ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers gave final passage Tuesday to a bill that would restrict vaping in public spaces. The state House voted 152-14 to pass Senate Bill 47, which would regulate vaping in…
Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he is recovering from an attack earlier this month outside a Florida hotel. Allen, who was in South Florida to perform a show at the Seminole…
UPDATE: Sanders is now booked at the Hamilton County Jail on a $1.3 million bond. All information related to Sanders on Wallace A. Smith Elementary School's website…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The YMCA has expanded their Community Action Program (Y-CAP) into Brainerd. The new Y-CAP location is at the Chris L. Ramsey Community Center on North Moore…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia conservatives are getting closer to a long-held goal of broadening state funding for private school tuition and home schooling, with a House committee passing a bill Tuesday that would give $6,500…
MURPHY, NC (WDEF) - A Grandy Jury in the Murphy area has indicted a doctor on a variety of sexual misconduct charges. 66-year-old Dr. Thomas Vann Clayton faces 16 felonies in all. They involve Human Trafficking, Forcible Sexual Offense and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Siskin Hospital held their 20th annual Possibilities Luncheon today at the Convention Center. Victoria Arlen was the keynote speaker of the event. She shared…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bill banning most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender people under 18 is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp's desk after senators gave it final passage on Tuesday.…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Schools District released a statement following the arrest of a first-grade teacher for sexually abusing students. They are offering support to students, families and faculty who may have been impacted from this…
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints from Honda Civic drivers that their steering can stick, causing a momentary increase in effort and increasing the risk of a crash. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety…
RANGER, Georgia (WDEF) - A north Georgia town could cease to exist if a bill is approved in the Georgia legislature. Ranger is a small town of about 140 people on the eastern…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally's Republican colleagues in the Senate have voted 19-7 that he should keep his leadership post in the wake of revelations that he repeatedly commented on posts of nearly nude photos of…
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District walked off the job Tuesday over stalled contract talks, and they were joined by teachers in a three-day strike…
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) arrested a Nolensville man for committing fraud through the online sports betting platform DraftKings. Bruce Orr faces eight charges of identity theft, following…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee lawmakers are making decisions this week on tweaking the state's "no-exception" abortion law. The state house approved some very narrow exceptions on Monday, after a furious battle by Democrats to add more. The state senate…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - One of the leading Chattanooga-based freight companies is being bought out. Officials with U.S. Xpress announced the deal on Tuesday morning. Knight-Swift Transportation is purchasing U.S. Xpress in what is being called one of the largest trucking…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday in an early sign of shifting White House relations with the new Congress since Republicans took control of the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator accused of violating federal campaign finance laws is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that he initially did so with “unsure heart and confused mind.” Brian Kelsey had entered a guilty…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - In just two short years, the Robotics team at OLPH is already making noise on the world stage! Those smart and capable students are…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee sheriff's deputies fatally shot a woman who was a suspect in a domestic violence incident, officials said. Shelby County deputies stopped a vehicle Saturday afternoon in Bartlett that matched the description of one involved in…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House members on Monday turned aside objections that tougher anti-gang sentencing laws would sweep too many young people into prison for long stretches, passing a bill backed by Republican Gov. Brian…
UPDATE: The Chattanooga Police Department issued a statement on why there is no imminent threat to the community: Some of you have asked why it has been stated there's no…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A vehicle struck a 55-year-old bicyclist on Friday. Now, Chattanooga Police have released an update on the incident, and they have cited the person responsible. The CPD said the bicyclist's injuries are not as serious as…
