NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee says now is the time for local school districts and law enforcement to apply for new state funds to improve school security. The legislature this year…
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret grew stronger on Wednesday as it took aim at islands in the eastern Caribbean that braced for torrential…
By HALELUYA HADERO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them…
By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive operation searched early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a…
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two years after a former Gettysburg College student finally saw charges filed over her 2013 campus sexual assault, the man suspected of sending her a Facebook messages that said, “So I raped…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A free mobile shower pop-up, ShowerUp, is set to launch in Chattanooga on June 24 and 25. ShowerUp is a nonprofit organization serving the homeless communities. On June 24, the event will take place at the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Last Thursday, six people died in a murder-suicide in Marion County. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A new proposal in the Hamilton County budget has the Chattanooga Tourism Company alarmed. (more…)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A former Augusta city commissioner was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison after he was convicted of destroying records and lying about it to investigators. Sammie Lee Sias, 68, had his punishment handed down…
CHATSWORTH, Ga. (WDEF) -- One local school in Chatsworth, Georgia has the chance to win a new $100,00 playground. Play & Park Structures, along with The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, announced their top ten finalists for the giveaway on Tuesday. The…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - In a meeting with laughter and excited patrons there was a hope for the finish of the connector trail. "This is a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Early Tuesday, EPB dedicated 10 new murals on the 10th St. Substation. Artwork was made true by local artists. The mural project began back…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - It’s a story that Kia and Hyundai owners have heard for a while, now. Certain models don’t have immobilizers. That makes them a tempting target…
UPDATE: The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office released the mugshot and charges of Michael Oshea Walker, who kidnapped a woman twice on Monday. He faces the following charges: Aggravated kidnapping Evading arrest Domestic…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability benefits because they were exposed to radiation while responding to a Cold War-era hydrogen bomb accident in Spain. The justices not…
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors say social media personality Andrew Tate has been charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency said Tuesday…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The Secretary of State says that Georgia's Election Board today dismissed the controversial investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County. The investigation found that the numerous allegations against the county election department and two…
UPDATE: Dalton Police say Whitfield County deputies have arrested Aaron Terrell Tyler and have him in custody. EARLIER: DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Dalton Police Department is searching for a man who they say attacked two women and is a…
ATLANTA (AP) — The owner of an auto repair shop who paid a former employee with 91,500 oily pennies has been ordered by a judge to pay nearly 4 million more cents. A federal judge ruled that Miles Walker, who…
ATLANTA (AP) — Entering court using a walker, a doctor's note clutched in his hand, 70-year-old Dana Williams, who suffers serious heart problems, hypertension and asthma, pleaded to delay eviction from his two-bedroom apartment in Atlanta. Although sympathetic, the judge…
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire at a New York City e-bike shop quickly spread to upper-floor apartments and killed four people early Tuesday in the latest deadly blaze linked to exploding lithium…
BOSTON (AP) — A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer and two members of one of Pakistan's wealthiest families are facing critical danger aboard a small submersible that went missing while descending to the world's most famous shipwreck. The…
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Tennessee PGA hosted PGA Hope in South Pittsburg. Local Organizers host the 24-hour event to give back to local Veterans across Tennessee. The event was to…
By BEN FINLEY and HOLY RAMER The Associated Press Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time early Tuesday to find a missing submersible carrying five people on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic, the…