An 85-year-old man in Washington, D.C. was arrested for allegedly stabbing his 81-year-old wife to death after he refused to eat the pancakes she made, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Steven Schwartz is accused of fatally stabbing his wife, Sharron Schwartz,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- We often think about getting kids gifts for the holidays, but we can't forget our seniors. Some of them can benefit from a new high-tech cane.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Barbie may be the doll of 2023, but 40 years ago she took a back seat to some homelier looking critters from the Georgia Mountains. For our Thursday Throwback, we look at the doll market for Christmas…
UPDATE (December 14, 2023): A Tennessee man charged with war crimes in Bosnia was arraigned on Thursday in Chattanooga, according to the Department of Justice. Sead Miljkovic, who went by the alias Sead Dukic, was indicted on December 6. The…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A resource fair was held Thursday afternoon for veterans to learn more about their updated benefits with a recent act passed in Congress.…
FLINTSTONE, Ga. (WDEF) -- A Walker County man is behind bars for drug charges and having a gun as a convicted felon. Authorities arrested 43-year-old Eric Upshaw. The Lookout…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hamilton County Schools has given their final recommendations for the future of schools in the area. The recommendations will be proposed to the Hamilton County School Board on Thursday night. School officials plan to make…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — It’s getting more complicated to tell how Georgia public schools are faring. The state Department of Education on Thursday released a full spectrum of school accountability numbers for the first time since…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 4-month-old boy has survived after a tornado in Tennessee sucked him up from his family's mobile home, which was demolished in the storm. Sydney Moore told WSMV-TV that when the tornado hit their home in…
MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Tennessee caregiver has been charged with financially exploiting a vulnerable adult. A Rutherford County grand jury indicted 48-year-old Tashius Tarese Pleasant, of McMinnville, on November 9. The TBI and the Murfreesboro Police Department had been…
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Parents are taking to social media to express their displeasure with a new after-school club coming to an elementary school in Tennessee. A post to Facebook and Twitter reads, "After School Satan Club is coming to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The State of Education in Tennessee held a networking reception and conference for school and community leaders Thursday morning at the Construction Career Center. In this…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Of the six Hamilton County School Board members up for reelection, only one is seeking another term. Jill Black, of District 11, is running again. However, Rhonda Thurman of District 1, Marco Perez of District…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Walker County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing woman. They are asking for the public's help in locating Mary Jane McNeese, who was last seen in Dade County. McNeese was last seen getting…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- They make leather goods that wear in, not out. And the folks with Fox & Forest Leather make their products right here in the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - STEM School Chattanooga and UTC hosted the second annual Inventanooga. Inventanooga is a pitch competition where middle through 12 students will pitch their inventions and…
WASHINGTON (WDEF) -- Local Tennessee Rep. Chuck Fleischmann voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The House of Representatives passed the resolution to continue the inquiry on Wednesday, December 13. Rep. Fleischmann provided a statement regarding his…
Washington — The House voted to formalize the Republican majority's impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Wednesday, a move that could give them more legal firepower to investigate his family's business dealings. The chamber voted 221 to 212 in a party-line…
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (WDEF) - Solving a cold case that goes back three decades is a big challenge. (more…)
KINGSTON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Someone shot a bald eagle near Watts Bar Lake, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward for the suspect's arrest. The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) said it happened in the Blue…
DAYTON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Dayton City School will be closed for the remainder of this week, they announced on social media. The school made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon. School officials said the closure is due to high levels of…
SPENCER, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Spencer Police Department are searching for a missing teenager. Lillian Rein, a 14-year-old girl, went missing on Saturday, December 9, the TBI said. Spencer Police said Rein was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hamilton County residents can pick up winter shelters for outdoor cats at the Humane Educational Society (HES). HES volunteers have created several of these shelters made from coolers filled with straw. The organization said they had…