Sheriff's deputies find 2 dead in Lake Tansi community
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said they found a man and woman dead from apparent gunshot wounds in Crossville. It…
Oak Ridge, Volkswagen working on electric vehicle charging breakthrough
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Scientists at Oak Ridge labs and Volkswagen have cleared a new hurdle in charging electric vehicles. The two organizations have teamed up to research better ways to charge them. They've just passed a test of…
Survey: Tennesseans support fining parents when kids miss too much school
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - How should we handle the problem of kids who miss too much school? A new survey finds that most Tennesseans support fining their parents. The number of students who are chronically absent are growing... 26% last…
Cartersville Police arrest 2 people for burglary of fireworks
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) -- Authorities arrested a man and a woman for their involvement in the burglary of a fireworks store, according to the Cartersville Police Department. [caption id="attachment_1761758" align="alignright"…
Former federal official Johnson and ex-Trump aide Jack win Georgia GOP nominations for US House
By JEFF AMY/Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans settled two congressional nominations in Tuesday runoffs, with a former federal official defeating a man who was convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and an…
Pigeon Forge working to fix traffic issue
PIGEION FORGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - One lasting memory for a summer trip to Pigeon Forge is the traffic. More than 50,000 vehicles use the Parkway every year, many of them tourists for Dollywood, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and…
Stellantis recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles to fix software glitch that disables rear camera
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix a software glitch that can disable the rearview cameras. The recall covers Jeep Compass, Grand Cherokee, Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer SUVs from the…
Micro communities for the homeless sprout in US cities eager for small, quick and cheap solutions
ATLANTA (AP) — In a dreary part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered people who now proudly call a former parking lot home. The gated micro community known as “The…
A defiant Fani Willis appears to call out Donald Trump in speech at Black church
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press Abstract: Fani Willis called out her critics in a defiant speech Thursday at a Black church outside Atlanta, not naming names but appearing to refer to Donald Trump and others. The Fulton County District Attorney…
Georgia appeals court temporarily halts Trump's 2020 election case in Fulton County
Washington — The Georgia Court of Appeals temporarily halted proceedings in the 2020 election case involving former President Donald Trump while it reviews a trial judge's ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani…
Metal fabrication plant bringing new jobs to Crossville, TN
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A family-owned metal fabrication company is creating a new facility in Crossville, Tennessee, according to Gov. Bill Lee. TSM Metal Works announced…
Community supporting Fyffe family who lost unborn child in a wreck
FYFFE, Ala. (WDEF) - The community is supporting a family from Fyffe, Alabama who lost an unborn baby in a wreck. Austin and Madisen Brown were headed to the doctor when she started feeling…
Tuition hikes proposed for UTC and UTK students
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Board of Trustees for the University of Tennessee System will consider tuition hikes at their colleges when they meet later this month. That includes proposed hikes at both the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and…
Lawmaker asks political opinion on removing Donald Trump from Tennessee ballot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Tennessee lawmaker is asking if Donald Trump should be removed from the ballot in the state. Democrat Vincent Dixie represents a district in Nashville. He has written a letter to the state attorney general raising…
Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs heading to New York area as they spread across East Coast
First came the spotted lanternflies, then the cicadas — and now, the spiders? The Northeast U.S. is bracing for an invasion…
Lawmaker's son makes silly faces as dad speaks on House floor
The son of US Representative John Rose was spotted smiling and making funny faces at cameras in the House of Representatives in Washington on…
Remains found in Chattanooga identified as Georgia woman
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Skeletal remains found near the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga have been identified as a Georgia woman. The Cobb County Police Department identified the…
Tennessee National Guard Rescues Hikers
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) -Two rescue missions took place yesterday at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. According to officials around 2 p.m. yesterday, the Tennessee National Guard and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency were notified of a hiker suffering from…
Man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley pleads not guilty in Georgia court
A man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges in her death. A grand jury in early May returned an indictment charging Jose Ibarra…
Tennessee extends FAFSA application deadline
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee is once again pushing back the deadline to apply for federal scholarship money. If you want to land a Tennessee Promise scholarship, you need to fill out a “Free Application for Federal Student Aid,” or…
Nissan issues urgent warning over exploding Takata airbag inflators on 84,000 older vehicles
Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling dangerous metal fragments. Wednesday's urgent request comes after one…
6th house in 4 years collapses into Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks
Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's coast, the sixth to fall along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore's beaches in the past four years, according to U.S. National Park Service officials. About one mile of the beach…
Scottie Scheffler charges dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship
Prosecutors dropped criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler on Wednesday, less than two weeks after the world's top golfer was arrested outside the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell said his office couldn't move forward with the charges based…
Workers at Georgia school bus maker Blue Bird approve their first union contract
FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) — A year after they voted to unionize, workers at a Georgia school bus manufacturer have approved their first contract. The United Steelworkers union and Blue Bird Corp. said union members at Blue Bird's assembly plants…