CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority is giving up its construction permit for an unfinished nuclear plant in northeast Alabama nearly 50 years after work began on the facility. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the TVA…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The League of Women Voters of Chattanooga held a dedication ceremony on September 17, at 11:00 a.m. to celebrate suffragist Abby Crawford Milton’s work across the state to campaign for…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - With September being Sickle Cell Awareness Month- Blood assurance felt it was important to help join the fight and offer to test to all donors. Sickle Cell Disease is…
Braynard and his group, Look Ahead America, are using his newfound platform and resources to present an alternate history of the Jan. 6 attack that was meant to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory, rebranding those who were charged as “political prisoners.”
A prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Friday pleaded not guilty to making a false statement to the FBI in a charge stemming from a probe of the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference.
A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has pleaded guilty and will cooperate with investigators.
The Biden administration’s embattled plan to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans faced its first major hurdle Friday as a government advisory panel met to decide whether to endorse extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The return of festivals…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is the latest Republican to take on President Biden's Covid vaccination plan. He is one of 24 Republican state attorneys general to sign a letter raising concerns over the…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A jury has been selected for the Janet Hinds trial. It's set to start here in Hamilton County, Monday. The jurors will be brought in from Davidson County, and…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Officials at a Tennessee university say they will once again seek permission to strip the name of a Confederate general from one of its buildings. News outlets report that Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dalton Police Department is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest of vandalism suspects who hit a September 11th flag display. They say both American flags and POW flags were stolen and damaged. They were…
One of the most important people in a young child's life is a teacher. When a teacher is really really good at his or her job, there's probably nothing better. A teacher is who we honor this month for "Do The Right Thing!"
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A jury convicted 37 year old Jonathan William Miller this week of molesting a family member. Prosecutors say he sexually molested a 12 year old girl in Tennessee for years and the molestation continued when the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Health Department is putting a number on the younger fatality rate we are seeing now from Covid-19. Back in the winter surge, we saw that only 4% of the deaths were under 50 years…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have charged a third woman, employed at an immigrant facility on Vance Avenue, with Sexual Battery by an Authority Figure. 22 year old Rebeka Perez is now being held at Silverdale. Two other women were…
If you contract the Covid-19 virus does your natural immunity serve as a replacement for the vaccine?
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Walker County Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect for vandalism this summer at Ridgeland High School. On June 14, someone broke windows and spray painted fixtures at the school. The damage added up to more…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that the spread of the delta variant may have slightly increased layoffs. Applications for jobless aid rose from…
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - A raid by sheriff's deputies on Tuesday led to gaming and drug charges for three suspects. Cherokee County officers searched the American Pride Sweepstakes Arcade on Highway 64. Sheriff Derrick Palmer says they found gambling…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Walker County School System has decided to extend their hybrid class plan for another month. Based on their current Covid data, they will continue the plan of limiting days in class through Friday, October 22.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have been investigating a report of a man who says he was kidnapped over the weekend, but haven't found much to verify it. They say a man…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Catoosa County school superintendent Denia Reese is planning on retiring at the end of the current school year. She has run the school system for 16 years. In making the announcement, the Board of Education says…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Monoclonal treatments for COVID-19 are growing in popularity. They first become available in Dalton in late August, and now through Access Pharmacy in Hixson. "What it is, is two different monoclonal…