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California now reporting 525 virus deaths every day

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - More Californians than ever are dying from the coronavirus -- 525 every day. And with the number expected to keep climbing, state officials said Friday they are sending more refrigerated trailers to act as makeshift morgues.…

Limited damage from fire at Bradley's PIE Center

CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - A small fire tonight at the PIE Innovation Center created no significant damage. Fire officials say it happened on the roof of the building around 5:30 PM. But firefighters got to it quickly and put it…

Motorcyclist dies in Lake Resort Drive wreck

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A man is killed after a pickup truck collides with his motorcycle. Chattanooga Police say the accident happened around 3:30 this afternoon on Lake Resort Drive. A 69 year man on a Yamaha made a left turn…

Search for missing boater on Chickamauga Lake

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Crews are searching for a missing boater Friday evening in Chickamauga Lake. Three people were on the boat that overturned near the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant around 5:30. Rescuers found a man on the shore and another woman…

12 Year Old Girl Fatally Stabbed Near Jersey Pike

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Tragedy struck in the early morning on Thursday as Chattanooga Police were dispatched to a home on Eastwood Drive right off of Jersey Pike. At around 2:45am, police found a 12-year-old girl stabbed to death, suffering…

Chattanooga officials monitoring social media

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Social Media companies and law enforcement have been on high alert in recent weeks. Social media posts, text messages and other forms of communication have been circulating about the inauguration nationwide. Terms like martial law and the…

Alabama man charged in Capitol take-over

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Investigators said an Alabama man has been arrested and charged with taking part in last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors say the man - Joshua Mathew Black of Leeds, Alabama - was charged Thursday…

Distribution of stimulus checks could cause spike in Overdoses

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Data from the Tennessee Department of Health’s Drug Overdose Reporting System suggests the distribution of the second coronavirus relief package may result in a spike in opioid overdoses. According to the Hamilton County Coalition, opioid overdoses…

Human Trafficking Awareness Month

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Love’s Arm outreach  is a local non profit organization that helps human trafficking victims safely find a way out.  Human trafficking is everywhere, even here in Hamilton County and officials say that Chattanooga is a very…

Man charged with death of six month old baby

SODDY-DAISY, Tennessee (WDEF) - A Soddy-Daisy man is in Hamilton county jail charged with criminal homicide in the death of a 6-month-old baby girl. The crime happened last September. Twenty nine year old Seth Jones had told officers the baby…

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