Atlanta, other U.S. cities make pitch for 2026 World Cup
Two FIFA inspectors were in Atlanta Friday to get a look at 72,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of a record-setting Major League Soccer team and centerpiece of the city's bid.
Have you seen missing teen from Bryant?
BRYANT, Alabama (WDEF) - Authorities are looking for a missing teenage girl from Bryant, Alabama. Kiarra Durham disappeared from her home overnight on Tuesday. Her family believes she could be anywhere from Trenton to Fort Payne to Scottsboro or in…
Angry father arrested at Cumberland County school
UPDATE: Michael Dale challenges the police version of the confrontation. His partner claims the SRO has a personal grudge against them. She says Dale was carrying a "tool" not a weapon. Here is the video they posted of the incident.…
Haney deal appears dead to complete Nuclear Plant at Bellefonte
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority is giving up its construction permit for an unfinished nuclear plant in northeast Alabama nearly 50 years after work began on the facility. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the TVA…
Tennessee Attorney General joins call challenging President's Covid vaccine plan
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is the latest Republican to take on President Biden's Covid vaccination plan. He is one of 24 Republican state attorneys general to sign a letter raising concerns over the…
Jury selected in Davidson County to try Janet Hinds in Hamilton County
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A jury has been selected for the Janet Hinds trial. It's set to start here in Hamilton County, Monday. The jurors will be brought in from Davidson County, and…
MTSU Trustees once again asks to change name of building named for Confederate General
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…
Sheriff's dog tracks fleeing suspect on Sand Mountain
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…
There is a real lion roaming the University of North Alabama campus
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…
Tennessee leading the nation in new COVID cases
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,…
Feds launch investigation into Georgia prisons
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…
Amazon eyes 125K more hires, $18+ per hour average salary
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…
Federal govt launches civil rights probe of Georgia prisons
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons, citing particular concern about violence.
Walker County to hold Town Hall meeting over Workforce Housing Complex
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…
Tennessee offering food benefits to flood victims
Some Tennessee residents affected by last month’s flooding can apply for emergency food benefits.
Multiple People Injured at Apartment Explosion in Georgia
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…
Appeals court blocks Tennessee Down syndrome abortion ban
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…
Alabama Covid hospitalizations plateauing, but Intensive Care numbers not
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”…
Free COVID Treatment in Dalton Brings in Patients From All Over Region
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…
Republican Governors vow to take new Biden Covid mandates to court
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…
Fire at Potential Voting Precinct deemed Arson - reward offered
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…
$1.2 billion waiting to be claimed by Tennesseans
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…
2020 Amber Alert ends in child abuse charges today
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…
Police now say a school shooting threat in Tennessee came from Canada
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…