CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga police are investigating a shooting that killed a 16-year-old boy. Officers responded to the 3900 block of 7th Avenue around 5 p.m., Friday. They were told a car pulled up to the home, and started…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- This morning, police received numerous calls about two buses that were parked next to the comfort inn and suites in Lookout Valley. The buses were similar to those that stopped in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga officials say they have landed one of the largest transportation investments in the city's history. The Federal Government will send $25 million from the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Matt McLelland is the Vice President of Sustainability and Innovation for Covenant Logistics. He's showing us what he believes to be the first 100 percent Class-8…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a shot that hit the Dodson Avenue Health Center Friday morning. It happened just before 9 AM. The bullet went through the window of the building on Dodson Avenue. but did not hit…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A Whitfield County jury today found Charles Baretta Hawk guilty of child molestation. The 43 year old Chatsworth resident had a prior molestation conviction plus two more for failing to register as a sex offender. The…
DADE COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) -- The Dade County Sheriff's Office took to social media this afternoon saying they had received a call that tour buses were dropping off immigrants at a pair…
NEWARK, N.J. (WDEF) -- Kane Brown will be making history later this month when he performs at the MTV Video Music Awards. He'll be the first male country artist to perform at…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Property Developer R.M. Investments LLC is asking Hamilton County to rezone 53.9 acres on North Hickory Valley Road from rural residential to multi-family residential. Next Wednesday, the County Commission is expected…
JASPER, Tennessee (WDEF) - The 12th Judicial Drug Task Force is looking for a suspect who failed to show up for court. Rex Allen Pickett faced manufacturing meth charges in the Marion County General Sessions Court. The 46 year old man…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - We usually think of summertime as hot and dry in our area. But this year is an outlier. It has been hot, but we've…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the federal warrant the FBI used to search the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump. Announcing the action Thursday, Attorney…
(NOTE: This story has been changed to remove the term "illegal" immigrants. There is no evidence at this point that the people involved crossed the boarder illegally or are undocumented. They are seeking asylum in the United States. They were…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a case where the victims say someone shot them in bed. It happened in a Hixson neighborhood on Lavender Trail off Delashmitt Road around 1:30 AM. The 22 year old male and 26…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga police say that the body of a woman was found late last night on Grove Street in Chattanooga. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Reports of roads being closed due to the inclement rain spread all throughout the Tennessee Valley from Alton Park to East Ridge. W. 33rd Street…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - North Georgia governments are in the process of telling residents how much they are rolling back your millage rate this year and whether those sky-high new evaluations will actually mean higher property taxes. Remember, in Georgia,…
The Public Education Foundation (PEF) in Chattanooga is placing future teachers in our economically disadvantaged schools. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Hamilton County is moving ahead with the plan to transition Erlanger Medical Center from a public entity to a private non-profit. The move has been in the works for Several Months,…
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dade County Sheriff's Office is asking for the person who dropped some bags last night in Trenton to come reclaim it. The baggies have about two pounds of meth and fentaynl in it. Deputies says…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court says Jonathan Skrmetti has been tapped to be the state’s next attorney general. Skrmetti replaces Attorney General Herbert Slatery. Slatery announced in May that he wouldn’t seek…
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - The Sheriff in Cherokee, North Carolina reports the arrest of a suspect they identified in their on-going investigation into the fentanyl crisis. On Tuesday, officers conducted…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga native Diane Moore founded "Vision of Mercy" back in May of last year. With a goal of providing non-perishable food bags and other…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Non-profit "LAUNCH" has teamed up with the Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union to host Food Truck Fridays at the Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga. The Kitchen Incubator is a startup facility…