(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…
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…
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…
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…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Today the Salvation Army began their Flowers of Hope program bringing joy and hope to Chattanooga's under served communities. (more…)
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Another hearing was held today for the man charged with criminal homicide in the November death of Jasmine Pace. (more…)
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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.…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Senate lawmakers have approved the expansion of an education voucher program that allows public tax dollars to be given to families to pay for private schooling. The Republican-dominant chamber voted…
SWEETWATER, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Wednesday night, Monroe County police arrested a suspect in the shooting of five people. Sheriff Tommy Jones released information regarding Huerta's arrest. Liu Huerta faces three…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- More than 20 years ago, high school student Dustin Barnes decided that those who didn't have a Valentine should get a special day too. So,…