CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Two lost cavers under Lookout Mountain finally saw the light of day again on Wednesday morning. 21 year old Gabriel Vaughn and 23 year old Robby Dobos went to explore caves…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A suspect in northeast Alabama has been transferred to federal officials to face drug trafficking charges. 46 year olf Francisco Javier Colunga of Fort Payne has been indicted on multiple counts of distributing meth.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Members of the Ukrainian Gospel Church turned the Walnut Street bridge into a sea of blue and yellow Tuesday night. Youth Leader Assistant Maksim Mikhaylishin said their message not anger and…
7:41 AM UPDATE At approximately 3:45 AM Wednesday, personnel with the Hamilton County Cave and Cliff team made contact with both missing men. They were found in the farthest known part of the cave…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia House Speaker David Ralston announced a bill to change the state's tax rate. He says it would lower Georgia maximum income tax rate from 5.75% to a flat rate of 5.25%. The Speaker says along…
WALKER CO., Ga. -- On Monday, the Georgia State Senate passed Bill 319, which would allow eligible people in Georgia to carry a handgun without a license or permit. The bill is…
Chickamauga, GA (WDEF) - Even in the rigid world of of mathematics, there can be more than one way to solve a problem. Good teachers like Lester Galyon realize that. Despite a lifetime of experience…
RICEVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A man from McMinn County has been indicted on insurance fraud from a fire a year and a half ago. The fire burned a structure on Highway 163 in Riceville in July of 2020. McMinn County…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-"Every traffic fatality that we have worked, speed has been a factor. Each and every one of them," said Lt. Danny Jones. Chattanooga Police Department says Chattanooga has already had seven…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- The Salvation Army of Chattanooga is celebrating Mardi Gras by aiding women facing homelessness. This eighth annual Mardi Bra event handed out necessities such…
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - Authorities are releasing developments in three different child sex offense cases in western North Carolina. A Murphy, North Carolina man has been sentenced for a case of incest. The judge gave 42 year old Robert…
All 31 member countries of the International Energy Agency have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves, half of that from the United States, to help curb rising prices.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County officials posted pictures today of work beginning on Roberts Mill Road. The road near Soddy Daisy up Waldens Ridge was shut down after a mudslide last week. After consulting with experts, county…
WALDENS RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - An early morning fire on the side of Signal Mountain created quite a water challenge for Waldens Ridge Emergency Services. The fire happened at a home on the W Road around 6 AM. But…
A man shot and killed his three daughters, their chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls Monday at a church in Sacramento, California, authorities said.
Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as parts of Australia’s southeast coast are inundated by the worst flooding in more than a decade that has claimed at least 10 lives.
Russia’s war on Ukraine is now in its sixth day, with a miles-long convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles inching closer to the Ukrainian capital and fighting intensifying on the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Firefighters rescued a woman from her burning home at the 18-hundred block of East Fourth Street Sunday morning. The woman was trapped in her bathroom after a burning candle in her bedroom accidentally caught her nightgown…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Former US Senator and Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker gave his thoughts on the Ukraine conflict today. Corker said Vladimir Putin has turned himself into a Pariah in attacking…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The team behind Grayson's Ladder is wearing blue to raise awareness on this Rare Disease Day. The nonprofit is named after nine-year-old Grayson Ledbetter, who has Alexander's Disease. It's a regressive brain disease. Less than 500 people have…
RINGGOLD, Ga. -- The war in Ukraine has continued into its fifth straight day. Ukrainian civilians are fleeing to neighboring European countries as the conflict continues. But only a…
PIKEVILLE, TN (WDEF) - "He's got a lot of trust issues because you do when someone shoots you in the face," says Judy LaGrone who is President and Treasurer for Maringa Animal Shelter.…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's state Senate has passed a Republican-backed bill that would do away with the need for a license to carry a handgun in public, thereby eliminating a current background check requirement. Democrats said the measure would fuel…
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Seeking to tighten the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine, governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states were taking actions Monday to pull state investments from Russian companies while encouraging private…