high alert, after three different shootings were reported Saturday.
The school year is winding down, and hundreds of little ones in our area are already preparing themselves for next year.