Chemical leak on Highland Park Ave. leads to police investigation
UPDATE: The nineteen barrels were not initially in the dumpsters seen in the story. They were lined up in front of the residence's garage to the street. The EPA put the drums…
Reese Witherspoon acquires film rights to Dolly Parton novel
NEW YORK (AP) — With some support from her friend Reese Witherspoon, Dolly Parton is looking to be a movie star again. Parton is teaming with Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine media company for an adaptation of the best-selling novel she co-wrote…
Search for Kentucky miner after late night collapse
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Crews are searching for a Kentucky miner who was working alone when a roof collapsed deep underground. A statement from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet says 33-year-old James D. Brown of Lynch began his shift…
More To The Story: Bagpipe Player
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - I hear music, and it's coming from the old cemetery, right across the street from UTC. Chris Johnson is playing his bagpipes. Under a tree. All alone. Johnson…
Woman killed in Saturday night crash on Hixson Pike
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police release details on a fatal traffic crash on Hixson Pike on Saturday night. It happened in the 6600 block of Hixson Pike around 7 PM. Traffic investigators say a vehicle pulling out from East Boy…
Girlfriend charged with stabbing in Red Bank
RED BANK, Tennessee (WDEF) - Red Bank Police charged a woman with stabbing her boyfriend last week. It happened last Tuesday in a neighborhood on Hendricks Boulevard. Police found the male victim standing outside the residence. He told them his…
Details on hazardous materials spill in a Chattanooga neighorhood
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Fire officials are releasing details from a hazardous materials incident over the weekend. On Friday night, Chattanooga firefighters were called to a neighborhood in the 1700 block of South Highland Park Avenue, a couple of blocks off…
Sexual battery charges and lawsuit against Dalton Police officer
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A former Dalton Police officer faces both criminal charges and a civil lawsuit involving accusations of sexual battery. The accuser in the case was an intern for the department. She says Officer Ethan Wayne Pugh forced…
Gunfire at Arkansas car show leaves 1 dead, 27 wounded
DUMAS, Ark. (AP) — One man was killed and 27 people were wounded when two people got into a gunfight during a car show that's part of an annual community event in a small southeast Arkansas town, authorities said Sunday.…
Informant back for testimony in Michigan governor plot trial
FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Kent County Sheriff and the Delaware Department of Justice shows, top row from left, Brandon Caserta and Barry Croft; and bottom row from left, Adam Dean Fox…
Jackson, 1st Black female high court pick, faces senators
FILE - Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, poses for a portrait, Feb., 18, 2022, in her office at the court in…
Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country's south
BEIJING (AP) — A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said. (more…)
TECH BYTE: Smartphone Apps Help With Filing Your Taxes
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- You're running out of time to file your taxes. Some smartphone apps can help you get the job done. Filing your taxes is…
50 legs fishing fundraiser
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF)-A fishing tournament in Dayton over the weekend raised money for local amputees. A Chattanooga prosthetic association and 50 legs nonprofit based in Florida hosted a bass tournament. At $75 a boat the money raised will assist local…
This little light of mine
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-This weekend's events of remembering the life of Ed Johnson and the injustice of his death also was meant to show a light of hope. Represented in a song nearly…
CFD conducts complex extrication to rescue man trapped in wreckage
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- On Saturday (3/19/22), Red Shift companies were dispatched to 2599 Hiwassee Street at 2:30 AM on an accident with entrapment. Engine 4 arrived on scene with HCEMS and CPD to a one-car MVC rollover. There was heavy…
Ed Johnson lynching remembered
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- "Let’s continue to attempt to build bridges with those who will stand on the other side and plank by plank brick by brick with mallet and hand remove the…
Local financial analysts respond to national interest rate hike
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- America's central bank will be raising national interest rates by 0.25%. It's the first time the Fed has raised the rate since late 2018.…
Triple shooting and manhunt in Cumberland County
FAIRFIELD GLADE, Tennessee (WDEF) - We're still waiting on official details on just what happened in Cumberland County where three people were shot. There were two incidents in the Fairfield Glade residential community, north of Crossville. The first was a…
Attorney questions why Police officer used a Taser on his client
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Hamilton County District Attorney's Office is launching an investigation into a traffic stop that occurred in Collegedale earlier this month. On March 10, Delane "Delaney" Gordon was tazed…
Parents share stories of bullying with school board
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Reports of bullying in Hamilton County Schools is on the rise this year, thanks to schools being back full-time during the pandemic. The stories of bullying, though, are horrific, and some…
Wamp Doubles Down on NAACP Stance
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- This morning, the NAACP filed a complaint against District Attorney candidate Coty Wamp for comments she made Tuesday night. "The NAACP has accomplished some great things in the last…
Georgia suspends gas tax effective today
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Governor Brian Kemp has signed a bill into law on Friday suspending the gas tax in Georgia temporarily. The change goes into effect immediately and will last through May. That should, theoretically, knock 29 cents off…
Jury convicts Billy Forte of killing his son over their business
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A jury has found 71 year old Billy Norman Forte guilty of killing his son. Prosecutors said the elder Forte shot Charles in April of 2018 at Eaves Formal Wear on Creekside Road. They were arguing over…