CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County deputies used K-9s to sweep the Silverdale Detention Center for contraband on Tuesday. The Sheriff's Office reports they did find contraband, but are not saying what it is at this point. They say this is…
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia state Senate committee has advanced a proposal for the state to prohibit social media platforms from removing or censoring content. Tuesday's vote moves the measure to the full Senate for more debate. It comes amid…
UPDATE: Chattanooga fire officials have now identified a suspect for setting the apartment fire this morning. He is 31 year old Jimmy Lebron Hill Jr. They have issued a warrant for his…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters say that smoke detectors just may have saved a family On Hickory Valley Road before dawn. The fire broke out around 5:45 AM in the 2000 block.…
A female humpback whale traveling with a male and a calf has been freed after it was found entangled in a line with a large bundle of marine debris attached.
Prosecution witnesses were to retake the stand Wednesday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. (more…)
CHARLESTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - A student at Walker Valley High in Bradley County has been charged with pulling a knife on another student at school. School officials were notified that a threat had been made against at student around 1…
For the second time in five days, the McMinn County School District becomes the center of the news universe again. This time due to a scandal…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The Board of Regents has picked former Governor Sonny Perdue to lead the University of Georgia system. The full board still must confirm the selection in a vote. Tuesday's selection comes after a year long, nationwide…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Clevelanders helping Clevelanders could be seen as one of the city's local companies came to the aid of one of its longest-tenured residents. Rivco Owner Alex Rivera and his men…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Overdose deaths are on the rise all over the country and the startling trend is hitting Chattanooga hard. "Chattanooga is no different, we've seen quite a…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. -- On the afternoon of February 15, 2002, the Walker County Sheriff's Department was called to Tri-State Cemetery in Noble, Georgia. What they found was shocking. "Throughout the next…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announces five new promotions and hirings in his administration. Karista Mosley Jones will serve as administrator of the Department of Early Learning. The former school board member has been working for the city…
DALTON, GA (WDEF) - Who says Math class has to be dry as toast? What if you could write the equations right on your desk? How about a comfy couch for when you…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Officials in McMinn County are announcing indictments in a sex offense investigation involving students at McMinn Central High School. The victims, so far, are nine male teenagers from…
JASPER, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Marion County Sheriff's Department has charged two suspects with stealing fiber optic cable. Last Thursday morning, deputies saw a Chevy Impala driving down Highway 41 with…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are issuing a warning about a rash of overdose deaths in our area that they blame on fentanyl. They say the city has seen 10 overdose deaths since the…
The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
A fast moving fire ripped though a home in Red Bank about 7:15 Tuesday morning.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters were called to a Mexican restaurant in Hixson on Tuesday morning. They found a fire in the back of El Matate in the Publix complex on Hixson Pike near Valleybrook. But when firefighters put it…
The case that’s captured the Tennessee Valley’s attention since 2018: a two-year-old girl dead; her babysitter’s boyfriend charged with killing her. On Monday, a jury found Benjamin Brown of Soddy-Daisy guilty, but…
Tennessee lawmakers passed a ban Monday against instant runoff voting in elections, which is also known as ranked choice voting.
HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) - A flock of commercial broiler chickens in Kentucky near the Tennessee border has tested positive for avian influenza. According to a news release, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian…
BERLIN (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Germany's chancellor on Tuesday after the Kremlin signaled that it was still possible for diplomacy to head off what Western officials have said…