CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say a stolen car caused a multi-vehicle crash Wednesday night. They say an officer tried to stop a vehicle that had been reported stolen when the driver fled. He crashed into several other cars. It…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Local police and the TWRA are recovering a body tonight discovered in the Tennessee River. Chattanooga Police notified Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers around sunset about the body. They say it is near Moccasin Bend. Chattanooga Fire…
UPDATE: Sheriff Scott Chitwood says that officers came across Potter on a road just inside Gordon County this evening. They jumped him and took him into custody. No one was injured in the arrest. Sheriff Chitwood re-iterated that the person…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County Commissioners are having second thoughts about choosing a contractor for the proposed Silverdale workhouse expansion. Last week, they rejected a bid to have KTM Construction handle the project. But today, the commission reversed that decision.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Blood Assurance reports a critical need for O-positive and O-negative blood because of multiple traumas in the area. They say they has less than a half day supply. If they have another trauma, they would not have…
Investigators believe there are more possible victims of taxi driver accused of picking up women at bars late at night
Sharon Goforth of the Hamilton County Health Department says it's certainly possible to contract both viruses.
Hamilton County info is not in the database yet. Only Grundy County is all in from our area so far.
Officials say a third person has died in a small plane crash near a Tennessee airport.
Wildfires are raging unchecked across parts of the Western United States, and authorities say gusty winds could drive flames with new ferocity.
Sewer rates in Hamilton County are expected to increase by 12% beginning October 1, 2020.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - While the Fiscal Year 21 budget passed in June, officials said that what was passed wasn't what was presented to city council. "We have made a mistake. A human error was made and we need to…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Nothing has been easy about setting up a web presence in Tennessee to report Covid-19 in individual schools. Gov. Bill Lee said one was in the works more than a month ago as schools returned to class.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Cempa Community Care is operating permanent Covid-19 testing sites beginning this week. The two sites will be held at Alleo Health on Oakwood Drive and La Paz Chattanooga on Bailey Avenue. The permanent testing site hours will…
Over 30 hours into the investigation, every possible hiding spot within the area is being searched.
The “Everywhere You Look, UT” campaign aims to paint a mural in every county in the state. Take a look at the murals so far.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - A former convicted felon has turned his life around in order to help inner city kids in Hamilton county succeed. Reginald Yearby once served a 90 month sentence for drug trafficking. now he's spending his time…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - School Officials say East Hamilton Middle and High School, Soddy Daisy High School and Ooltewah High School will be closed due to the Coronavirus . Cleaners are coming in to disinfect the schools following the…
MCMINNVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Two people were killed in a small plane crash in Warren County on Tuesday. The single engine plane crashed in a field near the Warren County memorial Airport around noon. The FAA says the flight had…
Georgia’s secretary of state said Tuesday that his office is investigating double voting in the June primary.
One of the suspects in the shooting of a Whitfield County Deputy was captured Tuesday morning.
A suspect was arrested and charged with Attempted First Degree Murder after a shooting in the parking lot of Daybreak Suites in Cleveland on Sunday.
The Hamilton County Health Department and the Chattanooga Area Food Bank have teamed up to distribute food boxes at the Alstom Plant COVID-19 test site to anyone needing tests and may be facing hunger.
A 30 year old male injured from a gunshot wound showed up at a local hospital Monday evening.