Tennessee puts $5.7M from VW settlement into bus projects
Tennessee officials are using $5.7 million from the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal settlement for transit bus replacements in three cities.
TWRA talks about boater safety for summer season
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Memorial Day weekend is this weekend and many people will be getting out of the house and onto the water for some family fun. TWRA says Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kick off of summer…
Angry husband rams cars of deputies talking to his wife
Deputies shoot and kill the driver, one deputy was inside car when it was hit.
Hamilton County & Tennessee reopening music venues, theaters, museums
Bars remain closed unless they are serving meals to seated customers.
Kentucky fires cheerleading staff after hazing investigation
Investigation found coaches all knew about alcohol abuse and partially nude hazing events at a summer camp in Tennessee.
Outside judge named to preside over cases in Arbery slaying
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — An outside judge has been appointed to oversee the cases of a Georgia father and son charged in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. Court records filed in Glynn County show that trial proceedings for defendants…
Large crowds return to Alabama beaches
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG-TV) — Large crowds have returned to Alabama beaches as the state loosened restrictions on restaurants and social gatherings. WKRG-TV reports that beaches are seeing sizeable crowds. Alabama beaches opened this month after being closed for six…
SEC gives Vanderbilt $100,000 grant for tornado relief
The Southeastern Conference has given a $100,000 grant to Vanderbilt to help students, staff and faculty affected by the tornado that hit Tennessee in March.
Chattanooga woman's donated plasma saves life of COVID-19 patient
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - A Chattanooga coronavirus survivor has helped save the life of a South Carolina woman by donating her plasma. Harriett Whitaker was just the third person in Hamilton County to be diagnosed with the Coronavirus. Her husband was…
Tennessee Black Caucus Opposes releasing Covid-19 test names to law enforcement
"We do not advise citizens to provide their street address information to the testing agencies at this time."
Evangelist who built global ministry dies in Atlanta at 74
ATLANTA (AP) — Evangelist Ravi Zacharias, who built an international ministry that strives to defend Christianity on intellectual grounds, has died in Georgia. He was 74. Ravi Zacharias International Ministries said in a statement that he died Tuesday at his…
Unemployment Issues
With unemployment numbers rising many Tennesseans are left wondering when they will receive any money.
Officials: 2 hunters shot by off-duty officer turkey hunting
Officials say an off-duty state wildlife officer accidentally shot two other hunters while going after wild turkey in Tennessee.
National Clinical Covid-19 Drug Trial led by Chattanooga native
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Since the discovery of the coronavirus in the United States this year, teams of doctors and scientists have been hard at work searching for a treatment A clinical trial out of San Diego is being conducted…
Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
Video released Friday shows a black man in a T-shirt and shorts leaving the home-building site Dec. 17.
Keith Urban hosts drive-in concert for medical workers
This was a test run of a a pandemic friendly kind of show.
Law Enforcement looking for motorcycle driver now on foot
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - The search goes on for a motorcycle driver who led several agencies on a chase this morning in northeast Alabama. It started near the Little River Canyon Preserve on Highway 35 around 10AM. Park service…
Defense attorneys: Don't rush to judgment in Arbery shooting
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for two white men accused in the shooting death of a black man they pursued through a subdivision in coastal Georgia city are asking for people not to rush to judgment. Gregory and Travis McMichael,…
Tennessee prisons report 4th inmate death in virus outbreak
He is the third inmate to die after contracting the virus at the privately run Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.
Police ask for help finding car in murdered sisters case in Rome
ROME, Georgia (WDEF) - Investigators need your help with a homicide investigation in Rome, Georgia. Two women were found dead under the Etowah bridge on Wednesday. Investigators identified them as 19-year-old Vanita Richardson, and 31-year-old Trevena Campbell, both of Rome.…
Authorities believe Mentone body is a missing man from 2016
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - Law enforcement conducted a massive search on Wednesday morning near where a body was spotted on Tuesday in northeast Alabama. A contractor working on a home near Mentone on Lookout Mountain first spotted it in…
Can buffets continue after Covid-19, some Golden Corral locations are reopening
Some Tennessee restaurants are changing styles to reopen under guidelines
Over 500,000 Tennesseans Claimed Unemployment Since Mid-March
The latest unemployment claims for the week of May 9 in Tennessee saw another increase with 29,308 new filings bringing the total number of claims since March 15 to 503,888.
GBI: 2 sisters found under overpass were homicide victims
ROME, Ga. (AP) — Two sisters were found dead underneath a highway overpass in Georgia and authorities said their deaths were being investigated as homicides. Floyd County Chief Deputy Coroner Connie Chandler said 19-year-old Vanita Nicole “Vera” Richardson and 31-year-old…