CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The American Association of State Troopers' best-looking cruiser contest is underway in the U.S. Most states are competing in the competition, submitting their best cruiser photo. Tennessee and Georgia recently shared to their social media…
By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — The 40-year-old man who shot four people in the country's 31st mass killing this year needed mental help for nearly a decade, but his family and officials couldn't…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A local person won $50,000 from the Tennessee Powerball recently. The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation said that winning ticket came from Weigel’s at…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Drivers should be alert and slowing down this week. Operation Southern Slow Down has begun. It is an effort from law enforcement to reduce speeding…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - We are learning more about a recent East Chattanooga house fire. On June 30, the call came out at 4:17 a.m. to respond to a…
HOOVER, Ala (AP) — Police in Alabama searched Friday for a 25-year-old woman who vanished after telling a family member that she was stopping to check on a child she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway. Hoover…
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Lisa Marie Presley died after developing a small bowel obstruction, a severe complication of bariatric surgery years ago, according to an autopsy report released Thursday. Experts…
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it…
ATLANTA (AP) — The ex-wife of R&B singer Usher is calling to drain Georgia's largest lake, where her son was fatally injured 11 years ago. Fashion designer Tameka Foster has collected more than 2,500 signatures for her online petition imploring…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $875 million after no winning ticket was sold for the latest drawing. No ticket for Wednesday's $750 million jackpot matched the white balls 23, 35, 45, 66, 67…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former coach Jeremy Pruitt. The Volunteers escaped a postseason ban. The…
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An early morning fire on Thursday killed nearly all the animals at a wildlife center in Florida, officials said. News outlets reported the fire broke out around 3 a.m. Thursday at the Alligator and Wildlife…
ATLANTA (AP) — A woman seriously injured in the January car crash that killed Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and an athletics staffer has sued the school’s athletics association and former Bulldogs defensive…
STEWART COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Tennessee man who already held the state record for blue catfish just broke his own record. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency…
Washington, D.C. (CBS) — The U.S. Secret Service has closed its investigation into the bag of cocaine that was discovered at the White House earlier this month but was unable to identify a suspect "due to a lack of physical evidence,"…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee law enforcement confirmed the soccer coach charged with child rape entered the U.S. illegally. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Camilo Hurtado Campos to be an undocumented immigrant. Campos' charges include rape of a child…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - TSA reports the number of gun confiscations at the Chattanooga Airport have been cut in half so far this year. These are the…
WEST POINT, Ga. (WDEF) -- Around 200 new jobs are coming to Georgia as Kia plans to assemble new electric vehicles, Governor Brian Kemp announced on Wednesday. Kia will be manufacturing new 2024 EV9 SUVs, with three rows of seats…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two firefighters in Alabama were shot on Wednesday while on duty at a fire station, authorities said. Investigators believe the Birmingham firefighters were targeted, though they do not have an exact motive, Birmingham Police Chief Scott…
PARRISH, Ala. (AP) — An SUV that was reported stolen with an infant inside in Alabama may have instead rolled into thick brush where it lay…
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The health care worker who was fatally shot inside a clinic exam room in a Memphis suburb has been identified as a doctor, according to the facility, though details of what prompted the attack remained unclear…
GRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) — Three people have been charged with murder in Georgia after one of them shot a man who confronted them about throwing eggs at his home, authorities said.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A new Tennessee law is in effect for the 2023-2024 school year. In the new law, any student who commits a "zero tolerance offense" will be suspended for at least one year. A new amendment states…
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Pikeville man is in custody following a homicide investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). Law enforcement officers arrested 38-year-old Clayton Matthew Watson for the death of Dara Jade Baker. Authorities charged Watson with…