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Forgotten Child Fund Application & Donation Site Now Open

The Forgotten Child Fund has started their application process and donation site this Monday morning. You need to come in-person to apply. Bring your social security card, the children you're applying for, and a driver's license. You can apply or…

UPDATE: Officer Shooting Suspect Shot & Killed

UPDATE, 9:49am: The suspect accused of shooting an East Ridge police officer was shot and killed in Rossville. The suspect was identified as 43-year-old Christopher J. Kitts, who fired several shots at Prescott’s patrol car and then fled. The Georgia…

Eastern Tennessee nursing home reports 17 deaths

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Sixteen residents and one staff member have died due to a COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing home in eastern Tennessee. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that more than two-fifths of The Heritage Center’s residents have tested…

A look at Central High's Piano Lab program

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Thanks to donations from the community, Chattanooga Central High School has become one of a few schools in the Hamilton County system, who can now offer a course in piano. At no cost to the students, they…

Child hit by car on Highway 27 in Summerville

SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Georgia State Patrol is investigating, after a small child was hit by a car tonight. It happened around 8 on Highway 27, right in front of Advance Auto Parts in Summerville. We're told the child…

Walker County voters push forward with one early voting precinct

LAFAYETTE, Ga. (WDEF)- Early voting in Georgia started Monday, and all residents of Walker County have been traveling to their one and only voting precinct. Voting is taking place at the Walker County Courthouse in Lafayette. This has been a…

COVID Cases Spike In Rural Counties

In Hamilton County, 103 total deaths have occured as of Wednesday. That compares to 379 deaths in surrounding rural counties, which over 800,000 people call home. Residents of rural communities typically skew older, experience higher rates of chronic disease and…

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