RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Firefighters in Catoosa County now have a new facility to train in. The Catoosa County Fire Department has opened a new training facility on Mack Smith Road. Located…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- As anyone may well imagine, there is a zero-tolerance animal abuse policy at the McKamey Animal Center. This can be seen in the case of one of the shelter's most…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A recent report from the Tennessee Justice Center suggests that when it comes to oral health and its outcomes, this state ranks near the bottom nationally. Low-income families, people of color…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville Metro Council has approved a pilot program to bring license plate readers to the city’s streets for six months, despite widespread community opposition. The Tennessean reported that the legislation was approved Tuesday after more…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Soddy Daisy man was arrested in January for shooting at a man and his pregnant girlfriend. Coty Wamp serves as the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Lead Counsel. She says…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A jury has found that no defamation occurred in dueling lawsuits between former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and the woman who accused him of molesting her when she was 14. Jurors made the decision Wednesday.…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - In Georgia, the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners has voted to extend sewer lines three miles north to Strain Road. The decision was made with the expectation that over…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Health Department is acknowledging several round numbers in the battle against Covid-19.. some good and some bad: 1000 COVID DEATHS "Each one of these deaths was an individual; they were someone’s mother, father, sister, brother, or…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Foundation House Ministries is expanding into the Ooltewah area. The nonprofit that provides supports to mothers and pregnant women who are facing struggles with addiction, homelessness and joblessness, is based in Cleveland. They have now…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Republican-led Tennessee Senate voted Wednesday to remove Democratic Sen. Katrina Robinson from office because of her recent wire fraud conviction. It's the first time the chamber has…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A major hotel chain has picked Chattanooga as one of its first markets to install EV chargers. Choice Hotels will add the solar-powered chargers to "select" properties, beginning in Chattanooga, Nashville and Atlanta. The installations will take…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County investigators hope you can identify a suspect from a series of package thefts from homes. They happened on Tuesday in the northeast area of Bradley County. Sheriff's investigators caught images on surveillance cameras…
The U.S. is sending about 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 soldiers from Germany to Romania as demonstrations of American commitments to allies
President Joe Biden is committing to reduce the cancer death rate by 50% — a new goal for the “moonshot” initiative against the disease that was announced in 2016 when he was vice president.
There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow Wednesday to perform his Groundhog Day duties.
Washington’s NFL team is now known as the Commanders. The new name unveiled Wednesday comes 18 months after the once-storied franchise dropped its old moniker following decades of criticism that it was offensive to Native Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kurt Groszhans set out from North Dakota for Ukraine in 2017, he was eager to connect…
David Perdue spent part of his first day on his gubernatorial tour in Whitfield County talking to the people of Dalton.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A twenty-eight million dollar terminal expansion has been planned for the Chattanooga Airport. If the plan moves forward, its first phase would add twenty-six thousand square feet. Three new gates,…
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee pastor Willie McLaurin has been named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, becoming the first African American to lead one of the denomination’s ministry entities.…
SMYRNA, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Army National Guard announced on Tuesday that the 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment is coming home from a ten-month deployment to the Middle East. They will come in two waves through the Smyrna…
Chattanooga police is reaching out to the Latino community within the Highland Park neighborhood following a recent spike in robberies that police say are targeting them.
SODDY-DAISY, Tennessee (WDEF) - A lot of boat people can commiserate with a fisherman from Soddy Daisy tonight. He was trying to put a boat in Lake Chickamauga on Tuesday morning at a ramp on Armstrong Road. The fisherman…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A Chevy Silverado truck was stolen in Catoosa County over the weekend. The owner was warming up his vehicle when it was…