UPDATE: The Marion County Sheriff's Office reports that there is a person unaccounted for from the fire. They brought in divers on Friday to search the water for a possible victim. They didn't find anyone, but called off the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters are enduring a rash of vehicle break-ins while they are out fighting fires. The burglaries have happened at Fire Station 1 (downtown on Main Street), Station 9…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police are asking for the public's help to find a missing man. 49 year old Stephen Hammontree was last seen on Monday. His wife says he headed off to work at Dorsett Industries on May…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly has announced four finalists for the open Chief of Police job. They include one in-house candidate, Glenn Scruggs plus a female candidate from Atlanta, plus two men now working in New Orleans and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A former chief deputy of the Grundy County Sheriff's Office was convicted on Friday in Chattanooga federal court. Tony Bean was found guilty of deprivation of rights involving two incidents while he was the Chief of Police…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have finally added the long-promised cat to their pet family. Her name is Willow, and she's a 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white farm cat from Pennsylvania. “Willow…
The search continues for a missing teenager with autism, gone for a week after someone pre-paid for a Lyft car and Greyhound bus ticket to North Carolina.
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - A study committee for the Tennessee legislature has approved a final report, including recommendations for new laws. The Joint Study Committee on Refugee Issues was created to investigate the federal government’s immigration program in Tennessee. And it…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A woman has been charged in connection with a fatal drug overdose last fall. 28 year old Hannah Kaiser has been charged with second degree murder. In September, 30 year old Mary McHone died in her home…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland and Bradley County made a special dedication for a historic bridge and walking path. A steel truss bridge is the focal point on a new greenway walking-bike-jogging…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is taking over the case of a man shot and killed by officers this afternoon on the interstate in Nashville. Metro police say it started…
CHATTANOOGA (Hamilton County Health Department) - The Hamilton County Health Department has been notified by community members that false health information is currently circulating online. We want to emphasize that the Hamilton County Health Department operates under HIPAA regulations and…
The folks at Southern Champion Tray held a hiring event at their Chattanooga location just off Amnicola Highway offering a variety of open positions and shifts.
A local businessman thinks the Cleveland City Schools isn't living up to its potential and has a six year plan to improve the standards. The school board chair disagrees.
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman. That's according to minutes from the McMinn County…
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America’s drug overdose crisis. Officials say the two drugs are being seen more often by medical examiners…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County has gotten waivers to move two more schools to virtual learning on Friday and some of next week. The new editions are Bess t. Shepherd Elementary and Soddy Daisy Middle. Under the new state law,…
Cleveland and Bradley County made a special dedication for a historic bridge and walking path.
JASPER, Tennessee (WDEF) - Law enforcement have been looking for Dustin Stephens for more than a month. On Wednesday, U.S. Marshals, Drug Task Force officers and the Marion County SWAT Team got their man. Stephens has been on the…
Settling into a new home can be tough for anyone. So scientists have come up with some tricks to make transplanted burrowing owls feel like they are not alone in their new digs, playing owl sounds and scattering fake poop.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Four construction workers were taken to the hospital Thursday morning from a carbon monixide case. It started when two people were overcome by carbon monoxide at a construction site for…
The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback announced his retirement on Thursday, saying it was “time to clean out my locker, hang up my cleats” after 18 years, two Super Bowls, countless team records.
MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. rejection of Russia’s main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine leaves little ground for optimism, the Kremlin spokesman said Thursday, while adding that…
DECATUR, Tennessee (WDEF) - A crash this afternoon in Meigs County knocked out power for thousands of customers. It happened on Highway 58 north above Decatur after 3 PM. Two pickup trucks collided, but…