Chattanooga TN

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – For 20 years, LifeSpring Community Health has worked to provide affordable healthcare for children and families who may otherwise struggle to access it. Founded in 2006, the Chattanooga nonprofit began with just two people on its team. LifeSpring founders said teachers were noticing some chi

KINGSPORT, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says a Kingsport man was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison after an investigation found that he trafficked large amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Chattanooga to Sullivan County for distribution. A release says Aaron Tyshawn Jackson, of Kingsport

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Emergency crews rescued an injured hiker from a remote area of Raccoon Mountain on Wednesday evening. Hamilton County EMS and the Chattanooga Fire Department responded to reports of a high-fall injury and hiked into the area to reach the patient. Responders provided medical care at the...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn — Downtown Chattanooga businesses are seeing mixed impacts from heightened security around the Spanish National Team’s stay in the Scenic City, with some owners saying barricades and street closures are diverting customers away from their doors. The team is staying at the Embassy Suites on Broad...

A semi-truck overturned on Highway 28 (TN-28) between Whitwell and Dunlap on Wednesday morning, temporarily closing the roadway near the intersection of Press Pickett Road in the Daus community of Sequatchie County. According to reports from the scene, the truck rolled onto its side along the southbound lane at approxi

A Kingsport man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after a 2024 police pursuit ended in a crash and a duffle bag containing more than 5 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl being thrown from the car.

Amazon is planning a new delivery station in Chattanooga’s Lookout Valley area that is expected to create more than 300 jobs and could provide a more convenient employment option for some residents of Marion, Sequatchie, and counties to the west of the Scenic City. The company announced plans to...

Klondike Community Land Trust, the Civic Design Center, Rocklife Youth, the Trust for Public Land, and the United Way of Greater Knoxville were recently awarded grants from the Tennessee Department of Health. The grants were awarded to support the organizations’ projects that are aimed at reducing chronic disease and i

HARRISON, Tenn. — Rows of heavy equipment are moving through the Harrison area landfill this week as investigators searched for answers in the killing of a Collegedale man whose disappearance shocked the community. Also, the suspect in the man's murder, 19-year-old Kian Andrew Neal, pleaded not guilty in court...

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of African-Americans from slavery after the end of the Civil War. This year’s holiday on Friday takes place two weeks and one day before this country celebrates its 250th anniversary on July 4th. Here in Chattanooga, a citywide Juneteenth weekend begins on Friday and runs...