Food Truck Friday is back in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- After one year of success, Food Truck Friday is back up and running for all Chattanoogans to enjoy. Not only do these efforts support local…
Tennessee Senate votes to extend Voucher bill to Hamilton County
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Senate passed a bill that would expand the voucher program to be eligible in Hamilton County. The bill would allow…
Judge Larry Ables addresses threats after giving Chen bond
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Judge Larry Ables found yesterday that there was enough probable cause to proceed in Jason Chen trial of the murder of…
Unmarked, white blimp sighting in Dalton area
(Video credits to Debbie Fleming) DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- With the increase in balloon-like objects over North America, people showed concern after seeing an unmarked blimp over the Dalton area today. From a…
Special Olympics holds annual basketball tournament
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Almost a dozen local teams gathered Friday for the 2023 Special Olympics basketball tournament. The tournament was held at the McCallie School. Special Olympics partnered with…
US prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to give singer R. Kelly 25 more years in prison for his child pornography and enticement convictions last year in Chicago. That recommendation in…
More to the Story with Staley: Running to Live
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- It's one thing to be a runner, maybe running a mile or two several times a week. Maybe every day. It's another thing…
Salvation Army kicks off Flowers of Hope
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Today the Salvation Army began their Flowers of Hope program bringing joy and hope to Chattanooga's under served communities. (more…)
5 Memphis officers plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The mother of Tyre Nichols says none of the five former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers charged with killing her son would look her in the eye in court. The former officers…
GPS swim team finishes second in state
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Girls Preparatory School (GPS) in Chattanooga finished in second place at the 2023 TISCA State Meet. This year's TISCA State Meet was held in Knoxville over two days. The GPS Bruisers had 204.5 team…
YouTube CEO steps down, severing longtime ties to Google
Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Google executive who played a key role in the company's creation, is stepping down as YouTube's CEO after spending the past nine years running the video site that has reshaped entertainment,…
Lawsuit seeks white woman's arrest in Emmett Till kidnapping
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A relative of Emmett Till is suing to try to make a Mississippi sheriff serve a 1955 arrest warrant on a white woman in the kidnapping that led to the Black teenager's…
TECH BYTE: Hyundai, Kia Offer Theft Software Fix
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Some Hyundais and Kias are getting a free anti-theft software upgrade. This comes after too many of them were getting stolen. After some insurance…
School board members discuss state student retention law
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hamilton County school board members voted Thursday night on a resolution that would have impacted the retention of local students based on their…
Puppies abandoned in Bledsoe County
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Four puppies were abandoned on the side of a road in Bledsoe County. Volunteers with Maringa Animal Sanctuary picked them up, but only one pups survived. "My…
School board member posts rape joke
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Hamilton County school board member is under fire, and this isn't her first time. Rhonda Thurman is known as someone who is heavily opinionated…
Probable Cause Found to Continue Murder Case Against Jason Chen
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Another hearing was held today for the man charged with criminal homicide in the November death of Jasmine Pace. (more…)
EPA chief at train derailment site: "trust the government"
By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) - The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to assure residents forced from their homes by a toxic train derailment in Ohio nearly two weeks ago that testing…
Corrections officers stabbed while intervening in inmate attack
WARNING: Images may be graphic to viewers. HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- An inmate at the Silverdale Detention Center stabbed two corrections officers. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said the officers were trying to stop an inmate-on-inmate assault. The…
TN National Guard identifies two killed in helicopter crash
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee National Guard identified the two pilots killed in Wednesday's helicopter crash. They said the accident happened during a training flight near Highway 53 in Madison County. Those killed in the crash were Chief…
Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, condition worsens
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly a year after Bruce Willis’ family announced that he would step away from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family says his “condition has progressed.” In a statement posted Thursday, the 67-year-old actor’s family…
Parts of Georgia grand jury's Trump report released
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia officials have released parts of a report by a special grand jury that investigated whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election…
Tennessee Historic Development Grant recipients unveiled
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee's General Assembly approved nearly $9 million in grants to renovate and preserve historical buildings across Tennessee. The TNECD recently released the list of recipients of the Historic Development Grant. The TNECD said this program…
Chattanooga police searching for shooting suspect
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Police said a man was shot Wednesday on East 34th Street. They said the man did not have life-threatening injuries. Emergency personnel took the man to a hospital for treatment. The shooting happened near U.S.…