JASPER, Tennessee (WDEF) - The 12th Judicial Drug Task Force is looking for a suspect who failed to show up for court. Rex Allen Pickett faced manufacturing meth charges in the Marion County General Sessions Court. The 46 year old man…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - We usually think of summertime as hot and dry in our area. But this year is an outlier. It has been hot, but we've…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the federal warrant the FBI used to search the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump. Announcing the action Thursday, Attorney…
(NOTE: This story has been changed to remove the term "illegal" immigrants. There is no evidence at this point that the people involved crossed the boarder illegally or are undocumented. They are seeking asylum in the United States. They were…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a case where the victims say someone shot them in bed. It happened in a Hixson neighborhood on Lavender Trail off Delashmitt Road around 1:30 AM. The 22 year old male and 26…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga police say that the body of a woman was found late last night on Grove Street in Chattanooga. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Reports of roads being closed due to the inclement rain spread all throughout the Tennessee Valley from Alton Park to East Ridge. W. 33rd Street…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - North Georgia governments are in the process of telling residents how much they are rolling back your millage rate this year and whether those sky-high new evaluations will actually mean higher property taxes. Remember, in Georgia,…
The Public Education Foundation (PEF) in Chattanooga is placing future teachers in our economically disadvantaged schools. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Hamilton County is moving ahead with the plan to transition Erlanger Medical Center from a public entity to a private non-profit. The move has been in the works for Several Months,…
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dade County Sheriff's Office is asking for the person who dropped some bags last night in Trenton to come reclaim it. The baggies have about two pounds of meth and fentaynl in it. Deputies says…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court says Jonathan Skrmetti has been tapped to be the state’s next attorney general. Skrmetti replaces Attorney General Herbert Slatery. Slatery announced in May that he wouldn’t seek…
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - The Sheriff in Cherokee, North Carolina reports the arrest of a suspect they identified in their on-going investigation into the fentanyl crisis. On Tuesday, officers conducted…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga native Diane Moore founded "Vision of Mercy" back in May of last year. With a goal of providing non-perishable food bags and other…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Non-profit "LAUNCH" has teamed up with the Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union to host Food Truck Fridays at the Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga. The Kitchen Incubator is a startup facility…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- If you build it, they will come. After decades of discussion, the Chattanooga City Council voted Tuesday night on a resolution to approve both the proposed South Broad…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A driver is recovering after being ejected from his jeep this evening in a crash. It happened just before 9 PM near the intersection of Brainerd and Shallowford roads. Police say the Jeep was heading towards Chattanooga…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The call came in as an active shooter outside the Walmart in Cleveland. When Bradley County deputies and Cleveland Police arrived, they found a man inside an SUV parking in the fire lane. 911 callers said…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "Climbing stairs is you versus the clock. It's you versus you......" And Troy Alston can run the stairs alright. Better than just about anybody in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Tuesday night was the Chattanooga City Council's turn to consider the South Broad Revitalization plan. The vote was unanimous in favor of it. The District will include housing & retail plus a new minor league baseball stadium…
Two Marion County mothers are going public with the lack of support they have received from the school district after their black children have been continuously harassed at Jasper Middle School. (more…)
MAR-A-LAGO, Florida (WDEF) - Republican lawmakers are outraged over the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago Monday night. Officials say the raid involves an investigation into former President Trump's handling of records owned by the federal government. CBS News reports investigation is…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - East Tennessee State University says researchers have discovered evidence of the extinct “bone-crushing” dog at a fossil site that also included herbivores, a sabretooth cat and alligators.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The TVA says natural gas prices are at a fourteen year high. In June, the price of natural gas was one hundred and forty-one percent higher than it was last…
