Truck crashes into Rhea County fire station

SPRING CITY, Tennessee (WDEF) – The emergency came to them this morning for a local fire station. A driver crashed into the Wolf Creek Fire station in Rhea County. The pickup apparently lost control on Watts Bar Highway, went through a parking area and into the wall of the fire station. It knocked a whole in the wall, and flying…

Shooting at Chickamauga Dam

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Chattanooga Police are investigating a shooting Tuesday evening at the Chickamauga Dam. Just before 8:30, they got a call about a person shot on Highway 153. They tell us a male victim has suffered life-threatening injuries. Police have blocked off northbound traffic over the dam. They are diverting it onto Amnicola Highway. We’ll have more details as…

Lodge Manufacturing expanding production in South Pittsburg

Expansion should create 230 jobs

SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tennessee (WDEF) – Tennessee officials announce that Lodge Manufacturing is expanding in South Pittsburg. The $56 million expansion should create 239 more jobs. Lodge has been making cast iron cookware in South Pittsburg for 126 years, making them the oldest such manufacturer in the country. But demand for their products is growing so their production line will grow…

Free pop-up medical and dental clinic this weekend in East Ridge

dental procecures, glasses, screenings, vaccines all available

EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) – A nonprofit health care provide will offer free medical services in a pop-up clinic this weekend in East Ridge. Remote Area Medical (RAM) offers dental, vision and medical care to underserved and uninsured people for free during the clinic. They will be at Camp Jordan (323 Camp Jordan Pkwy) on Saturday and Sunday, first come,…

AP source: No one else in NFL cited with email violations

The NFL has found no other current team or league personnel to have sent emails containing racist, homophobic or misogynistic language similar to messages written by Jon Gruden that led to his resignation as Las Vegas Raiders coach, according to a person familiar with the documents. The person familiar with the investigation as well as emails told The Associated Press…

‘Lawless city?’ Worry after Portland police don’t stop chaos

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week – smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage – but police officers didn’t stop them. Portland Police Bureau officials say that’s because of legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers this year, which restricts the tools they can…

More than 90 snakes found under Northern California home

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Al Wolf is used to clearing one or two snakes from under houses but recently was called by a woman who said she had seen rattlesnakes scurry under her Northern California house and was surprised to find more than 90 rattlesnakes getting ready to hibernate. Wolf, director of Sonoma County Reptile Rescue, said he crawled under…

Biden open to shortening length of programs in spending bill

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday he would prefer to cut the duration of programs in his big social services and climate change package rather than eliminate some entirely, as Democrats struggle to win support from moderates by trimming what had been a $3.5 trillion proposal. Biden’s comments, reassuring progressives on what he hopes will be a…

US vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department said Friday that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that the Defense Department was also working with the State Department to help surviving family…

21 dogs rescued from Dunlap property

Now being sheltered in Chattanooga and Dayton

DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) – Animal control officers have taken 21 dogs from a property in Dunlap. Since Sequatchie County does not have any animal services, the Humane Educational Society in Chattanooga, Rhea County Animal Control, Perry’s Promise and Marion Animal Resource Connection have all helped take the animals in. HES officials say the dogs appear to be chihuahua and spaniel…

Vols Going ‘Dark Mode’ Against South Carolina With Black Jerseys and Pants

utsports.com utsports.com (utsports.com) Tennessee will don its Nike “Dark Mode” black alternate uniforms when the Volunteers host South Carolina for their SEC home opener at noon ET Saturday on ESPN2. It’s the first time since Halloween 2009 vs. South Carolina that Tennessee will wear black jerseys. That year, Tennessee wore orange pants. On Saturday, the Vols will don black pants…

A look at high court’s top cases in new term starting Monday

Abortion, guns and religion top the Supreme Court term that begins Monday. A look at those and a few other notable cases: ABORTION Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health (19-1392) is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court’s major decisions over the last half-century that guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion nationwide. Lower…

Authorities: Body of missing Florida college student found

MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say they have found the body of a missing Florida college student who disappeared a week ago. A maintenance worker who entered her apartment unauthorized the day she disappeared and later killed himself is the prime suspect. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Saturday that authorities found Miya Marcano’s body in a wooded area near an…

‘Everybody is frustrated,’ Biden says as his agenda stalls

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday acknowledged frustrations as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled-back version of his $3.5 trillion government-overhaul plan and salvage a related public works bill after frantic negotiations failed to produce a deal. “Everybody is frustrated. That’s part of being in government,” Biden told reporters before leaving the White House for a weekend stay at his home in…

Multiple injuries after Amtrak train derails in Montana

JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) — Multiple people were injured after an Amtrak train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed Saturday afternoon in north-central Montana, the train agency said. Five cars of the Empire Builder train, which runs from Seattle to Chicago, derailed at 4 p.m. near Joplin, a town of about 200, Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams said in a statement….

UK looks abroad to ease trucker shortage amid run on gas

LONDON (AP) — In a U-turn, Britain said Saturday it will issue thousands of emergency visas to foreign truck drivers to help fix supply-chain problems that have caused empty supermarket shelves, long lines at gas stations and shuttered pumps. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government had resisted easing immigration rules, despite warnings from businesses that the driver shortage could lead…

Yale student’s winning run on ‘Jeopardy!’ makes history

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” has now netted him more than $1 million in non-tournament play, making him the third person in the show’s history to pass that mark. The only other contestants to win more than $1 million in regular season games are Ken Jennings, whose 74-game streak netted $2,520,700, and James Holzhauer, who…

Bonus checks bounce for 50 Florida teachers due to error

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A banking error has caused dozens of Florida teachers to see their state-issued $1,000 bonus checks bounce, officials said Friday. Disaster relief payments issued to about 50 of the 176,000 educators who received checks were affected by the JPMorgan Chase error, according to a statement from the Florida Department of Education. Officials said they’re working to…

Rossville Boulevard facing “food desert”

Local agencies hosting virtual workshops to address it

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – “I’m exactly two miles from three different food cities. So I’m equal distance to all of them but that’s my closest food source.” Jazmine LeBlac lives along Rossville Boulevard – which has now come to be known as a food desert. But through her work with Crabtree Farms, she’s hoping to come up with solutions. “The…

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 project is a 156-unit family apartment complex on Happy Valley Road right across from Ridgeland Highschool. The development will have set…