Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given. “It is with our deepest sympathy…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- An unoccupied home caught fire Sunday night, according to Chattanooga Firefighters. The house was fully engulfed in flames when fire personnel arrived. The Chattanooga Fire Department arrived at…
FILE - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, looks over the electric chair in the death chamber at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., with Operations Director George Hinkle, center, and Director of the Department of Corrections…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — About two years ago Jeff Worley’s ideas for a new Tennessee Aquarium exhibit existed only in his mind. Worley, the Tennessee Aquarium’s senior manager of exhibit services, turned…
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. (AP) — One person aboard a small plane was killed after the aircraft crashed into a tree near an airport in north Georgia on Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, said the…
OOTLEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) - Ootlewah is now home to Scenic City Speech, the only private practice with an office in town. This full service speech practice hosted an…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Arbor Day in the state of Tennessee is celebrated on the first Friday of March. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Chattanooga Northshore welcomed in a new consignment shop today. (more…)
SECTION, Ala. (WDEF)- The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed two tornadoes touched down in…
UPDATE: As of 9:30 p.m. Saturday, EPB says crews continue to work to restore power to about 1,500 customers due to Friday’s severe weather. UPDATE: As of 5:30…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill banning public performances of drag shows. Senate Bill Three was signed into law yesterday,…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security updated their list of roads that are closed or have limited access. They said that Highway 153 at the Chickamauga Dam is now open in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Highway 153 bridge at Chickamauga Dam had to be shut down due to downed power lines falling just north of the bridge near…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- According to multiple sources, Volkswagen will be building a new manufacturing plant centered around its new electric Scout model trucks and SUVs.…
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- On Friday, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office identified an individual found in a ditch. Police said the body was found in the Pleasant Hill area on Highway 70 West. Police arrived on the scene at 3:30…
ATLANTA, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Georgia House of Representatives passed the Safe at Home Act bill on Thursday. They say this bill will offer more protections to Georgia renters, while maintaining the rights of landlords. House Bill 404 was sponsored by…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday handed down life sentences to the two people convicted of kidnapping and killing a toddler in Alabama in 2019. Chief U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler, of the Northern District of Alabama,…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- Lightning struck a home in the Poplar Springs community during Friday's storms. The Catoosa County Fire Department said the lightning strike ignited a propane tank. The propane tank fire then burned some of the…
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (WDEF) - A DeKalb County Grand Jury has declined to indict a suspect in a deadly shooting at the beginning of the year. 44 year old Randell Jerome Meyers was killed in the incident in Fort Payne…
CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. (WDEF) -- The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office arrested a local doctor on four counts of felony sexual contact. They arrested Dr. Thomas Vann Clayton, 66, of Andrews, North…
DADE COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- There is a possibility for damaging winds and tornados this afternoon. Dade County is opening up their storm shelters to anyone in the community who might…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - We still don't know exactly who will be performing, but tickets went on sale anyway this week for the return of the June Jam. The…
By JEFFREY COLLINS and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — In the culmination of the once-prominent lawyer’s fall from grace, Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday after being convicted of murdering his wife…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Police Department said a fight broke out at Brainerd High School Thursday night. The fight occurred around 9 p.m. at a Brainerd versus Tyner basketball game. A group of girls were fighting, and police…
