NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - TDOT reports they are addressing a pothole problem on state highways and interstates in Tennessee. They blame the back-to-back winter storms that have hit the state. They say they are using all available staff now to…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Investigators in the Bradley County Sheriff's Office are looking into the case of a dog shooting. It happened during the day on Tuesday at a home in the Tri Circle/Bartlett Circle NE. Investigators say someone shot…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Great Smoky Mountains National Park saw 14.1 million visits in 2021, topping the record from 2019 by 1.5 million. Officials say the park also set eight monthly visitation records during winter and spring months last year.…
Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Friday. He was 68.
SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is making his appearances throughout the state, taking time on Thursday to visit the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee plans to give his annual State of the State speech on Jan. 31. The Republican will deliver the address to state lawmakers for his fourth time since taking office in 2019. Lee…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Knoxville couple is suing the Tennessee Department of Children's Services and says a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency refused to help them because they are Jewish. Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram say the…
CHICKAMAUGA, Georgia (WDEF) - The Chickamauga Police Department continues to search for a missing teenager under suspicious circumstances. 17 year old Talyn Rae Kernea was last seen in Chickamauga on Tuesday. Her family says she has autism and other cognitive…
UPDATE: Hamilton County added 5 new schools to the virtual learning list late Thursday: School Dates Battle Academy 1/21-1/25 Chattanooga School for Liberal Arts 1/21-1/25 East Brainerd Elementary School 1/21-1/25 Lookout Valley Middle…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "It's kind of like a bowl of spaghetti. It just keeps going. It gets tangled up. It's really easy to get turned around." That's how local experienced trail runner Garrison…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - These days, you can find a cooking show just about every where you turn. But 40 years ago, chefs had to hit the road to reach…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police report that a victim has died from a crash 17 days ago on Highway 153. It happened on the morning of January third just before 10. Investigators say a vehicle approaching Chickamauga dam lost control…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Riverbend Festival is returning this year with a mix of country, Americana, and jam band acts. Friends of the Festival announced the lineup this morning. The headliners are Jason Isbell,…
WALDENS RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A pair of teenage runners spent much of last night in the cold on Waldens Ridge. Rescuers were called out when the 17 and 18 year old got separated from a group that was running…
Surgeons in Alabama transplanted a pig’s kidneys into a brain-dead man — a step-by-step rehearsal for an operation they hope to try in living patients possibly later this year.
Administrators and students at Coahulla Creek High School in Dalton got the surprise they never wanted to hear: a now-former teacher faces charges in a child predator sting in neighboring Floyd County. Police charged 36-year-old Michael David Powers with five…
WALDENS RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Waldens Ridge Emergency Services is conducting a ground search on Signal Mountain for two missing teenagers. They are 17 and 18 years old. Officials say the two trail runners got lost when it got…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - In previous years, we called them "flu days." But now the Omicon variant of Covid has made the illness situation even more acute in some area schools. Most say they are having trouble finding enough staff…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Officials with C-H-I Memorial helped officially rename a Chattanooga Street earlier today. Formerly known as Healthy Street, the road was renamed MaryEllen Locher Way. It was renamed after a beloved…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The State Building Commission has approved the construction of a new building at Chattanooga State Community College. It's expected to be roughly 49-thousand square feet, and cost 21-point-9 million dollars. With…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This morning, the Hamilton County Commission took up a resolution to stop constitutional officers from using county funds to pay family members. Commissioner Tim Boyd proposed the resolution and wanted to vote on the issue quickly. But…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Zachery Richard Johnson was booked Saturday night on charges of aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual battery and carjacking following his alleged attack on an Uber driver…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democrats and voting rights groups have blasted Tennessee Republicans for what they call an effort to dilute the state’s Black vote by carving Nashville into three likely GOP-controlled districts. But opponents…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - Investigators in Alabama have charged a Sand Mountain man soliciting a child. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Investigation's Unit got a tip that 27 year old Bobby Cole Howell of Henegar was possibly having communications with…