FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A candidate for Sheriff in northeast Alabama has been arrested himself. 57 year old Terry Wayne Wadsworth from DeKalb County faces charges of computer tampering and Impersonating a Peace Officer. The State Bureau of Investigation…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- It was a full room at the Hamilton County Election Commission as the public gave their thoughts on the new precincts. "We have to make sure that we are providing voters…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Boys and Girls Clubs in Tennessee received a $30,000 grant from Spectrum Digital Education Grant. $6,000 of the $30,000 check was presented at the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region. The grant will fund…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn (WDEF) - It’s the season of giving, so in an effort to promote safe driving this Christmas, the East Ridge Police Department has teamed up with Advance Auto Parts…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Law enforcement has arrested a Central High student for bringing a firearm on campus. The Sheriff's Office says the SRO found a loaded Glock 22 with a high capacity magazine on the student. The juvenile was arrested…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Another person has tossed their hat into the Hamilton County Mayoral Race, bringing the total candidates so far to 3. Realtor and Hamilton County Commissioner and…
The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Press Release) - Baylor School officials announced today that Phil Massey will be leaving his position as head football coach. Just got off the phone with Phil Massey. He said the school elected not to renew his contract.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to urge participants at the first White House Summit for Democracy to reverse an ongoing “recession” of democracy that is playing out at a time of rising authoritarianism around the globe and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - We've got some amazing pilots in our area with a specialty brand of flying. And they proved their skill at a national competition over the weekend in Florida.…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - For the eighth year in a row, tnAchieves has hit their goal for recruiting volunteer mentors in the state. They wanted 9,000 mentors to help students in the TN Promise scholarship class of 2022. The mentors don't…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A resident of Waterford Place Apartments off Shallowford Road said he was cooking fish in his kitchen when he and his brother went outside. Moments later, smoke was billowing from the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has landed a state grant to help them battle Covid-19 cases at the jail. They plan to use the $440,000 grant to buy new cleaning equipment and put in a new hospital…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have not filed charges at this point in a shootout in a downtown neighborhood on Monday night. One person was killed and another seriously injured. Police were informed that two gunshot victims had arrived at…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn (WDEF) - The Walker County Sheriff's Office and the East Ridge Police Department has identified the man who is suspected of stealing a car over the weekend. Police say warrants…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - It's the giving season and judges are asking local attorneys to give the gift of their time this holiday season, by choosing a pro bono case from the courthouse tree.…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Sheriff's officers were called to a fight today at East Ridge High School. School Resource officers ended up arresting two juveniles in the case. Hamilton County officials are investigating the incident.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Firefighter officials say the fire last night at the Waterford was just the latest in a spree of local apartment fires. 17 people were displaced in last night's fire. But fire officials say almost 60 people…
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Fire officials are sharing more on their teenage member who was killed in a crash Tuesday in McMinn County. 18 year old Matthew Perian was driving on Highway 411 between Etowah and Delano around 6:30 AM.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police announce they have found their suspect for a gas station parking lot fatal shooting in the fall. They are charging Kendel Robinson with the homicide of Jailen Wofford on the morning of September 25. The…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Commissioner Chip Baker announces he will seek re-election in 2022. He has been representing the Signal Mountain community on the Commission since 2018. Baker resigned as head of the Riverbend Festival shortly after…
Pfizer says a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appears to offer important protection against the new omicron variant.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A person trying to cross Amnicola Highway was hit and killed Tuesday evening. The 38 year old male was hit by a vehicle just before 7PM. Police say the driver stopped to talk to Police. Police ask…
NASHVILLE, TN - (AP) - A group of volunteers in Tennessee has more than doubled the goal of trash removal across the state. The state Department of Transportation says No Trash November was created to keep Tennessee roads safe in…