By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Republican-led Tennessee Senate voted Wednesday to remove Democratic Sen. Katrina Robinson from office because of her recent wire fraud conviction. It's the first time the chamber has…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A major hotel chain has picked Chattanooga as one of its first markets to install EV chargers. Choice Hotels will add the solar-powered chargers to "select" properties, beginning in Chattanooga, Nashville and Atlanta. The installations will take…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County investigators hope you can identify a suspect from a series of package thefts from homes. They happened on Tuesday in the northeast area of Bradley County. Sheriff's investigators caught images on surveillance cameras…
The U.S. is sending about 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 soldiers from Germany to Romania as demonstrations of American commitments to allies
President Joe Biden is committing to reduce the cancer death rate by 50% — a new goal for the “moonshot” initiative against the disease that was announced in 2016 when he was vice president.
There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow Wednesday to perform his Groundhog Day duties.
Washington’s NFL team is now known as the Commanders. The new name unveiled Wednesday comes 18 months after the once-storied franchise dropped its old moniker following decades of criticism that it was offensive to Native Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kurt Groszhans set out from North Dakota for Ukraine in 2017, he was eager to connect…
David Perdue spent part of his first day on his gubernatorial tour in Whitfield County talking to the people of Dalton.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A twenty-eight million dollar terminal expansion has been planned for the Chattanooga Airport. If the plan moves forward, its first phase would add twenty-six thousand square feet. Three new gates,…
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee pastor Willie McLaurin has been named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, becoming the first African American to lead one of the denomination’s ministry entities.…
SMYRNA, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Army National Guard announced on Tuesday that the 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment is coming home from a ten-month deployment to the Middle East. They will come in two waves through the Smyrna…
Chattanooga police is reaching out to the Latino community within the Highland Park neighborhood following a recent spike in robberies that police say are targeting them.
SODDY-DAISY, Tennessee (WDEF) - A lot of boat people can commiserate with a fisherman from Soddy Daisy tonight. He was trying to put a boat in Lake Chickamauga on Tuesday morning at a ramp on Armstrong Road. The fisherman…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A Chevy Silverado truck was stolen in Catoosa County over the weekend. The owner was warming up his vehicle when it was…
HALETOWN, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Marion County's Sheriff Office confirms that they have now recovered a body from the Hales Bar Marina fire last week. The Sheriff is not releasing the identity of the victim yet. But family members have…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - A resident was airlifted from Athens Monday night after an apartment fire. The fire broke out at the mews Apartments on Garden Drive around 10 PM. When firefighters arrived, most residents were in the front yard.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- For the first time since 2006, Tennessee has new license plates. The new blue plates were voted in by the public and feature a little…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - From The Ohio State University to Orchard Knob Middle School, Joshua Edens is an exceptional educator, and he's not a bad coach, either. Students, players and parents all agree…
Songbirds Guitar & Pop Culture Museum has two exhibits right now both highlighting African American musicians.
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police hope you can identify a suspect who held up a clerk on January 23rd. It happened at JAS Tobacco on Fleming Street around 6:40 PM. Police say the suspect held up the clerk…
A School Resource Officer in upper Tennessee was found dead in her home on Monday.
ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) - Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum has named a new Chief Deputy. Larry Sims worked as a Coffee County corrections officer and a Monteagle Police officer before joining Grundy County in 2016. The Sheriff says “I am…
KINGSPORT, Tennessee (WDEF) - A TBI investigation has lead to the indictment of a former Kingsport police officer. Laiken Whitlock was accused of hitting a female suspect twice as she was being put in handcuffs last fall. The TBI says…