HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Health Department stated in a press release that syphilis cases are up 65 percent. The Hamilton County Health Department's Sexual Health Clinic is encouraging the public to practice safe sex and have…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A new food production facility is coming to Cleveland, projected to create over 800 new jobs by 2030. Governor Bill Lee announced on…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee River Park has been nominated by USA Today as one of the best riverwalks in the United States. USA Today is hosting a survey where you…
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Prosecutors announced that actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer who was killed on a New Mexico…
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- On Tuesday, 11 rescue puppies flew to their new homes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The puppies were previously located at the Whitfield County Animal Shelter, according to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- You're never too young to network. That's what some Hamilton County middle and high school students are doing with local companies,…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama has changed death penalty procedures to give the prison system longer to carry out executions - a move that comes after a string of troubled lethal injections in the state…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Texas man has pleaded guilty to his role in a romance scam in which women from across the nation were cheated out of a total of about $1.6 million by someone often pretending to be…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga's furry friends are being invited to a free microchip clinic and pet tag event to close out January. The Humane Educational Society will host…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Broad Street could soon be receiving a facelift. The River City Company has launched an online survey to hear from the community how they'd like to see…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- During today's weekly press briefing, Chattanooga police asked for the public's help to find a 22-year-old man wanted for domestic violence charges. Amon Grace was last…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - More information is coming out on a Hamilton County man accused of numerous sex crimes in Georgia. (more…)
ATLANTA, Ga. (WDEF) -- Georgia residents should be aware of home repair fraud that may occur following damaging storms, Attorney General Chris Carr said in a press release. Some things to look out for are insurance scams, price gouging and…
ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities say they killed a man who shot and injured a Georgia state trooper as law enforcement officers tried to clear protesters from the site of a planned public safety training center just outside Atlanta. Georgia Bureau…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDEF) -- Georgia House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was selected to sit on the House Homeland Security, and Oversight and Accountability Committees. She was selected by the House GOP Steering Committee. The decision will still need to be…
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (WDEF) -- A Fort Payne man has died from injuries he received in a car accident on Sunday, the Fort Payne Police Department said. The Fort Payne Police Department sent out a press release on Tuesday revealing…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A woman who struck a bicyclist with her vehicle on Monday has turned herself in, according to an affidavit from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. Shortly…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Chattanooga house fire early Wednesday morning sent one person to the hospital, according to the Chattanooga Fire Department. They say that person has minor, non-life-threatening injuries. Shortly after 1 a.m., the Chattanooga Fire Department…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Despite spending four and half decades in the classroom Dr. Lindy Blazek has never lost her passion for teaching. The latest stop in her stellar…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Rising egg prices around the nation are being felt here right in Chattanooga. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Department of Children's Services is systemically underfunded and is seeing skyrocketing caseloads according to a new report. "Once you know about how many children…
LAFAYETTE, Ga. (WDEF) - A group of parents in Walker County are heading back to the school board to voice their displeasure with some books they say are inappropriate in school libraries. (more…)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Knox County commissioners are proposing a new highway bypass around Knoxville. Knox County Commissioner Larsen Jay stated that the highway would help alleviate the continually increasing traffic in the area. The Commission of Knox County created…
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- The woman involved in a March 2022 homicide was arrested on Friday, Dalton Police Department says. Kyera Deshae Betton, 21, is being charged with murder and aggravated…