Chattanooga News

An IRS employee in Memphis has been indicted on charges of filing false tax returns and stealing data from the agency. The U.S. attorney's office said in a news release Thursday that Farrah Jones of Memphis, who was hired as a tax  examining...

Chattanooga police say they solved simultaneous burglaries in progress in different parts of town Thursday.According to Officer Rebecca Royval, around 11:40 a.m., a Property Crimes Investigator saw several men climbing through the window of a home...

The 15th ranked Tennessee went up against LSU this afternoon in the opening round of the SEC tournament in Nashville.The Vols struggled to beat the Bengal Tigers in Baton Rouge a couple of weeks ago... they struggled again today. Wayne Chism's...

The United States Senate voted last night and, with unanimous consent, confirmed Sally Quillian Yates as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. Ms. Yates is expected to be officially sworn in by a United States District...

Tracy City Alderman and businessman Robin Geary died of a heart attack Wednesday.  According to city hall, he had served two terms after being elected in 2006 and again in 2008.  He is on the ballot for Tracy City mayor in the upcoming ...

Police, courts, clergy and students agree that Chattanooga has a gang problem.

The state likely will get involved at Howard School of Academics and Technology in one of four ways, and local administrators soon will present their top two choices.

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. -- They say money can't buy happiness, but Chattooga County hopes it can buy Paradise.

Since 80-year-old John Hicks broke his hip in December, he's spent three weeks hospitalized on and off at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga., and he hasn't received too many visitors.

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.., said Wednesday he believes Senate negotiators are close to a bipartisan agreement over a new set of financial industry regulations.

A pedestrian crossing Highway 58 near Oak Hill Drive was hit by a pickup truck today, according to Chattanooga police.

The Dalton Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating a head-on collision that happened today on VD Parrott Parkway, according to a department news release.

Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking workers protesting austerity measures that the Greek government has said it has no choice but to implement.

Efforts to update Georgia's anti-bullying statute stalled in the House as its supporters faced opposition from fellow representatives.

Officers caught men and charged them in connection with two burglaries that occurred at the same time today just 5 miles apart, according to Chattanooga police.

In Dalton, five people were rushed to the hospital after a head on collision.

There aren't many types of money shopping centers will turn down, but that's exactly what happened at the Walnut Square Mall Friday.

Hamilton County pays the parents of a inmate who hanged himself in the Hamilton County Jail 180,000 in settlement.

The judge in the Tonya Craft's trial has postponed the opening date until April 12.

An IRS employee in Memphis has been indicted on charges of filing false tax returns and stealing data from the agency. The U.S. attorney's office said in a news release Thursday that Farrah Jones of Memphis, who was hired as a tax  examining...

Chattanooga police say they solved simultaneous burglaries in progress in different parts of town Thursday.According to Officer Rebecca Royval, around 11:40 a.m., a Property Crimes Investigator saw several men climbing through the window of a home...

The 15th ranked Tennessee went up against LSU this afternoon in the opening round of the SEC tournament in Nashville.The Vols struggled to beat the Bengal Tigers in Baton Rouge a couple of weeks ago... they struggled again today. Wayne Chism's...

The United States Senate voted last night and, with unanimous consent, confirmed Sally Quillian Yates as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. Ms. Yates is expected to be officially sworn in by a United States District...

Tracy City Alderman and businessman Robin Geary died of a heart attack Wednesday.  According to city hall, he had served two terms after being elected in 2006 and again in 2008.  He is on the ballot for Tracy City mayor in the upcoming ...

     Bradley county deputies have charged two juveniles with breaking into a home and drowning a dog.     They say back in January... a pair of 15-year olds tied the Dalmatian to a couple of cinder blocks and threw them in a pond.read more

      A Sand Mountain man facing a number of animal cruelty charges says he's not guilty.     Hillard Stevens appeared in court in Dade County on Thursday to answer charges in two separate cases.read more

     Wednesday, we showed you how local leaders plan to deal with Gang problems in our area.     They had a compelling video from a gang member now in jail for murder.     They want to show it to teens in our area.     The North Brainerd community has literally been under the gun in the last few weeks.     So we headed there today to find out if they think this anti-gang program will work.     WDEF News 12's Mandy Odom has our continuing coverage.read more

A first of its kind teacher residency program in Tennessee will be launched in Hamilton and Knox counties.  It aims to tackle a shortage of math and science teachers, by supplementing graduate school work, with coaching for perspective teachers.read more

Get ready to see some big numbers.  The group of residents we've been following since the beginning of February inch closer to their goals.  Once person will soon be at 30 pounds lost!read more