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Erskine Oglesby placed on leave following arrest

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Chattanooga official and former council member has been placed on leave following an arrest.   Erskine Oglesby was arrested on Tuesday on charges of taking items from a store without paying.   The city put him…

Chattanooga Airport, CARTA Buses Lift Mask Mandate

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Following a Florida federal judge's ruling to strike down mask mandates on public transport, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has announced that customers will no longer be required to wear masks. CHA's…

Deadly Bombings Rock Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanstan (AP) - An Afghan police spokesman says explosions targeting educational institutions in Kabul have killed at least six civilians and injured 11 others. (more…)

Athens names Fred Schultz as Police Chief

ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - The city manager of Athens, Tennessee is making the interim Police Chief his permanent choice. Fred Schultz took over after Cliff Couch was abruptly fire last October. Couch felt the firing was over concerns he raised…

Concerns growing for mobile payment app

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- An online search by News 12 Now shows several Zelle payment app users were scammed out of thousands of dollars. Victims report they believed cyber thieves behind the scams were…

Airports deciding what to do after mask mandate ruling

UPDATE: Response from Chattanooga Metro Airport officials this evening. "There are no policy changes at the moment." _______   UPDATE: Officials with the TSA say they won't enforce the mask mandate after today's ruling. _______   ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (WDEF)…

Fort Payne man faces Child Sexual Abuse charge

FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - Dekalb County authorities arrested a Fort Payne man last week with child sexual abuse.   They began investigating information on 38 year old Carey Lynn Joseph Koss in Marhc.   Last Thursday, they charged him with…

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