More To The Story: Australian Rules Football
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Australian Rules Football is by far and away the most popular team sport "Down Under." It's been around since the mid 1800's. But only an organized sport here in the…
East Ridge responds to NAACP complaint about tazing incident
https://youtu.be/j0UyYQvp-20 A man in East Ridge was tased during a felony traffic stop last Wednesday. This has prompted the NAACP to release a statement questioning how many times a taser should be…
Red Bank charges juvenile with stealing vape cartridges
RED BANK, Tennessee (WDEF) - Police say a break-in at a gas station over the weekend targeted vape cartridges. It happened Saturday night after 11 PM at the Gas N' Go on Dayton Boulevard in Red Bank. An…
Pipe Bombs found after man shows up at hospital with explosion wounds
PALMER, Tennessee (WDEF) - Grundy County officials release information on a pipe bomb case from over the weekend. On Saturday night, 33 year old Carl James Arnold showed up at an emergency room in Dunlap with wounds consistent…
Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy protection
Infowars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
3 sheriff's deputies shot, suspect killed in central Kansas
Law enforcement officers say three sheriff's deputies were shot and a suspect was killed during a confrontation in central Kansas.
Gas Prices Falling Slightly in the Chattanooga Area
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Gas Prices are beginning to fall slightly from the excruciating highs of the past few months in the Chattanooga area. (more…)
Pro-Russian Ukrainian Politican Being Held Under Arrest
KYIV, Ukraine (AP)- Ukraine’s state security service has posted a video of a Ukrainian politician held on a treason charge offering himself in exchange for the…
TECH BYTE: FDA OKs New Fitbit Heart Feature
Many people use wearable devices to track their steps each day but some of these devices can even track your heartbeat to make sure it's healthy. Fitbit wants to take tracking both your steps and heart health to the next level.
Republican Catoosa County debate
CATOOSA COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF)- Multiple Georgia Republicans came to Catoosa County debate to see who should be the Georgia Republican option. Republican vying for a seat for State house district 1, 2, and 3, plus the state senate District 53…
Body found dead in Rhea County Recovery Effort
RHEA COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF)- Rhea County Sheriff Office Detective Rocky Potter says one person was recovered and pronounced dead on the scene. There was only one person as the other person thought to be there had left the location earlier.…
Tennessee moves bill limiting shackles on pregnant inmates
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers are advancing a bill strictly limiting the shackling of pregnant inmates. The bill would generally prohibit restraints of a pregnant inmate. More specifically, a pregnant inmate’s ankles, legs or waist couldn’t be shackled during…
Tennessee tree planting grants applications available
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee’s Community Tree Planting Program is accepting applications for a program that pays half the cost of public tree planting projects. According to a news release from the Agriculture Department, the grants can be used for…
FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of consumers complained of illness after eating it. The FDA said Saturday it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year.…
12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack. Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said three…
SonRise Resurrection Pageant back after two years away
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF)- After two years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic the SonRise Resurrection Pageant was back this Easter weekend. People flooded into Southern Adventist University to…
McDonald Farm Easter
SALE CREEK, Tennessee (WDEF)- Easter Egg Hunts are nothing new, particularly for Hamilton county, but this Easter Egg Hunt was different. It was at the Old McDonald's Farm for Hamilton County's first event…
Rhea County rescue attempt
RHEA COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF)- A rescue and recovery effort is being made after two men became trapped while working on an exterior wall from the inside in Rhea County. Rhea County Sheriff Detective Rocky Potter said two men dug a…
Twitter adopts 'poison pill' defense in Musk takeover bid
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Twitter said Friday that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company for more than $43 billion and take it private.…
Verizon stores in Washington state vote to join union
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Employees at two Verizon stores north of Seattle in Everett and Lynnwood have won their union election, making them the first unionized Verizon stores in the country outside of New York. The Daily Herald reports the…
States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge. The reductions come even as the nation struggles with…
Escaped Wallaby didn't go very far
UNDATED (AP) - The wallaby who went missing at the Memphis Zoo after storms passed through Tennessee this week has been found hiding - nearly in plain sight. Zoo spokesperson Jessica Faulk says Honey Bunch was hidden under a bush…
Husband charged with shooting wife on Sand Mountain
SECTION, Alabama (WDEF) - A husband was arrested this morning for shooting his wife on Sand Mountain. It happened on County Road 265 in Section, Alabama around 3 AM. First responders sent the female victim at the house.…
Inflation Impacts Already High Truck Driver Turnover Rate
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- It's commonly reported that America's ten point four trillion dollar trucking industry is facing a driver shortage, but according to Sharae Moore of SHE trucking, the real issue is driver retention.…