CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A COVID vaccine hasn't been approved by the FDA quite yet, but when it becomes available to the entire public, not everyone is set on getting it right away or at all. "I'll be one of…
FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia (WDEF) - Fort Oglethorpe Police are asking for your help in catching a bank robber. The robbery happened around 4:45 PM at the Wells Fargo Bank on Battlefield Parkway. They have a security photo of the suspect…
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Rhea County Sheriff released details on a drug raid in Dayton last week. They executed a search warrant on Polk Avenue on Thursday. They say officers found a variety of drugs, including crack cocaine, heroin/fentanyl…
ATLANTA (WDEF) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation offered an update on Tuesday on their involvement on election cases. A spokesperson says their officials met with members of the Secretary of State's office on Tuesday. The SOS asked their help…
RALEIGH, North Carolina (WDEF) - North Carolina is heading for new coronavirus rules beginning on Friday night. Governor Roy Cooper doesn't use the term "curfew" but his new stay-at-home order is very similar. You must stay at home between 10PM…
Senator Jeff Mullis from Chickamauga is one of them
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Bradley County school system has announced the death of long time educator and board member Jerry Frazier. Just last night, the Cleveland School Board asked for prayers for him since he was being treated in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee- Starting Wednesday, you should see less traffic in front of the Alstom COVID-19 testing site. The Heath Department will start using a new entrance directly across from the Southeast Tennessee development district. Heath department Administrator Becky Barnes said…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Gov. Brian Kemp says Georgia should begin distributing coronavirus vaccines before the end of next week, though most people won't get shots for several more months. The Republican governor told a news conference Tuesday that health…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition has announced they now stand with other major Tennessee cities in receiving a large grant from the emergency solutions grants program. The Chattanooga homeless coalition says the grant will help support rapid…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Over the last month, Hamilton County has seen record breaking Covid-19 numbers and not in a promising way. Currently the county has over 2,800 active Covid-19 cases and has surpassed 20 thousand cases in total. The Covid-19…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Police have arrested a suspect in an East Chattanooga shooting last month. It happened on Maple Hills Way on November 19th. Police reported that a 36 year old male was critically injured in the shooting. Now they have…
The Hamilton County Health Department is using a new entrance and traffic flow pattern at the Alstom COVID testing site beginning Wednesday, December 9.
Chattanooga ranks fairly high, but can you guess our greatest sin?
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - For the second time in seven days, Chattanooga firefighters were called to put our a fire in a dumpster on Highway 58. It was behind the Goodwill Store. A passersby reported seeing smoke and flames around 9…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County School Board Members shared their concerned over two proposed policies in a meeting Monday night. A proposed policy change would give the superintendent the discretion to allow an employee to continue working after…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Dos Bros restaurant on Broad Street is the latest business targeted with vandalism in the Tennessee Valley and North Georgia. The restaurants's staff says the building windows have been shattered three times this year. Each time,…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Cleveland City Schools will move to At-Home learning the week before Christmas break. The announcement was made at tonight's school board meeting. Their COVID-19 Task Force based the decision on rising cases among staff and…
approaching the end of the 2020 calendar year, the organization is dissolving.
Also rulings on "Kracken" lawsuit, a state lawsuit and an internet rumor about Ware County voting machines.
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Sheriff of Walker County is looking for cruelty to animals suspects. Two weekends ago someone poisoned five dogs and shot two others in the face. Two of the dogs died. It happened on Saturday, November…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County has surpassed 20,000 cases of the coronavirus. There were 562 new cases over the weekend pushing our total number to 20-thousand 425. More than 2700 of those are active cases. There are currently 163 people…
Heath Departments are already encouraging people not to travel for the Christmas holidays after millions traveled for Thanksgiving. Amanda Goodhard with the southeast regional office of the department of health said it’s too early to say if the rise in…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee- Two Cleveland residents were still be treated at a hospital Monday after coming in contact with carbon monoxide poisoning on Sunday. Bradley county emergency services were called to a house for a man suffering from an apparent stroke…