Chattanooga, TN (WDEF): "By focusing on programs and investments in young children, we as the city of Chattanooga have the potential to help break the violence of multi - generational poverty, prevent violence in…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - The Catoosa County Sheriff says a cheerleading coach working for private companies has been arrested for child molestation. The suspect is 49 year old James Everett…
RED BANK, Tennessee (WDEF) - A person has been sent to the hospital after an apartment fire in Red Bank. The Chattanooga Fire Department responded to the call on Dayton Boulevard above…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - The sheriff in DeKalb County, Alabama says a traffic stop on I 59 on Monday ended with the arrest of two suspects for gun smuggling. A county interdiction agent stopped the vehicle on the interstate…
Tennessee Valley (WDEF): The T-V-A and T-E-M-A have released their new safety calendars for the Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants. The calendars will be mailed out before Christmas to those living within a ten mile radius of the nuclear…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Omicron Covid variant was first identified by scientists in South Africa. Although little is known about this new variant, World Health Officials say…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a first degree murder conviction in a Chattanooga case from 2013. The ruling hinged on evidence in the original trial about the gang membership of suspect Jeremy Reynolds. Wendell Washington was…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "We hereby proclaim the month of November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month," said Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger to a full Courthouse lobby. The lobby was filled with officials, police…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - At Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Chattanooga, children learn 3 core values. They are to know, love and serve. Even the youngest students put those values in…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF): "Cyber Monday is a huge shopping day, we see billions of dollars spent by consumers," says Michele Mason, President of the Better Business Bureau for Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate whose lethal injection was halted because medical staff couldn’t find a suitable vein for the execution has died of natural causes almost four years later, his lawyer said Monday. Doyle Lee Hamm, who…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County Schools are proud of their graduation rates in a state report for last year. “We are beyond excited and delighted to announce that our graduation rate for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a passenger on a Spirit Airlines flight allegedly punched a flight attendant and pulled another attendant’s hair before being subdued. Spirit Airlines spokeswoman Nicole Aguiar says Nashville International Airport police removed the passenger for…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Tennessee Promise comes with mentors to help students keep up the work in college. But the state scholarship program still needs 2,100 more volunteers to fulfill that promise in the next 4 days. The mentors are…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County investigators now have an image of a vehicle that was part of a road rage incident 11 days ago. It happened on the afternoon of November 18th at the Harrison Pike overpass of I-75.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A "Who's Who" of Chattanooga Officials - including a former NFL player - met at the Hamilton County Courthouse this morning for a Lung Cancer Awareness Rally. Chattanooga Mayor…
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will step down as CEO of the social media platform, the company announced.
With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Correction’s Division Re-Entry Program will host a job fair Tuesday morning at the Silverdale Detention Center.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a passenger on a Spirit Airlines flight allegedly punched a flight attendant and pulled another attendant’s hair before being subdued. Spirit Airlines spokeswoman Nicole Aguiar says Nashville International Airport police removed the passenger for…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- If you still didn't get all of your shopping done on Black Friday or earlier this holiday season, you're running out of time! Not everyone can…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF)- Christmas at the Zoo took place over the weekend. Boynton United Methodist Church inviting the public out to celebrate an early Christmas with food, a petting zoo, and other…
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF)- A church is selling Christmas trees at a goal of $15,000 to help people in need Mercy Ridge Church had a Christmas event over the weekend while…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF)- The Battle of Ringgold gap living history showed what happened back over 150 years ago during the civil war. They described it as a way to show history and truth. …