MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Officials at a Tennessee university say they will once again seek permission to strip the name of a Confederate general from one of its buildings. News outlets report that Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees…
FLAT ROCK, Alabama (WDEF) - A Sheriff's K-9 sniffed out a suspect on Sand Mountain on Monday. DeKalb County deputies went to a home in Flat Rock on some outstanding warrants. While they were talking to Audrey Denis Welden, Carlton…
FLORENCE, Alabama (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Mocs football team traveled to Florence last Saturday to face the North Alabama Lions. U-T-C had to tread lightly on enemy turf because U-N-A features a live…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Volunteer State is breaking national records, and not in a good way. "Hospitalizations and ICU admits currently are at their highest level ever," says Dr. Jay Sizemore,…
ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who oversees the department’s civil rights division, says the civil investigation will be comprehensive but will…
By JOSEPH PISANI and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more…
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons, citing particular concern about violence.
WALKER COUNTY, Ga (WDEF) - Due to renewed interest and some inaccurate information being spread in the community about a proposed affordable workforce housing development, a town hall meeting is being held on Monday, September 13th. The Gateway at Rossville…
Some Tennessee residents affected by last month’s flooding can apply for emergency food benefits.
Update, 7:21p.m. - DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — An explosion rocked an apartment building in suburban Atlanta on Sunday, causing the three-story structure to partially collapse and leaving four people with minor injuries, authorities said. The cause of the explosion was…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: This version updates with attorney general's office comment. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of federal judges reversed course Friday and blocked a Tennessee restriction that outlaws abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's top health official says the state's rapid rise in the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 appears to have stabilized. Yet Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, says Alabama still faces the “real crisis”…
DALTON (WDEF) - "This one lady said she saw it on Tik Tok," says nurse Terresa Adams about the large crowds they have coming in for the free COVID treatment being offered in Dalton. COVID patients from many miles away…
7:30 Update: Gov. Lee tweeted in response to President Biden's vaccine announcement: “This is not about freedom” is a phrase that should never come out of a U.S. President’s mouth. For a fight that requires working together, a lot of…
TRENTON, Ga (WDEF) - The Georgia fire Marshall is offering a reward for up to $10,000, for any information that could help investigators solve an arson fire…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Unclaimed Property Division is a consumer protection program that works to reunite the millions of missing dollars turned over to the state every…
ASHELAND CITY, Tennessee (WDEF) - An AMBER Alert from last year has lead to a pair of arrests today. Last November, TBI agents began the search for a missing 9 year old boy in Cheatham County near Nashville. A couple…
MANITOBA, Canada (WDEF) - It took investigators from two states and two countries to crack a case of multiple false reports of school shootings. They believe it was a "swatting" case across international boarders. Swatting is the term…
MEIGS COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF)- Governor Bill Lee didn’t want to speak much about a Tennessee judge blocking his order allowing students to opt-out of mask mandates due to it being an…
UTC on Twitter: Our medical team remains concerned about the spread of COVID-19 on campus and within the community. UTC, like our peers across the UT system, will extend the mask requirement set on August 23rd. This requirement will be…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Health officials say a person who contracted West Nile virus in Shelby County is Tennessee’s third case of the illness this year. In a news release Friday, the Shelby County Health Department did not identify the…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia prosecutor was indicted Thursday on misconduct charges alleging she used her position to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery from being charged with crimes immediately after the shootings. A grand…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee from allowing parents to opt out of school mask requirements in Shelby County, the state’s largest county that includes Memphis. U.S. District…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A jury in Chattanooga this week convicted a man of unlawfully distributing prescription opioids. 64- year old Mark Daniel Allen was a nurse practitioner at a clinic in Manchester that he owned. Prosecutors say he…