Chattanooga TN

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF)– The Chattanooga Police Department is investigating a robbery Monday evening that resulted in one person being shot. On Monday evening around 11 p.m. on the 100 block of Scruggs Street CPD officers responded to a report of a person shot. Crime scene investigators processed the area...

HIXSON, Tenn. — UPDATE:. A driver had to be cut from their car following a multi-vehicle crashin Hixson involving a Hamilton County school bus Wednesday morning. The wreck happened around 6:25 a.m. in the 6500 block of Middle Valley Road near the city-county line. Chattanooga Firefighters found a vehicle...

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Residents and officials are raising public safety concerns regarding the proposed development of a sub-division in Hamilton County. The Regional Planning Agency says they see problems with first responders gaining access to the site in the case of emergencies. The proposed site sits in...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — A national anti-union organization is telling Volkswagen workers here they have options in case the U-A-W calls a strike. The organization is the National Right to Work Foundation. The union says workers overwhelmingly approved calling a strike against the Chattanooga Plant. But that...

On Saturday, November 1, 2025, Deputies responded to a domestic incident near the 9000 block of Dallas Hollow Road that involved multiple gunshots and property damage. The suspect, John Hawkins, damaged several items within the residence and then went outside, fired a firearm multiple times putting victims in fear...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A Chattanooga brewery is mourning the loss of 2 of their regulars who were shot and killed at a Cleveland plastics plant last week. Employees at The Greenhouse say Tobias Gleinig and Ivan Aldergot were "some of the kindest, most genuine people you could meet." Gleinig...

MARION COUNTY, Tenn. — A rockslide has shut down I-24 west in Marion County Tuesday afternoon, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). TDOT says they've sent maintenance crews and a loader to clear the rockslide located at mile marker 137. Traffic is slowly moving by on the...

FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (WDEF) — A man has been arrested following a police chase this morning. Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson says that an unmarked Chattanooga Police vehicle was chasing Patrick McDaniel. McDaniel was wanted both in Walker County and in Chattanooga. That chase ended when McDaniel’s black S-U-V...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security says it plans to increase its presence in Chattanooga. The department went before Governor Bill Lee Tuesday during a budget hearing to ask for more funding. The department discussed trooper salaries and position openings across the state,...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn — Chattanooga City Councilman Ron Elliott announced two resolutions Tuesday aimed at helping residents while federal SNAP benefits remain paused amid the government shutdown. One measure would pause city water shutoffs linked to unpaid sewer fees until federal SNAP funding resumes or the shutdown...