LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CBS) -- Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom "Friends," died on Saturday at the age of 54. In a statement following the actor's death, his parents thanked his fans for…
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (WDEF) -- Sunday night, several eyewitnesses said a fight broke out at a restaurant on Battlefield Parkway. Those eyewitnesses said the fight had started in the parking lot and then went into the road. Captain Brian Stooksbury…
DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- A portion of Murphy Hollow Road in Dade County was closed on Saturday due to a deadly fire. A house caught fire in…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hamilton County deputies arrested an Ooltewah man for recklessly driving a four-wheeler down Highway 58 on Sunday. Deputies saw the four-wheeler traveling south on Highway 58. They said the driver was not wearing a helmet…
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - Have you seen "Pumpkin People" popping up around Scottsboro recently? Local police are looking for several decorations that have been taken from the Goose Pond Colony over the last week. Officials at the Colony describe…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Market turned haunted on Sunday in celebration of Halloween. Kids came to the market dressed up to visit each tent that had…
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Senator Bo Watson held a Republican bash for the upcoming election and is looking to make a big splash in Hamilton County and the state of…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Dunlap Lions Club held a 'Chili Cook-off' fundraiser at Harris Park on October 28. Local organizations could sign up to enter the chili cook-off or…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- First responders rescued a fall victim on Saturday afternoon at Sunset Rock. A 22-year-old female hiker fell approximately 30 feet off the edge of the bluff. A 22-year-old female hiker was rescued…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) --- Local first responders worked on an extrication Saturday night on I-75. A truck ran off the road after 5 p.m. and ended up in the woods. Local first responders extricate driver out…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) -- This 'Halloweekend' many towns participated in spooky events that gathered the community. In the small town of Dunlap, hundreds of kids and families came out to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- An activist group protested the Israel and Palestine conflict Saturday afternoon in Chattanooga. A rally was held in Coolidge Park with individuals demanding a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau has issued a burn ban for Hamilton County this weekend. Many complaints have been called in about a billowing cloud of smoke in relation to a mulch fire over…
DeKalb County, Tenn. (WDEF)-- A 69-year-old man drowned Saturday on the Caney Fork River. The man was from Cannon County. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) officers responded to a call of an overturned kayak just after 11:00 a.m. The man…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Regional organizations observed 'National Prescription Drug Take Back Day' earlier on Saturday. Various locations participated in the event both in Hamilton County and across the region. These locations would dispose of unused, unwanted and expired medications--…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- On Saturday at 12:41 p.m., Chattanooga Police responded to a call for a suspicious person in Hamilton Place Mall. The mall located at 2100 Hamilton Place Boulevard discovered a potential suspect who appeared to be armed…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Interstate 24 Eastbound was in disarray as a wreck left a mess on the interstate and sent one driver to the hospital. It caused a mess early Saturday morning and sent one of the truck drivers…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Mulch has been burning in Chattanooga for almost a week. John Schultz the Air Pollution Control Bureau Investigator said, "The city and the county who own the property had an area cleaned and cleared of brush.…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- After a long-awaited, four-day trial, a jury finally came to a verdict in the Justin Whaley case. On Friday, October 27, the jury found former EMT Justin Whaley…
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A lighting technician is mowing lawns. A camera assistant is teaching guitar again. An actor has thought about shifting careers. For more than a decade, work had been nonstop in Atlanta’s booming film industry thanks…
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. says increased demand for electricity is coming fast, asking regulators Friday to let it secure more power generation ahead of schedule. But environmentalists are questioning a plan that would mostly rely on…
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Whitfield County EMS will host their second annual Touch-A-Truck event this Saturday. More than 1,000 people came out to the event last year.…
CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. (WDEF) -- Cherokee County deputies arrested two people during a traffic stop after finding a trafficking amount of drugs in their vehicle. Deputies…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Sheriff's officers responded to a pair of school threats on Friday. The first happened around 7:30 a.m. at Sale Creek Middle/High School. They say a student made a school shooting threat. Then around…