TENNESSEE (WDEF) – Today, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) was joined by the Tennessee Titans, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association, and other traffic safety partners for a press event at Nissan Stadium to help prevent impaired-driving crashes during Super Bowl weekend. “Last…
the image will also demonstrate to the public just how diverse the Southeast’s watersheds are.
“a testament… to every soldier who made the sacrifices they made to fight for their country, including Desmond Doss.”
Four girls will have an older brother when they get home.
It’s not very wide, but it is deep.. and spreading.
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) – TSA reports that the number of guns confiscated at U.S. airports continues to climb. And our region is well represented. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International took the prize for most confiscated guns in 2016 (198 guns). Texas (Dallas & Houston) airports placed 2nd and 3rd. Nashville International was 7th nationally (80 guns). The number of confiscations rose 28%…
ATLANTA (WDEF) – Who says you need a big budget to talk people into doing the right thing. An Atlanta animal shelter created their own PSA encouraging people to adopt cats. It doesn’t have professional voices, high production values or special effects. But it does have plenty of cats and wit. So millions of viewed the video online. The Kitty…
Footage shows the animal slipping and sliding on the tile floor of the showroom
Show debuts this weekend on HBO
Here is this year’s Christmas message.
Farm offers scenic views where Lookout & Pigeon Mountains join
“Celebrating an artist with such strong local ties is an exciting part of our mission.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80. His booking agent, Ricky DeRae, said Monday that Ligon died on Sunday in Georgia. Ligon was born in Troy, Alabama, but moved to California and started the gospel quartet in the 1950s. They were influenced by…
Old Dominion, Sheila E, the Purple Xperience
“We want to provide a hand up to those families who have lost everything in the fires.”
See the video that has been shared 86,000 times over the last month
Tis the Season for new music from Jordan Smith, Kane Brown and Lauren Alaina
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Valerie Bray pleaded guilty in court Tuesday morning to criminally negligent homicide in the death of Cameron Bean last year on Moccasin Bend Road. Bean was a nationally known steeple chase runner who was preparing for a triathlon in September of 2015. The Baylor graduate was 28 when he died. Bray was originally charged with vehicular homicide….
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Latest on recounting ballots in North Carolina’s yet-finalized race for governor (all times local): 12:10 p.m. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has conceded the governor’s race, clearing the way for Democrat Roy Cooper to be declared the winner. The concession nearly four weeks after Election Day comes after appeals dried up and postelection counts saw…
“Driving through downtown #Gatlinburg this morning was rather eerie… roadway closed due to area fires.”
One of the first “post-emissions scandal” all new models
(CBS) – Olympic figure skating champion Tatiana Navka, the wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, sparked outrage for giving a Holocaust-themed performance with actor Andrey Burkovskiy. The two wore gold Stars of David and striped uniforms resembling those Jewish prisoners wore in concentrations camps. They skated to “Beautiful That Way,” a song by an Israeli singer that was featured in…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) – Durham School Services CEO David A. Duke has recorded a message on the Woodmore bus crash. He says he has struggled to come up with a response to the tragedy. Duke says he cannot comment on specifics of the crash pending the investigation. But he promises that his team will cooperate with the NTSB investigation….
Riverbend just booked Toby Keith for this summer’s festival. Keith gets the Coke Stage all to himself on Wednesday, June 14th at 9pm.