See all 6 new Chattanooga Fire Academy videos

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The Chattanooga Fire Department recently graduated their largest cadet academy ever, which means even more subjects for their annual fire videos. This year’s crop ranges from humor to instructional to inspirational. But more than anything, it is your chance to live the life of a new firefighter. Bruce Garner, who produced the videos, describes each one. _____________…

UTC organization to host Make A Wish basketball tournament

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Chi Omega chapter is working with the East Tennessee Make A Wish to host the second annual Swishes for Wishes basketball tournament on Saturday, April 8th. This is the second year for the fifteen minute, half court, 3-on-3 tournament with up to 4 games playing at a time. There will be…

VIDEO: Two Fires on Mountain Creek Road

Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) – It was a busy morning for many city firefighters. The Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a house fire at the 3500 block of Mountain Creek Road shortly after 9:00am today, finding the attached garage was fully engulfed. As additional fire crews arrived, some focused on putting out the fire, while others worked to keep the blaze…

Tennessee Highway Safety Office Launches New “Stop Drugged Driving” Campaign

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – On Wednesday, March 22, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) was joined other public safety partners to launch the THSO’s new “Stop Drugged Driving” campaign to combat Tennessee’s recent spike in drugged-impaired driving crashes and fatalities. Click here for press event photos: https://goo.gl/photos/b4Nh6s3sUkMjquLn8. Click here for video footage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5TG3yTlh1E.   “Since 2015, more Tennessee traffic fatalities have…

Tennessee teacher had been reported kissing missing student

NEW PICTURE: Here's the last known photograph of Elizabeth Thomas prior to her alleged kidnapping. Spot her? 1-800-TBI-FIND! #TNAMBERAlert pic.twitter.com/5hInjYHU5d— TBI (@TBInvestigation) March 20, 2017 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A lawyer for the family of a missing Tennessee high school student says a teacher now accused of kidnapping her had been investigated by the school system after another student reported…

Nashville nurse stabbed to death in “rare” random attack, cops say

(CBS News) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Police are searching for a suspect seen on surveillance video after a Tennessee nurse was fatally stabbed inside her condo in what police are calling a “rare” random attack, reports CBS affiliate WTVF. 23-year-old Tiffany Ferguson, an ICU nurse at St. Thomas West Hospital, was found dead shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday inside her Nashville…

Town Hall Hosted by Constituents

Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) – In the same spirit as congressional town hall meetings held in other states across the country, Chattanooga voters took advantage of their representative’s recess yesterday and hosted their own, organized by the Recess Coalition of Chattanooga. Although Rep. Chuck Fleischmann was in town to promote expanding the STEM program, no members were in attendance. Sen. Corker…