ATLANTA (AP) - The state's top judge says Georgia courts can continue to hold proceedings using video and other remote technology adopted in response to the coronavirus pandemic for at least another year. In late March 2020, the Georgia Supreme…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga (WDEF) - Currently Residents in the North Georgia area have to drive 30 minutes to find the nearest fully functioning hospital. But That long drive is coming to an end, as CHI Memorial announced that…
Tennessee’s Board of Regents has approved a tuition increase for the state’s community colleges and technology colleges.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A day after The Varsity served its last chili dog in its longtime Athens location, the Georgia restaurant says that it plans a return to the college town. The restaurant closed Sunday. By Monday, signs had…
TENNESSEE VALLEY (WDEF): Our north Georgia and Alabama counties were soaked by rainfall this weekend from Tropical Depression Claudette. Chattooga county saw three to six inches of rain Saturday that produced a Flash Flood Warning. With more rain on the…
MARION COUNTY, TN (WDEF) - It’s a somber day in Marion County, Tn as the community is still taking in the news about the death of long time resident Cody Fox and his 9 month old daughter, Ariana. …
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a 16-year-old girl was attacked by a bear Friday in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. National Park Service officials say the girl's family managed to scare the bear away from the area after the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - If you want to keep your head above water, you better know where you are and what you are doing. TWRA says it’s inattention and alcohol consumption that can quickly turn a day of…
A Tennessee prosecutor says three police officers were justified in fatally shooting an armed man who began raising a gun toward them.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Hamilton County School officials, Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn and community leaders all came together Thursday to discuss how the Hamilton County school system is working to accelerate student achievement.” As Part of the Learning…
UPDATE - Nichelle Simone Omega was found Thursday in Nashville with her mother. Smyrna, TN (WDEF) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a statewide Amber Alert for a 9 month old girl out of Smyrna, Tennessee. Police believe…
By TRAVIS LOLLER and PETER SMITH Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have voted overwhelmingly to create a task force to oversee an independent investigation into the denomination’s handling of sexual abuse.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Police Department announced the creation of a Virtual Ride Along program as a way to increase community connection and inclusion. The CPD Virtual Ride Along program was an idea CPD Officer Sydney…
Authorities in Tennessee say seven family members have been charged with murder in the starvation death of a 14-year-old boy.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention has tamped down a push from the right at its largest meeting in decades, electing a new president who has worked to bridge racial divides in the church and defeating an effort…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention is holding its largest gathering in decades amid debates over race and sexual abuse and a concerted effort to push the conservative denomination even further to the right. The nation's largest Protestant…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Tennessee’s older adults often become the targets or scammers, financial con artists and abusers. That's why June 15th is recognized as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The main signs of elder abuse include the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Tennessee youth placed into the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services for delinquent behavior will now have new options for learning and career development that will help prepare them for a successful next…
WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) - The normally fiery northwest Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was subdued in an afternoon press conference in Washington on Monday. She stood outside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum where she had just taken…
GEORGETOWN, Tennessee (WDEF) - Republican activist and businessman Greg Vital announces he will run to follow Mike Carter in the Tennessee House. Carter died from cancer this year and his wife has been named to replace him on an interim…
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Southern Baptist governing panel has quashed for now a push to expand an investigation of its handling of sex abuse cases. But the issue is almost certain to surface again…
RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) - A convicted felon has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in a deal with prosecutors in the rape and killing of a Tennessee prison administrator during a 2019 escape. Curtis Ray Watson pleaded no…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Local Chef and Owner of Neutral Ground, Kenyatta Ashford, was the top winner on food networks hit tv show “Chopped” - after he stunned the judges with his ”Afro-creole” style of cuisine. "It was…
Lawyers for the only woman on Tennessee’s death row are asking the state Supreme Court to recommend that Gov. Bill Lee commute her sentence to life after prosecutors sought an execution date.