CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County School Board has passed their budget for the upcoming school year. The budget creates funding for new 25.5 new positions, allocates six million dollars to address learning loss,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Volkswagen is holding a job fair aimed at hiring 1,000 production workers for its assembly plant in Tennessee. The hiring event will take place Saturday onsite at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. The effort to add…
IA_Final_Report (Redacted) CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - A captain for the Bradley County Sheriff's Office has resigned in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him. Captain Jerry Johnson left the force earlier…
PIKEVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Erlanger Blesdoe Hospital opened a new medical office building on Tuesday. it includes 14 exam rooms, 2 procedure areas, a lab, nurse station and physician offices, plus a much larger waiting room. It is right…
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI announces the indictment of an Athens man for arson. The fire burned an apartment complex on 5th street in Etowah on December 29. Local investigators along with TBI agents determined that Aaron Harris set…
EVANSVILLE, Indiana (WDEF) - The Sheriff of Vanderburgh County in Indiana is sharing more details on the end of the 10 day manhunt for Casey White and Vicky White. He says as…
UPDATE: Dalton Police say they have now identified the suspect. ________ DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police are looking for a woman accused of shoplifting $3000 worth of cologne and perfume at a store. They say the thefts actually…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials say they anticipate that an independent investigation of the state’s lethal injection methods will result in changes to how those executions are carried out, including how the procedures are…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland Police are asking for the public's help in their investigation into a stabbing last week at a liquor store. It happened Thursday night around 9 PM at the Eagle Liquor Store at 1800 Dalton Pike.…
TUNNEL HILL, Georgia (WDEF) - One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash this morning in Catoosa County. It happened on Highway 41 near I-75 around 8:30 AM. Three vehicles…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton Board of Education met tonight to approve its next fiscal budget, but a different conversation tonight that took over the meeting.…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - It took several hours, but Hamilton County rescuers successfully brought out an injured hiker this evening from the Pocket Wilderness. It happened Monday afternoon on the trials on the side of Montlake mountain. Hamilton County…
SWEETWATER, Tennessee (WDEF) - A Monroe County grand jury has indicted a woman in the death of a 3 year old on Tellico Lake. The incident happened last August. Investigators say 25 year old Amanda L. English was operating a…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Republican Party's group in Hamilton County, the Pachyderm Club, held its first meeting since last Tuesday's election. What was said in the meeting was…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- A report from Datasembly shows that 31 percent of baby formula was out of stock last month, a shortage driven by the same global supply chain issues that have inflated…
UPDATE: Indiana officials now say that Vicky White has died from her self-inflicted gunshot wound as officer closed in on her and Casey White earlier today. EVANSVILLE, Indiana (WDEF)…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - In political news, the Pachyderm Club held its first meeting after the Hamilton County elections today. They are the leaders of the Republican Party in the county. State Representative Greg Martin…
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Officials say samples extracted from three tourists from Tennessee and Florida who died at a resort in the Bahamas under…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - The World Series of Robotics is going on in Dallas, and a team from Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts is competing! Win or…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-According to a survey, conducted by GasBuddy, prices have risen by 17 cents per gallon in the past week. This is $1.35 a gallon higher than this time last year. "Global demand…
MIDDLE VALLEY, Tennessee (WDEF) – The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office reports a ten year old brought a gun to Middle Valley Elementary Monday morning. They say it was left in the child's backpack…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Bill Lee spent his younger years in the field of chemical engineering. And biofuels. His wife, Wanda, was a school teacher. Then they moved full-time into the world…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- This morning, a worker fell 20 feet down an elevator shaft in the James Building on Broad Street. According to the Chattanooga Fire Department, the man fell due to "the elevator car not being in place. Teams…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- It was a rough week for area drivers as gas prices are skyrocketing once again. (more…)