NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Tennessee education leaders said students continued to make progress in their mandatory TCAP testing this spring. They reported the numbers on Monday. 2023-24 Spring TCAP State-Level Overview: English Language Arts (ELA): Overall, 39% of all students…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police received calls of an active shooter in an office building on Hamilton Place Boulevard on Monday. They said the threat is now…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The FBI in Knoxville is searching for a teenager who is missing out of Chattanooga. According to authorities, 17-year-old Taxarien Anthony Harris was last seen in Chattanooga on June 17, 2024. They said he was wearing…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A man and a woman were rescued from a burning house Monday morning in Alton Park. Chattanooga firefighters responded to the scene just after 7:00 a.m. Firefighters respond to burning home in…
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A local church was startled over the weekend from a threat during their morning service. The Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church on the campus of Southern Adventist University got an alarming call from a suspect Saturday. Police…
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A fun, family event turned into a state of panic when a two-year-old nearly drowned in a pool on Sunday. During a party at 8516 Bay Run Drive, another child saw the toddler at the bottom…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Celebrates 60th Anniversary with $4.4 million grant from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and a $600,000 grant from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency. This…
WALKER COUNTY, GA. (WDEF) An animal control officer recently made a distressing discovery. Four dogs were trapped inside a sweltering car. Temperatures outside the car neared 90 degrees. Inside, it was much hotter. The dogs were in awful conditions. "The heat…
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - One in six children in Tennessee are facing food insecurity according to the non-profit No Kids Hungry. A lot…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Summer is here, and the temperature is rising quickly in Hamilton County. Hamilton County EMS is urging the community to practice heat safety this summer. "The…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF)- ESPN Radio has a new home in our area. (more…)
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Bradley County EMS is organizing a fundraiser for a family who recently faced a tragic loss. The GoFundMe page requests financial assistance for the Miller family. It…
RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Rhea County detectives arrested two people after finding drugs in their vehicle during a traffic stop, according to the sheriff's department.…
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A lengthy pursuit resulted in the arrest of a man for stealing a car out of Chattanooga, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. Authorities arrested 22-year-old…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Six volunteer fire departments in Hamilton County received grants on Friday. The grants come from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office. The fire departments received these…
By MARK SHERMAN/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence. In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022,…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary has opened its fireworks trailer for the 2024 Fourth of July season. All purchases are part of a fundraiser…
RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Rhea County narcotics deputies arrested six people on Wednesday, June 12 in a drug investigation. Authorities executed ten active warrants between six suspects in various…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- We’re looking back at a dance craze in tonight’s Thursday Throwback. “Footloose” wasn’t the only dance-themed movie in 1984, but it was the biggest. There was also a flood of break-dancing movies in that time. We saw…
RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Nokian Tyres celebrated the completion of a new finished goods warehouse in Dayton, Tennessee on Thursday. "It is really exciting that this is kind…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga officials provided an update on the future renovation of Montague Park this week. "This is the largest piece of public park land in our urban…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Democratic lawmakers from across the state came to pay tribute to a former Chattanooga legislator on Thursday. Former Representative Joanne Favors was honored with…
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- Authorities are looking for an Atlanta man who they suspect is responsible for theft of mail in Dalton, Georgia. 27-year-old Keyon Shakur Ponder is wanted on warrants for the theft of mail…
Donald Sutherland, a multi-generational actor who starred in "M*A*S*H," "Klute," "Animal House," "Hunger Games" and more, has died. He was 88. His death was confirmed on social media by his son Kiefer Sutherland, a well-known actor himself who starred in…