CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Alzheimer's disease affects over 5 million people nationwide. On Monday the Food and Drug Administration approved a first of its kind treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. It's the first drug to be approved to help…
JASPER, Tennessee (WDEF) - A former assistant with the Marion County Extension Office has been indicted for theft. Courtney Conley was an administrative support assistant for the UT Extension Office. They provided Agricultural and Family educational programs for citizens. Conley's…
Tennessee’s annual free fishing day is Saturday.
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Shooting victim in stable condition after a standoff in McMinn County on Monday morning. It happened around 10:30 AM in Etowah. Police were called to an alley at 10th Street and Washington Avenue. A witness said…
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CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Ricardo Morris is the CEO of the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas. He explains, "We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Wall Street, black Wall Street massacre in Tulsa Oklahoma,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Broadway will be back in Chattanooga for the 2021-22 season after being unable to complete last year's show schedule. The arts have been some of those hardest hit financially by the pandemic. Fiddler on…
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) "It's gonna be great for this funding here for this community but then as those funding opportunities become available all over the state there will be funding opportunities." Tennessee will receive more than…
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WDEF) - She hasn't gone public yet, but Katie Boyd Britt has filed the paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate seat open in Alabama next year. She filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday. That was…
Bradley County Deputies are on the trail of Derrick Leon Middlebrooks Jr. Middlebrooks led law enforcement on a car chase that started in Bradley County and ended in Hamilton County Friday afternoon. He crashed on I-75 near Exit 4. That's…
"I betcha that thing could hold water, and I betcha I could make a pool out of it," says Ryan DeLoach about his Swimpactor. This Athens couple is turning trash into treasure, literally. The couple is transforming…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Former Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke announces his next plans. He will work as a government consultant and a professor. "I will be assisting companies and governments through Cityfi, a consulting company with a reputation for innovation and…
(WDEF) - Car crashes are the number one cause of death of teenagers between 16 and 19 according to drive SmartGeorgia.com. "A young man and his name was Joshua was killed in a car wreck and his…
Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy has announced that he will retire on July 30, 2021.
Two Tennessee men face hearings this week after their recent arrests on charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket into space next month, joining the first crew to fly in a Blue Origin capsule.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Wilcox Blvd at North Chamberlain Avenue was closed for a few hours today while police investigated a shooting. Chattanooga police are investigating a shooting that happened on Wilcox Blvd. Police say that one person has been shot.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga police are investigating a fatal crash that left a man dead Sunday. Police say that a 30-year-old man was headed East on I-24 near the 24/75 split around 4 Sunday morning. Investigators don't know hwy--but his…
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Three American senators visiting Taiwan say the U.S. will give the island 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, part of President Joe Biden’s move to share millions of jabs globally. Taiwan has complained that China is hindering…
NEW YORK (AP) - Walmart says it will close its U.S. stores on Thanksgiving for the second consecutive year. The nation’s largest retailer and biggest private employer said Friday that it wants to give workers time off for all their…
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform’s operations in Nigeria. The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria said in a statement Saturday that…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has turned to his old boss for help encouraging Americans to sign up for the Obama-era health law during an expanded special enrollment period in the pandemic. Biden is using his weekly address for…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Tonight Chattanooga firefighters were able to contain a house fire inside of a garage. The fire department says that the residents of the home on Crestview Drive heard a popping noise and then the home started filling…