DAYTON, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Dayton fire and rescue department is investigating a house fire that happened on Boley Street Saturday. [su_gmap width="700" height="700" address="Boley Street Dayton, Tennessee" zoom="15" title="House destroyed in fire"] According to the agency, the house was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga Police are investigating a shooting that injured three people on Friday night. The shooting happened around 11 Friday night in the 1200 block of Cypress Street Court. [su_gmap width="700" height="700" address="1264 Cypress St Ct Chattanooga, Tennessee"…
UPDATE: The TWRA released the name of the victim. He has been identified as 55-year-old Don Campbell of Ooltewah. CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF)- According to the TWRA, a Hamilton County family of three ran their 23’ Chaparral, cuddy cabin boat aground…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A group of peaceful protesters gathered at Coolidge park Saturday. The group would like to see more options during the presidential debates. Specifically, the group would like to see Dr. Jo Jorgenson, who is a 20-20 presidential…
LAFAYETTE, Ga. (WDEF)- TBI agents arrested Robert Allen Mowry on Friday and charged him with one count of Malice murder. A moment that Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson has been waiting for. Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson says, "For almost…
NEW YORK (AP) - The notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo wants his U.S. conspiracy conviction thrown out. An appeal filed Friday argues that a judge made rulings allowing faulty evidence at Joaquin Guzman’s trial. It also cites…
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - More Americans will make their way back to the movies this weekend than any since the pandemic shuttered theaters in March. After a few weeks of catalog films and minor releases, the $200 million “Tenet” is…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Britney Spears is welcoming public scrutiny of the court conservatorship that has allowed her father to control her life and money for 12 years. In a court filing Thursday, Spears objected to her father's motion to…
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - Actor Chadwick Boseman was mourned, honored and celebrated in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina. The city paid tribute to Boseman in a public memorial on Thursday evening. The actor, who became widely popular through “Black…
LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The mayor of a small east Tennessee city has been arrested on charges that he used city workers and equipment to work on property he owned. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says LaFollette Mayor Michael Stanfield…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper who was fired after a man filming a traffic stop accused him of ripping off his face mask has now been charged with assault. Court records filed Thursday say Harvey Briggs…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Fire officials say a natural gas leak from a water heater caused an explosion that injured seven people in a home in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis Fire Department Lt. Wayne Cooke said four adults and three children…
NEW YORK (AP) - Research is increasingly pointing to a retreat of working mothers from the U.S. labor force, as the pandemic leaves parents with few child care options and the added burden of navigating distance learning. The trend threatens…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Zoo says the oldest African elephant in North America has died at the age of 56. Tyranza was the longtime matriarch of the elephant herd at the Memphis Zoo. She was put on hospice…
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Cohen’s tell-all memoir makes the case that President Donald Trump is “guilty of the same crimes” that landed his former fixer in federal prison. The new book, “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Narcotics Investigators have added a charge against James Kelly Harbison in an overdose case from two years ago. On April 28, 2018, Erik Patty died from an overdose. Patty was found alone in a hospital parking…
Chattanoogans rally at interstate overpasses to cheer troops headed to the Persian Gulf
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County General Sessions Judge Gary Starnes recuses himself from cases involving local protesters. Just this week, protest leaders including Marie Mott and “C-Grimey” were in court. They’re accused of charges related to incidents that happened…
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — A longtime pastor with metro Atlanta churches was sentenced to five years in prison and another 15 years of probation on child molestation charges. On Thursday, the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office said 81-year-old Benjamin…
They stopped a person fitting the description of a wanted fugitive on Thursday.
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Sheriff of Cumberland County says his officers are investigating a homicide from Thursday. Deputies did a welfare check at a home west of Crossville Thursday night. They were called by someone who had not been…
JACKSBORO, Tennessee (WDEF) - A former school nurse in the Campbell County school system has been indicted. 56 year old Sherry Lancaster faces charges of Obtaining Drugs by Fraud and Theft. TBI agents were called in to investigate the case…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police are asking for the public's help with a credit card fraud case. They say the woman they are looking for racked up around $6,000 in charges on the card. It was taken from…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County is reevaluating their school status every two weeks during the pandemic. And they announced on Friday they will continue with Phase 3 through September 25th because active cases are not rising. That means…