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BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. — A Bradley County teenager is facing charges after the sheriff's office says they brought a weapon with them to school Friday. The Bradley County Sheriff's Office says school administration at the PIE Center received a report that a student had a weapon in a vehicle on campus.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Reports say one person was injured after trench walls collapsed in on them. The Chattanooga Fire Department says it happened Friday morning in the 2700 block of Kanasita Drive in Hixson at a construction site. They say fire crews responded to the scene after they...

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — A Hamilton County jury charged a Guatemalan man with murder Friday in the deadly 2023 stabbing of another man, according to District Attorney Coty Wamp. Wamp says 2 years ago, Edwin Mendez-Perez stabbed Rosalio “Charlie” Gomez-Gutierrez to death. Before the stabbing, DA Wamp...

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Hamilton County deputies arrested 2 wanted fugitives who were found hiding out at Harbor Lights Marina Friday, according to the sheriff's office. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to the Harbor Lights Marina in an effort to locate fugitives Jessica Shaw and Justin...

DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) — During the night of October 1st, the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) responded to a call at the Dollar General on Beaverdale Road about a female covered in blood. When deputies arrived, they found Requiya Kierra Reynolds covered in blood as stated. She then...

Data obtained by News 2 from the Tennessee Dept. of Education shows the majority of the new "Education Freedom Scholarships," or school vouchers, were awarded to students who live in the metro/urban areas and some of the wealthiest suburbs in the state.

Emergency call ring times to Hamilton County 911's center lasted more than five times longer than usual the night of Chattanooga's historic Aug. 12 floods, according to officials. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., dispatchers answered hundreds of calls for help from trapped families and stranded drivers. Not a single...

KENNESAW, Ga. — The reenactment of the Great Locomotive Chase served as a living tribute to the origins of the Medal of Honor, connecting today’s recipients with the audacity and sacrifice of the Civil War raiders whose mission, though it failed militarily, gave rise to the nation’s highest award for valor and...

A little hint of Fall the next few mornings with temperatures in the 50s Friday through Sunday. Dry days and warm afternoons with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s Friday through Sunday. Some scattered showers are possible for next week with a slight chance Monday and a little...

Chattanooga has its fair share of haunted locations. Ghosts that linger in Civil War battle fields, apparitions of Native Americans who were removed via the Trail of Tears, haunted hotel rooms and much more. Local author Amy Petulla shares some of the haunted locations and folklore in her book, “Haunted...