CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - Murray County officials are reporting a drug bust they made last week. They were working with the TBI, the DEA and the 10th Judicial Drug Task Force. Eight days ago, they spotted the suspect vehicle in…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Health Department will begin offering the Pfizer Bivalent Booster shots to children ages 5-11 beginning Thursday. No appointment necessary. You are eligible for the booster two months after your last shot. The…
HAMILTON COUNTY (WDEF) -- Hamilton County Commissioners stood up for one of their own during their latest meeting Wednesday morning. Attorney Rheubin Taylor will be keeping his position with the…
The Chattanooga Police Department's Project SAFE kicked off October 7. During the first week the CPD has logged 80 robbery initiative efforts. (more…)
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - "I've always wanted to write books since I was a little kid. And it's always been in the back of my mind. And after…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - A Bradley County man has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed another man early yesterday morning. Wesley Beck is being charged with one count of Aggravated Assault. The incident took place at around 1:30 A.M. Tuesday,…
Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian.
uthorities say they plan to search a Georgia landfill for the remains of a toddler reported missing nearly two weeks ago. Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley said Tuesday that investigators have evidence that leads them to believe 20-month-old Quinton Simon's body was dumped in a trash bin that had its contents deposited at the landfill outside Savannah.
A man testified Tuesday that he saw an acquaintance shoot his friend and business partner, unprovoked, outside his Tennessee home in a killing that authorities said sparked a daylong crime rampage that paralyzed Memphis.
Voters in Georgia, Texas and some other states are facing new hurdles to cast a ballot during the midterm elections under laws passed by Republican-led legislatures following President Donald Trump’s false claims that voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020.
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- For months, hundreds in the local community had vocally opposed the rezoning at Collegedale's planning and city commission meetings. Over 3,500 signatures had also been signed on…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga City Council is voting Tuesday night on money to help improve the city's wastewater system. If approved, a $186,000,000 loan from the…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - A couple have been charged with a conspiracy to extort Georgia Tech with a sexual assault accusation. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in Georgia. Prosecutors say Ronald Bell and Jennifer Pendley conspired to…
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Memphis is the latest Tennessee city to ask the state to kick in money for new sports facilities. Nashville announced their plans for a new Titans stadium on Monday. Both Chattanooga and Knoxville are also building…
ROSSVILLE, GA (WDEF) - Ashley Frogg has a gift for connecting with some of youngest students at Rossville Elementary. She lays the foundation for a life-long love of learning. That lesson is not…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Early Voting began in Georgia on Monday with record setting numbers. The state reports that more than 130,000 Georgians voted…
Americans on Social Security will see the largest increase to their checks in over four decades. On average, Social Security benefits will increase by more than $140/month. (more…)
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union hosted their annual grant annual competition Tuesday. This is the 5th year for the competition where small business owners from across the area compete to win grant funding.…
President Joe Biden has officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program. He announced Monday that 8 million borrowers had already applied for loan relief during the federal government’s soft launch period over the weekend.
Federal regulators said Dollar General is facing another $1.68 million in fines after government safety inspectors found violations at four of the chain’s stores in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded $47 million to 52 projects aimed at economic diversification in communities affected by job losses in the coal industry.
A man is charged with abusing the corpse of a former girlfriend whose body was found in a shallow grave in an Alabama barn days after the two had met in the Florida Panhandle to exchange custody of their daughter.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee needs 2,900 volunteer mentors by Friday. That's the goal for the tnAchieves scholarship program which provides mentors to students going to college for the first time. But some local counties have already hit their target,…
ATLANTA (WDEF) - The first debate tonight among candidates for Governor of Georgia was a three person event. Governor Brian Kemp, Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams and Libertarian Shane Hazel faced off in Atlanta.…