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…
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - A former jailer in Murray County has been sentenced for sexual contact with an inmate. 26-year old Bryson Wallace Starks was sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of probation. He will also have…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County authorities warn about a scam in their community involving fake health department employees. The scammers go door to door and present false identification that they work for the health department. They say they need…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the city of Chattanooga and member businesses, announced today the launch of the Healthy Chattanooga Coalition. The Healthy Chattanooga Coalition is…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - With flu season right around the corner and the delta surge in full swing, many people are wondering about the possibility of a “twin-demic’ and if a Covid booster shot…
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress through tears Wednesday that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.
Sequoia National Park is shut down, its namesake gigantic trees potentially threatened by two forest fires burning in steep and dangerous terrain in California’s Sierra Nevada.
Nicholas weakened to a tropical depression as it crawled from Texas into southern Louisiana on Wednesday, unleashing heavy rain across a landscape where Hurricane Ida destroyed thousands of rooftops now covered with flimsy tarps.
President Joe Biden has invited CEOs and business leaders to the White House to discuss COVID-19 mandates.
Nearly every nation is coming up short — most of them far short — in their efforts to fight climate change, and the world is unlikely to hold warming to the internationally agreed-upon limit.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday emphatically defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office early, a contest the Democrat framed as part of a national battle for his party’s values in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
FLAT ROCK, Alabama (WDEF) - A Sheriff's K-9 sniffed out a suspect on Sand Mountain on Monday. DeKalb County deputies went to a home in Flat Rock on some outstanding warrants. While they were talking to Audrey Denis Welden, Carlton…
TDOT officials say they have completed Phase I of the I 24/ 75 interchange project. The work ran from June 2019 through August.
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - Walker county Sheriff Steve Wilson is warning residents about car thefts and burglaries after a recent incident on Saturday. Surveillence video shows two, possibly three suspects entering several vehicles and stealing two vehicles in the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Republican Greg Vital easily won Tuesday's special election for the District 29 seat in the Tennessee House. The district represents communities in northern Hamilton County including Birchwood and Ooltewah. The former Commissioner in Collegedale has…
FLORENCE, Alabama (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Mocs football team traveled to Florence last Saturday to face the North Alabama Lions. U-T-C had to tread lightly on enemy turf because U-N-A features a live…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga area Burger King franchises are open for more than just customers on Tuesday. Hometown Hospitality, which is a Burger King franchisee, is holding a job fair with the goal of hiring 150 workers today in…
Imagine spending a half a century in the classroom. That the's reality for LeNet Solomon-Parker. She's spent 50 years creating a loving and caring atmosphere for her students.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Volunteer State is breaking national records, and not in a good way. "Hospitalizations and ICU admits currently are at their highest level ever," says Dr. Jay Sizemore,…