Nearly every nation is coming up short — most of them far short — in their efforts to fight climate change, and the world is unlikely to hold warming to the internationally agreed-upon limit.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday emphatically defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office early, a contest the Democrat framed as part of a national battle for his party’s values in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
FLAT ROCK, Alabama (WDEF) - A Sheriff's K-9 sniffed out a suspect on Sand Mountain on Monday. DeKalb County deputies went to a home in Flat Rock on some outstanding warrants. While they were talking to Audrey Denis Welden, Carlton…
TDOT officials say they have completed Phase I of the I 24/ 75 interchange project. The work ran from June 2019 through August.
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - Walker county Sheriff Steve Wilson is warning residents about car thefts and burglaries after a recent incident on Saturday. Surveillence video shows two, possibly three suspects entering several vehicles and stealing two vehicles in the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Republican Greg Vital easily won Tuesday's special election for the District 29 seat in the Tennessee House. The district represents communities in northern Hamilton County including Birchwood and Ooltewah. The former Commissioner in Collegedale has…
FLORENCE, Alabama (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Mocs football team traveled to Florence last Saturday to face the North Alabama Lions. U-T-C had to tread lightly on enemy turf because U-N-A features a live…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga area Burger King franchises are open for more than just customers on Tuesday. Hometown Hospitality, which is a Burger King franchisee, is holding a job fair with the goal of hiring 150 workers today in…
Imagine spending a half a century in the classroom. That the's reality for LeNet Solomon-Parker. She's spent 50 years creating a loving and caring atmosphere for her students.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Volunteer State is breaking national records, and not in a good way. "Hospitalizations and ICU admits currently are at their highest level ever," says Dr. Jay Sizemore,…
ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who oversees the department’s civil rights division, says the civil investigation will be comprehensive but will…
By JOSEPH PISANI and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Tennessee Nurses Association says that before the pandemic hospitals were already facing a staffing shortage, but covid-19 has made the problem much worse. With hospitalizations rapidly increasing- nurses are overworked,…
COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to levels not seen since last winter.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons, citing particular concern about violence.
Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early Tuesday as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online.
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Hamilton County School Board selected Buffkin/Baker to search for the next superintendent for Hamilton county schools. Buffkin/Baker was one of the three firms who…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Brittany Stowers grew up experiencing homelessness and while attending school she lived out of her car and couch surfed. "I was a full-time…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A School Resource Officer talking to a student with warrants says he found a loaded gun on him. The Sheriff's Officer alerted the SRO that they had warrants on the student in question for…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County Commissioner Katherlyn Geter announces she will not seek a second term. She represents District 5, which includes East Chattanooga and Highway 58. Geter upset incumbent Greg Beck three years ago in the Democratic…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - "I'm exactly two miles from three different food cities. So I'm equal distance to all of them but that's my closest food source." Jazmine LeBlac lives along…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga (WDEF) - Due to renewed interest and some inaccurate information being spread in the community about a proposed affordable workforce housing development, a town hall meeting is being held on Monday, September 13th. The Gateway at Rossville…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police arrest a suspect in murder from August 3. 37 year old Edward Melton was gunned down in the 700 block of West Main Street just after midnight. He died later at the hospital.…