CALHOUN, Georgia (WDEF) - We told you the Tennessee side of the stolen Rolls Royce chase on Tuesday. Now the Georgia State Patrol explains how it began. They got word of an armed car-jacking suspect heading north on I 75…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The family of Salman Mohamed say he was struggling with mental health issues. Metro Police believe Mohamed "setup" officers by calling in a false shooting report and then firing on the officers who responded. One Metro…
Stolen in Georgia, suspects from Jackson, Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - ArtsBuild is a local nonprofit organization that helps support artists in our area. The organization is announcing a Racial Equity Grant for Individual Artists program. The program renews grant-funded support for artists of color …
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Anecdotal evidence from women around the country has led to questions about how COVID-19 vaccines may affect women's menstrual cycles. One Chattanooga doctor says they have not seen any instances in this area but…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A police officer in Nashville was shot Tuesday night in a call that officials say was a "setup." A Metro Nashville Police spokesman says they got a call from someone saying that his brother had shot…
WINCHESTER, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI reports indictments against a former Winchester Police Officer. The Franklin County Grand Jury indicted 28 year old Tristan Xavier Delacruz multiple counts of sexual assault. The TBI joined the investigation last fall. Their investigation…
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - The top-ranking House Republican on Tuesday renewed his party’s attack on Major League Baseball for pulling the All-Star Game out of the Atlanta Braves stadium after Georgia Republicans enacted a restrictive new voting law. House Minority…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Senator Bill Hagerty and the US Army corps of engineers toured the replacement project that’s currently underway at the Chickamauga Lock. Senator Bill Hagerty says this type of infrastructure project will have an immediate…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Mother’s Day is this weekend and it’s time to start thinking about how you want to celebrate the mom in your life. One local gift shop is making the gift shopping easier by…
WAYCROSS, Georgia (WDEF) - The Georgia Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans has filed a lawsuit about the city of Waycross. They have also named the three commissioners who voted to move a Confederate monument. Last month, the Waycross Commission…
Boundless Moving and Storage is wanting to help 20 underserved children in the area to attend the Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s summer camps.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - With a nationwide truck driver shortage going on that means many companies are having to up the prices of their products to afford the drivers that are out there. According to the American Trucking…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The Attorney General of Georgia is warning about a phone scam where people pose as government officials. Attorney General Chris Carr cites a robocall going around now that says they are calling from his office about…
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - A spokesperson for an Alabama city says about 75 animals died after a fire at a petting zoo. Birds, reptiles and guinea pigs were among the animals killed in the Sunday morning fire at Noccalula Falls…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee’s upcoming state budget is one signature by the governor away from becoming law, including a one-week sales tax holiday on restaurants, bars and groceries, an infusion of cash into capital maintenance and improvements, and a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials are moving forward with a plan to map out just where hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans without access to high-speed Internet live. The plan follows the lead of other states that no longer rely…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government is extending the requirement that travelers wear face masks on planes, trains and buses. The rule was set to expire May 11, but the Transportation Security Administration said Friday that it will extend the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Over the last year, Chattanooga’s Housing market has continued to boom despite an ongoing pandemic. Home values have increased nearly 15% compared to last year's pre-pandemic prices, realtors suggest that this may be a…
CHATTOOGA COUNTY, Ga (WDEF) - The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit announced they will be forming their very own cold case unit to help work on some unsolved cases in the area. “We will never forget our victims. We…
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) - A judge on Wednesday sentenced a teenager in connection with the 2019 crash that killed Auburn University sports announcer Rod Bramblett. News outlets reported that the sentence for Johnston Edward Taylor, 18, was not released because…
MONTEAGLE, Tenn (WDEF) - Jim Oliver’s smokehouse restaurant was a well known roadside attraction that put Monteagle, Tennessee on the map. Now, there’s nothing left but rubble. Around 4pm Tuesday evening, more than 2 dozen fire departments responded…
"We're going to have more projects ramping up" said GDOT spokesperson Joe Schulman. "We're going to have more people on the roads."
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - The Biden Administration is planning to launch the biggest summer food program in U.S history. It's the latest push by the White House to address food insecurity. The USDA announced that they will…