CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Bradley County detectives have charged Taylor Evans with a burglary in the Pleasant Grove Community. Last week, a woman said she walked into her garage and found him there. She looked outside and saw his vehicle…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A judge has sentenced a local business operator to just under 5 years of federal time on gun charges. 47 year old Clinton Wilborn ran the Discount Depot on Highway 58. Two years ago the ATF and…
Authorities in Tennessee say seven family members have been charged with murder in the starvation death of a 14-year-old boy.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention has tamped down a push from the right at its largest meeting in decades, electing a new president who has worked to bridge racial divides in the church and defeating an effort…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) - Several hundred people lined up to welcome home Wes Kean from the hospital. A moment tough for his family and friends to describe. "It’s huge. He got burned bad 11 1/2 weeks ago.…
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Walker County Sheriff's Office needs your help tracking down the person who vandalized Ridgeland High School. The schools has had two incidents in the last few months. The Sheriff posted video of the suspect on…
(TRENTON, Ga.) - A charge of Cruelty to Person 65 Years of Age or Older has been brought against 55-year-old Kent Allen Womack of Lafayette, owner of Woodhaven Senior Living in Trenton. Dade County Sheriff's deputies were…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Thanks to a partnership between EPB and Hamilton County Schools, lower income students will have access to free broadband internet. Through EdConnect, students who qualify for free or reduced lunch can qualify for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention is holding its largest gathering in decades amid debates over race and sexual abuse and a concerted effort to push the conservative denomination even further to the right. The nation's largest Protestant…
Chattanooga Tourism Company is launching their first ever grant program. This will support projects that are designed to bring visitors into the city. "Why do we want a grant and why do you guys deserve a grant?…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A truck flipped on the top of Missionary Ridge this afternoon, hanging in a precarious situation. It happened after 1PM on South Crest Road at the Shadowlawn Drive intersection. The 28 foot box truck…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County is once again postponing the County Fair to the fall of 2022. This will be the second year that the fair will not happen because of Covid. "The limited availability of vendors, volunteers,…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A judge on Tuesday increased the sentence against Richard Marvin Smith in the trailer rape and kidnapping case from 2019. A woman who admitted she was a meth addict at the time, said she was lured…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Tennessee’s older adults often become the targets or scammers, financial con artists and abusers. That's why June 15th is recognized as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The main signs of elder abuse include the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Tennessee youth placed into the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services for delinquent behavior will now have new options for learning and career development that will help prepare them for a successful next…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Sixty four kittens from McKamey Animal Center were shipped out this morning to their new homes. McKamey and the ASPCA partnered to find adoptive homes for the kittens. The felines flew out of the…
Tennessee-Tennessee's Education Commissioner will be visiting several local schools on Thursday.Penny Schwinn will visit schools in Etowah, Polk, Bradley, and Hamilton County. She will also visit Cleveland City schools.this is part of her "Accelerating Tennessee Bus Tour".Commissioner Schwinn will be…
DADE COUNTY (WDEF) - "This is pitiful. I'm distraught about it. When I told my wife when I left she was in tears and it’s heartbreaking to see the elderly people treated this way," said Dade County…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Ivy Academy started with only one grade. Now, after years of growth, they're adding a K through 5 school to go with the existing 6th through 12th grades they have now. This is all…
WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - The normally fiery northwest Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was subdued in an afternoon press conference in Washington on Monday. She stood outside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum where she had just taken…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in 2020, according to the CDC. This is the highest number ever recorded. "The opioid epidemic, we've been hearing a lot about that over the years," Hamilton County…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Tennessee is reporting around 250,000 jobs available right now, with about 500 new postings being added every day. The problem is, not enough people are taking them. "Jobs that we had before COVID…
GEORGETOWN, Tennessee (WDEF) - Republican activist and businessman Greg Vital announces he will run to follow Mike Carter in the Tennessee House. Carter died from cancer this year and his wife has been named to replace him on an interim…
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Southern Baptist governing panel has quashed for now a push to expand an investigation of its handling of sex abuse cases. But the issue is almost certain to surface again…