ROME, Georgia (WDEF) - Investigators have charged three men with the murder of two women in northwest Georgia. Back in May, the bodies of half-sisters, Vanita Richardson and Truvenia Campbell were found under the Etowah River Bridge in Rome. The…
ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing a dispute between Georgia’s governor and the state’s capital over restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic has ordered the two sides to try to reach a settlement. Atlanta is among more than a dozen…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has updated the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 at the jail. Three corrections employees and six inmates have now tested positive. Some were inmates working in the jail…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case of a body found in the Ooltewah area. The body was at a home on Green Shanty Road. Detectives have sent it to the Medical Examiner's Office…
They found Gabriel Boykins in Knoxville this morning.
The city of Chattanooga will restrict public access to government buildings and other facilities beginning Monday, July 27.
NASHVILLE, TN (WDEF) - The number of new unemployment claims in Tennessee increased to 25,794 for the week of July 18; up from 22,431 the previous week. The number of continuous claims dropped down to 243,405 from 251,924. These numbers…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Lon Eldridge has been a full-time musician for around 14 years, but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he turned to a side hustle to make some cash. "I wasn't playing gigs so I needed a way…
ATLANTA (AP) — Surging numbers of COVID-19 deaths continued in Georgia as the number of confirmed cases in the state surpassed 150,000. The state Department of Public Health reported 81 deaths Wednesday, the second-highest number reported so far in the…
"we ask that anyone hearing this news will take a moment to honor his memory."
Even President Trump has said Hagerty has a “real primary.”
"we can't keep spreading it, we just can't."
Police are looking for Gabriel F. Boykins for the murders.
hybrid classes in Dalton, Bradley, Sequatchie and Cherokee Counties.
Although some funeral directors have their own mask requirements, they say it's difficult to play the role of enforcer.
The Hamilton County Health Department released new guidelines that reduced the recommended isolation period following a positive COVID-19 test.
A federal judge will not block three Tennessee laws dealing with absentee voting for the Aug. 6 primary election.
Dr. Manny Sethi campaigned in Ooltewah this week
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Local Hispanic and Latinx group attacks the President's latest move on the Census. On Tuesday, President Trump signed a memorandum excluding undocumented immigrants from the Census. The point is to keep them out of the…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Laverne Elliott is the first African American President of The Tennessee Valley Republican Women's Club. It's a role she's held since the beginning of the year. "They've been very, very accepting, very helpful, because they…
CHICAGO (AP) — Fourteen people have been injured in connection with a shooting on Chicago’s South Side. First Deputy Eric Carter says the shooting occurred outside a funeral home, where mourners were fired upon from a passing SUV. Carter says…
Police say none of the injuries are life-threatening.
Active cases here drop from yesterday's high.
"I encourage residents in Hamilton County and surrounding areas to take advantage of testing this weekend."