SPRINGVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gretchen Catherwood’s son, 19-year-old Alec, was killed in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban in 2010. As she watched the news over the last two weeks, including the killings of several U.S. Marines by suicide bombers Thursday, it…
[cbsn] KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Blood Assurance has resumed voluntary COVID-19 antibody testing and the collection of convalescent plasma. The practice was suspended last April but reinstated due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Individuals donating blood, whether…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The nation’s health leaders say the surge in Covid-19 cases is only getting worse and that thousands of individuals will die over the next few weeks. Fortunately, there is a treatment being administered that’s…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police report a woman was killed in a crash early Monday morning. It happened near the Walmart on Highway 153 around 2:30 AM. Investigators say a Toyota Corolla was heading south when it was hit from…
U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups.
The U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and Dec. 1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model.
Several Marines were killed and a number of other American military were wounded Thursday in an attack on Kabul's airport.
The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood in Middle Tennessee has been recovered and the search for victims has been suspended.
Video released by a team of federal investigators shows more evidence of extensive corrosion and overcrowded concrete reinforcement in a Miami-area condominium that collapsed in June, killing 98 people.
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Commission was notified that the school district is moving ahead with plans to replace the aging Tyner Middle/High School. Students at Tyner staged a walkout last week to protest a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Interim school superintendent Dr. Nakia Towns is urging In a message to parents on Wednesday, she said "We are in a difficult moment." She says they are seeing more positive Covid cases now in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey says children now make up 36% of Tennessee’s reported COVID-19 cases. Piercey's remarks on Wednesday marked another sobering milestone in the battle against the high contagious delta variant. According to researchers from…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga shoppers have yet another grocery store option. Trader Joe's opened today on Gunbarrel Road near Hamilton Place Mall. As you can imagine, the store has been busy throughout the day. Captain Noah Stevens…
CHATTANOOGA(WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department is looking for the person who drove over one of their fire hoses on Wednesday. They were fighting a house fire on Miller Drive around noon. The hose did not have water in it…
Also news from Polk and Marion counties.
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF)- "78 Covid patients are hospitalized and 91% of those people are unvaccinated. 15 of those are on ventilators which is 95%," said Bruce Frazier. Monoclonal antibody treatment will soon be available for treating covid…
New store on Broad Street, replacement store across the street from their current one in East Ridge
LYERLY, Georgia (WDEF) - A northwest Georgia man has been sentenced to life without parole for the murder of a 15 year old boy. 30 year old Andy Roque Espinosa from Lyerly pleaded guilty two weeks ago. Prosecutors say Espinosa…
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Averaging 77 new cases per day and with an active case count of over 1,000. Bradley County is feeling the impact of the ongoing pandemic, causing the community and school system to make…
RED BANK, Tennessee (WDEF) - A wreck and fire this afternoon on Highway 27 created quite a mess. Chattanooga firefighters say that two dump trucks collided on the highway then flipped off the road and caught fire. It happened on…
CHATTANOOGA, TN - (WDEF) - The start of a new school year is here. As the kids are back "at it!" Doing all of the things that kids do while in the classroom! Everybody is "doing their…
Since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital on Aug. 14, more than 70,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan in the largest U.S. airlift evacuation in history.
Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19.