CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — First responders were on the scene of an apartment fire Friday morning. The fire happened at a building on Citico Avenue, near North Holtzclaw. The Chattanooga Fire Department learned about the fire just after 5:30 a.m. Officers evacuated residents in other apartments. Two people escaped the fire without any injuries. Firefighters and investigators have been at…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) – The Dunlap Fire Department is showing how, in a contest between a pickup and a mountain, the mountain won again. The heavy-duty pickup truck was towing a trailer loaded with another truck up highway 111 on Thursday. It made it to the waterfalls pull-off before the towing truck caught on fire. The pickup was a total…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Chattanooga is now the only of the four major cities in Tennessee without significant snow on the ground. Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville all have limited travel now on the interstates. You’ll hit significant accumulation at Monteagle Mountain on I-24. We’re seeing some on Highway 153 at Dayton Boulevard and on Highway 111 over Signal Mountain. To…
TRION, Ga. (WDEF) — A fire severely damaged a Trion house early Wednesday morning and killed one person. The fire took burned a house on Kinzy Street at around 4:30 a.m. on January 10. There were two people and three dogs trapped in the house due to the fire. Firefighters removed the occupants within minutes of arrival. However, the Trion…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Babies don’t stop coming just because there are holidays. Parkridge East Hospital likes to show us photos from the NICU on the holidays. And now they are sharing photos of Santa visiting the babies who are getting ready for their very first Christmas. Categories: Local News Tags: Christmas, newborns, NICU, Parkridge East Hospital, Santa Claus
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Hamilton County Schools has given their final recommendations for the future of schools in the area. The recommendations will be proposed to the Hamilton County School Board on Thursday night. School officials plan to make improvements to seven Hamilton County schools, which serve 13 communities. They have provided two options for the school board to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Chattanooga Police arrested three men from Atlanta for breaking into a Food City under construction. Officers responded to the burglary late Friday night at around 11 p.m. It happened at the Food City that’s currently being built at 1300 Broad Street. According to police, these three attempted to steal several spools of wire, which was…
CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. (WDEF) — Two Cherokee County residents are now in custody after deputies said they found trafficking amounts of drugs in their car and home. Those two people are John Barriero and Enerjai Pendleton. On December 4, sheriff’s deputies tried to stop Barriero’s vehicle in Murphy after learning his license had been revoked. They said Barriero fled and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Mayor Tim Kellly’s office has announced a new “traffic calming” project for the Northshore. The temporary project will be in effect on weekends through December. City crews will put up traffic barrels on Saturdays and Sunday and then take them down again for weekdays. Throughout the month, they will gather information on a more permanent reconfiguration…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) — A serious multi-vehicle crash happened in Dunlap early Friday morning. The Dunlap Fire Department said the wreck happened on Highway 127 at Collier Cemetery Road. Crews said they had to use the jaws of life to extricate one victim in the crash. Responders transported three people to the hospital by air ambulances. They did not disclose…
ETOWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) — A brush fire spread to a home in Etowah overnight and one person was injured. The fire happened at 1 a.m. at 205 County Road 906 in East Etowah. McMinn County sheriff’s deputies said that winds caused a brush fire to spread, and it then caught two vehicles on fire. The fire also caught a home…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Tennessee Aquarium says they spent nearly $185,000 on groceries for their animals in 2022. The Aquarium provides for 12,000 animals in their care. They even revealed some of the surprising items on their grocery list, from lettuce to mealworms: 12,444 pounds of capelin (a small cold-water fish) 6,624 heads of romaine lettuce 425 quail 210…
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EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) — A burglary took place at the Workout Anytime in East Ridge on Tuesday. According to East Ridge police, the burglary occurred at 6:15 a.m. on November 7. This happened at the business located at 4340 Ringgold Road. East Ridge Police Department The suspect stole items valuing about $100, according to police. They noted that the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — A family’s pet dog woke them up to alert them their house was on fire Tuesday morning, saving their lives. The location of the house fire was in the 3500 block of Jerome Avenue. This house is in the East Lake area, close to Rossville Boulevard. The dog, Jack, went up to his owner and licked…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — On Monday, an off-duty Chattanooga firefighter alerted residents that their garage was on fire and called 911. The garage, which was not attached to a house, was on fire on Harris Lane in Lookout Valley. However, the garage was only a few feet away from the residents’ house. The Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD) said Senior Firefighter…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Seven female inmates at the Hamilton County Jail had overdose symptoms on Thursday. The inmates received medical attention and went to a local hospital. All seven inmates later got medical clearance and returned to the jail. Corrections deputies also found a folded piece of paper containing fentanyl near the area the women were overdosing. The…
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama (WDEF) – Have you seen “Pumpkin People” popping up around Scottsboro recently? Local police are looking for several decorations that have been taken from the Goose Pond Colony over the last week. Officials at the Colony describe them as “Pumpkin People” that were created by a customer. Police are asking anyone with information on the thefts to contact…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) – A new poll out today shows that Marsha Blackburn is quite popular in Tennessee, while Joe Biden isn’t. The Beacon Poll looked at the two biggest races facing our state next year. In the Senate race, Republican incumbent Marsha Blackburn holds a large 20-point lead over Tennessee Three member, Gloria Johnson. In fact, the other democrat…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) — Two people were injured in a Dunlap house fire on Wednesday evening. The fire happened in Lusk, Tennessee at 5:15 p.m. Firefighters battled a residential structure fire, which also included a camper. The fire department said the structure was a total loss. Additionally, two people received burn injuries from the fire. First responders took a resident of…
UPDATE: Chattanooga fire officials say the fire is now out, but Market Street will remain closed until noon. The business was Gerdau Metals Recycling. Fire officials now say the fire was started by a cutting torch. No one was injured. EARLIER: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Chattanooga firefighters battled a scrap metal fire Tuesday morning downtown. It happened at 2912 South…
RED BANK, Tenn. (WDEF) — Red Bank fire officials deemed one house a total loss after a it caught fire on Monday. A neighbor called 911 to report that the home at 147 Lynda Avenue was on fire. Red Bank firefighters arrived at the house at 2:20 p.m. and saw smoke coming from both the basement vents and the roof….
