CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- A man has been arrested for the March 28th armed robbery of Dollar General in downtown Chattanooga. 49-year-old Abraham Emmanuel Jackson was charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping. A store clerk reportedly said Jackson had a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- A local Georgia resident has been charged with multiple crimes over the past year in Chattanooga. Officials say Zachary Andrew Cadorette of Lookout Mountain faces multiple charges, including burglary, theft of property, fraudulent use of a credit…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Athens police are upgrading their search for a missing woman. 63 year old Lee Allen Rose left home after getting in a verbal fight with her daughter on Wednesday. The daughter called police since…
(WDEF) - In an interview with Business Insider, the CEO of Volkswagen Group of America teases us that he thinks his company really should make an electric pickup truck for America. Of course, Ford's F-150 Lightning and Chevy's Silverado…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Hilary Colorado and Meghan Godfrey have different stories but both used to be homeless. "Two years ago, actually this past week, I lost my house in a tornado and we…
Decades ago a promise of a new park was made to the city of of Dalton. Now, that promise has been fulfilled. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's a facility that sits just off of Highway 153 and Hamil Road in Hixson. It's been here since 2019. It's called the "Everlasting Nation Museum." Many…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The CBS News program 60 Minutes will air a segment this Sunday shot here in Chattanooga. They are looking at how Volkswagen is coping with rising gas prices, supply chain issues, climate change and the war…
(ED NOTE: The name of the Road has been updated by Police to Tilton Road) DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Health officials confirm that a rabid skunk was killed in southeast Whitfield County a week ago. A resident says…
Tennessee’s Community Tree Planting Program is accepting applications for a program that pays half the cost of public tree planting projects.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – When the Tennessee state senate debated the homelessness bill on the floor Wednesday, it didn't take long for people to forget about the actual bill. In only 31…
NASHVILLE (WDEF)- The Tennessee…
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The crime unit for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture has identified how the two big wildfires in Sevier County started. And they are blaming the weather. “Based on the results of our origin and cause…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Officials in a Georgia county say they're moving ahead with plans to build a launch pad for commercial rockets barely a month after residents voted to halt the project by a margin of nearly 3-to-1. Commissioners…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) -- Former Georgia Senator David Perdue received a standing ovation from local voters Thursday afternoon at a meet-and-greet in Catoosa County. In his discussion, Perdue was critical of Georgia…
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) - An Easter tradition is returning to Collegedale on Saturday after a two year break for Covid. The SonRise Resurrection Pageant begins at 9 AM…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- According to a survey from virtual private network company NordVPN, forty-seven percent of those polled would stop using the internet, if they could. To see how this is reflected…
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Rhea County Executive George Thacker has agreed to a federal plea deal involving government Covid loans. The plea deal says Thacker will plead guilty to one count of wire fraud. In the document, he…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A teenage suspect in a fatal shooting in East Chattanooga two weeks ago has turned himself in. The 16 year old male was in a vehicle on Dodds Avenue on the evening of March 31st when he…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-Vicki Trapp is a managing broker with Crye Leike. She says the median house price in the Chattanooga area is almost $350,000 which is pricing more people out of being able to…
SODDY DAISY, Tennessee (WDEF) - A woman who had an active lawsuit going against a Hamilton County Deputy was found dead at her home in Soddy Daisy last night. Shandele Marie Riley was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-The Chattanooga Community Kitchen is getting some aid from the community through a stuff the truck campaign. Crown Subaru is completing its stuff a truck with…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company gives its warehouse workers while also vowing to improve injury rates inside the facilities.
A wind-driven blaze believed to have killed two people and that burned at least 150 homes and other structures in a mountain community is still raging in drought-stricken New Mexico.