SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The folks at Dollywood announces their biggest ride yet. Dolly Parton made the announcement herself from the theme park today. 'Big Bear Mountain' will be the largest and longest coaster…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Prosecutors say he organized a drug delivery system among his fellow mail carriers. And now Robert Elliott Sheppard has pleaded guilty to the scheme. He is a former mail carrier himself, who was on disability leave.…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- There were plenty of residents looking to catch a ride in a hot air balloon Friday night or just to watch those that were…
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) - Sheriff's officials say they found multiple drugs at a Scottsboro tattoo shop. Jackson County And Scottsboro officers searched the SkinWorks Tattoo shop on South Broad Street. They say they found methamphetamine, alprazolam, hydrocodone, suboxone, diazepam and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Beginning September first, the Hamilton County Commission will add two new seats to represent recently added districts 10 and 11. Thursday's election decided who will occupy seats, and a familiar…
FLAT ROCK, Alabama (WDEF) - Jackson County deputies have charged a Sand Mountain man after a fatal stabbing before dawn. It happened outside a home on County road 197 in Flat Rock around 4 AM. Officers arrived to find that…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Lunch break turned into a lucky break for a pair of Chattanooga Police investigators this week. The two Auto Crimes Unit investigators noticed two stolen vehicles they had been stolen out of East Ridge while they were…
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - The Murray County Sheriff's Office says a search warrant led them to a haul of drugs and guns. With plenty of backup, they served it at a home on Greenway Road on Wednesday. They seized 278…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Election night was historic here in Hamilton County. The youngest county mayor in Tennessee. The first female, and second-youngest District Attorney in Hamilton County. And they happen to be brother…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A road construction worker was hit by a vehicle overnight on I 75. It happened in the construction zone between Volkswagen and Ooltewah around 3 AM. Chattanooga Police say a vehicle went into the closed lanes and…
The U.S. Department of Justice ordered the removal of about 4,000 beagles from Envigo, a breeding facility that supplies laboratories with their animal subjects for pharmaceutical research and testing. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Police investigators say a woman who crashed this afternoon may have suffered a medical event. The wreck happened at 4515 Brainerd Road around 1 PM. Police say the 56 year old woman hit a pole. She was…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department honored the neighbors that came to the rescue of a father and daughter yesterday in East Brainerd. The family was trapped on the second story by a kitchen fire. Fernando Rivera and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - On a night with many political suspicions confirmed by the voters of Hamilton County, we did see one upset and one amazing close race. But the big…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Incumbent school board members Joe Smith and Karitsa Mosley Jones of Districts 3 and 5 won handsomely over their opponents Thursday night and to keep their seats on the Hamilton County School Board. Democratic candidate…
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years behind bars in a politically charged case that could lead to a high-stakes prisoner exchange between Washington…
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A transgender child and her parents are suing the Tennessee Department of Education over a law that prohibits transgender students and staff from using school bathrooms or locker rooms that match…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A kitchen fire trapped a family in the second story of their house on Thursday afternoon. And it was their neighbors that came to the rescue. It happened on Franklin Drive off East Brainerd Road around 4:30.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This was a big week for Chattanooga 35 years ago. In back to back days, Hamilton Place Mall officially opened to customers and local leaders…
Two shops in Northwest Georgia will be able to continue selling Delta 8 and other legal THC products for the time being. (more…)
GERMANY (WDEF) - We knew they are hitting dealers this fall and they are now rolling off the Chattanooga assembly lines. Now we know how much the new ID.4 will actually cost. Volkswagen on Thursday announced the MSRP will start…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Today is election day in Tennessee and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga police say two people were shot Wednesday night while searching for a lost phone. Officers were called to Cheek Street (right off Glass and Dotson) around 8:30 PM. The victims were not there, but a 23…
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Highway 127 Yard Sale, stretching nearly 700 miles, returns tomorrow. With vendors expecting tens of thousands of customers over the weekend, police are warning sellers to be on the lookout for "funny money." The…