CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies shot and wounded a motorcyclist following a high-speed chase in northern Georgia, authorities said. The shooting happened early Sunday in Gordon County, where a motorcyclist sped away when Gordon County deputies tried to pull…
UPDATE: The Chattanooga Fire Department reported they could see smoke and flames upon their arrival. They responded to the 5500 block of Trailhead Drive. The CFD used fireboats to extinguish the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Students at McCallie School gave back to the community today. (more…)
STANTON, Tenn. (AP) — Ford said Friday that its assembly plant under construction in western Tennessee will be able to build up to 500,000 electric pickup trucks a year at full output, part of the automaker's…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee Republicans began this year’s legislative session hoping to add narrow exceptions to one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, armed with the belief that most people — even in conservative…
UPDATE: School system is sending kids home from both Ross and Yates Elementary schools at 11:30 AM as a precaution. __________ CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - An elementary school in Cleveland has been evacuated this morning because of a construction mishap…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Voting has begun to help local entrepreneurs fulfill their dream. Ten Chattanooga businesses are competing for five awards in the Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union's…
UPDATE: The National Weather Service in Huntsville confirmed an EF-1 tornado struck the Flat Rock area Saturday morning.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police said a 12-year-old boy shot himself Friday. It happened after 4 p.m. in a small shopping plaza on Wilcox Road. Officers said they found the boy in a vehicle with a gunshot wound. He…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- An illness is spreading throughout Chattanooga Schools. But it's not Covid or the Flu. So, what is it? Boyd Buchanan…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The boat ramp at Chester Frost Park officially reopened this morning. Hamilton County Parks and Recreation says the ramp had been closed since February for much-needed…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Local students from elementary to high school have been building electric vehicles.Today, they were finally able to put them to the ultimate test at Volkswagen's very own…
GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The city of Coalmont held a ceremony today to celebrate a new attraction 12 years in the making. The ribbon cutting of Coalmont OHV park…
COFFEE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Franklin County NAACP held a press conference today in Coffee County, speaking up for the Williams-Clayborne Family. The Tennessee Highway Patrol…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reese Witherspoon and her husband say they are divorcing after nearly 12 years of marriage. The actor-producer and her husband, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, announced their breakup Friday in a joint statement on Instagram. Their wedding…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Walker County Sheriff's Office said one of their inmates died on Friday. The sheriff's office identified the inmate as 50-year-old Christopher Jason Callahan. They said Callahan experienced a "medical emergency" early that morning. Officers…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Red Bank Middle School student brought a taser to school on Friday, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. They…
HIXSON, Tennessee (WDEF) - An online feud ended in a real world punch-up today at Hixson Middle School. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has charged a student after…
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- Police have arrested a man that they say shot a woman in DeKalb County on Thursday. They have identified the suspect as 62-year-old…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols cannot work as law enforcement officers again in Tennessee, a state panel decided Friday.…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - East Ridge Police are still looking for a suspect who escaped as he was heading to jail on Thursday. Police tell us they stopped Joseph Osterlund for a traffic…
UPDATE: The Chattanooga Police Department sent an update to this story. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Someone called the Chattanooga Police Department this morning to report that a…
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified Thursday at a congressional hearing over concerns about user data collected by the popular video-sharing app and potential Chinese spying. Under his helm, TikTok…
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday used a Women's History Month event at the White House to call on men to step up and fight to protect…
