CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police (CPD) are investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 75 this morning. At 2:11 a.m, CPD responded to a multi-vehicle accident on I-75. When officers arrived, they found two drivers and a child passenger with…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) has reported the death of an inmate at the Hamilton County Jail. At 12:20 p.m., August 31, 2024, corrections deputies were made aware of an inmate in the Bravo Unit…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police (CPD) is investigating a fatal crash on Wilcox Boulevard. CPD stated on September 2, 2024, at 7:30 p.m., they were dispatched to a crash involving a motorcycle. Officers arrived at 3800 block of Wilcox…
SCOTT COUNTY, Ia. (WDEF) -- Two Chattanooga firemen helped save a life after a truck driver was involved in a fiery on a crash on the interstate. Captain…
JASPER, Tenn. (WDEF)- The city of Jasper has responded to a lawsuit against their police department.…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF)- High school students in Bradley County will have the opportunity to psychically give back to their community this week. (more…)
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF)- An East Ridge gas station is hosting a…
RESTON, Virginia (WDEF) - Volkswagen is adding ChatGPT assistance to many of their vehicles next week. The Cerence Chat Pro offers voice assistance for new Jettas and the MY24 ID.4 vehicles. You will need to get a Plus Speech with…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - UTC will play host to a renowned economist this fall. The Scott L. Probasco, Jr., Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise (Probasco Chair) will host Dr. Arthur B. Laffer on Thursday, October 3. Dr. Laffer is know as…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Senator Jon Ossoff says our region in Georgia could see two new federal judges under a new bill. The bipartisan Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act recently passed the U.S. Senate. The bill addresses…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence Elementary has done plenty of growing in the last 13 years. The K-5 Public Charter now has nearly…
ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler capped off the biggest year in golf in nearly two decades by winning the biggest prize in golf. Challenged briefly Sunday in the Tour Championship, Scheffler responded with…
South Carolina women's basketball star Ashlyn Watkins was arrested on assault and battery and kidnapping charges. A warrant filed by the University of South Carolina Police Department and obtained…
President Biden and the Israeli military announced late Saturday that the bodies of six Hamas-held hostages were recovered by Israeli forces in a tunnel under the Gaza city of Rafah, including that of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Corbettas at Enterprise is now open to the public. Enterprise South Nature Park held a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 31 to officially open the new disc golf course. The 18 hole course…
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) -- One person received minor injuries and a family dog died during a structure fire in Ooltewah Saturday afternoon. The Tri-County Volunteer Fire Department said they were alerted of a possible structure fire around 1:30 p.m.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Saturday, August 31 2024, the Chattanooga Zoo opened its largest expansion in zoo history. The Cape of Africa exhibit features new animals such as warthogs, servals, cape porcupines, and aldabra tortoises. The giraffes also got…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD) responded to a large house fire Saturday night. CFD said they were dispatched to the 4300 block of St. Elmo Avenue at 11:15 p.m. When personnel arrived on scene, they…
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Dewayne Douglas Price was sentenced to 32 years in prison for multiple child exploitation charges. Price was originally arrested back on December 9, 2022. He plead guilty February 23, 2024 to two counts of Exploitation of…
The United Nations World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby…
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Dalton Police Department (DPD) is asking the public for help with identifying a suspect who stole two birds from a pet store. On August 22, 2024, an employee was cleaning out the bird cages…
UPDATE: After the Signal Mountain Police Department (SMPD) reached out to the public, Hamilton County Sheriffs Office (HCSO) arrested Phillip Chad Shipley Saturday, August 31, 2024. SMPD posted to Facebook saying, "Shipley was arrested…
SODDY DAISY, Tennessee (WDEF) - A grand jury has indicted a man in a wreck last spring in Soddy Daisy that killed two men. 25 years olds Dylan Avey McGee and Hunter Lee…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - Authorities in northwest Georgia announce they have made an arrest in a 24 year…