CHATTANOOGA, Tn (WDEF)- TVA has been working hard to control local dams from overflowing. The Chickamauga Dam is receiving 1.2 million gallons of water a second, which is right below flood stage. According to TVA, the average rainfall total across…
DANDRIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Department of Health says 10 children have died from the flu this season. Officials confirmed Wednesday that the deaths have been spread out across the entire state. The agency added that more than 41,000…
(WDEF) - A home was destroyed by fire this afternoon in a subdivision between Harrison and Ooltewah. It happened on Baker Boy Drive around 2 PM near Hunter Middle School. The Highway 58 Volunteer Fire Department found flames shooting through…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Prosecutors have reached a plea agreement in a drive-by shooting from 2015. Jordan Clark was walking with a friend on Willow Street when he was shot. Police arrested Christopher Walton, saying the shooting was the result of…
Two people have been arrested, after a body was found inside a burned car in Marion County.
He was 22 years old.
Chattanooga (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a house fire late Thursday night. It happened in the 1000 block of Givens road around 10:30 p.m. When fire crews got to the home, there were heavy flames on the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson highlighted some successes the Hamilton County School District has had in the State of the System address at The Howard School Thursday night. "In teachers 0 through 3, we've…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Shaw Industries is closing Plant 23 in Dalton, moving the production to other facilities. The plant employs 275 workers. The company will try to find room for them at other Shaw plants. The shutdown should be…
UPDATE: Paramedics checked out 33 students and teachers and everyone is okay. The students will have to move for the night because the heating system was shut down during the investigation. _______ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Firefighers were called…
"Don’t underestimate what could happen”
If you didn't know, this is the fifth annual Tennessee Quit Smoking Week.
The excess flooding in Hixson has some homeowners on edge
HAMILTON CO., Tn. (WDEF)- More than a dozen roads were closed this morning after heavy rainfall caused flooding in and around Hamilton County. The stairs at Ross' Landing are almost covered. There's been flooding all over Hamilton County today. We…
A jury finds a former Grundy County Sheriff's deputy guilty of criminally negligent homicide.
"It just keeps pitching away, taking away piece by piece, eventually there's not going to be nothing to hold it back."
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Cumberland County Rescue Squad saved three kayakers this afternoon. They were trapped by the fast moving current of Drowning Creek. They had to climb up trees to get above the rising water. The Rescue Squad…
Westview Elementary's Karen Saxton died in a fiery crash on Highway 58
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A newly filed lawsuit argues that Tennessee's school voucher program is unconstitutional and must be blocked before going into effect later this year. Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced Thursday that his…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Investigators in Catoosa County say a fire at a home on Brownwood Circle in Ringgold, Ga. was arson. The fire started about 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2nd. The Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner's Office determined that…
An investigation is underway after a body was found in a burned car in Marion County.
Officials are worried that a tree could come down on one of the homes.
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - North Lee Elementary School now has their first mascot crew. "Coming in and being the first, the original ones to do this, it's tough. It's not easy, but they've made it fun," North Lee Cheer…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Four workers were burned in a flash fire Wednesday night in Dalton. It happened at an industrial plant on Brookhollow Industrial Boulevard around 5PM. One patient was taken to Erlanger, two were transported to Hamilton Medical…