Officer who arrested Ximena Arias-Cristobal resigns from department
Police say the college student was mistakenly pulled over before being arrested and placed into ICE custody.
Witnesses recount experience during severe weather outbreak in Dade County gas station
DADE COUNTY, Ga. — We're getting a clearer picture from National Weather Service officials, after severe weather passed through our area earlier this week -- specifically, northwest Georgia. Several areas were under tornado warnings, including in Dade County, where a woman took a video from inside a Pilot gas...
Chattanooga Fire officials complete two-day leadership training focused on accountability and success strategies
Chattanooga, TN – Members of the Chattanooga Fire Department participated in an intensive two-day leadership training session this week, hosted by Paratus Consulting. The program brought together a cross-section of the department’s personnel, including command staff, battalion chiefs, and representatives from the...
Free Summer Meals For Kids Available From YMCA Beginning Tuesday
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga will begin its Free Summer Food Program for area kids starting May 27, and CARTA is easily connecting families to those meals through the Read & Ride program. The YMCA program is designed to provide children up to 18 years of age with the nutritional...
Man allegedly shoots wife, then girlfriend before killing himself in Dalton, police say
ATLANTA — Police in Dalton are investigating an apparent double murder-suicide that left three people dead at two different apartments this week. Investigators believe a man shot and killed his wife, then drove to another apartment where he shot his girlfriend before taking his own life. Officers were first...
Municipal Court Docket May 27
The following people are scheduled to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on Tuesday, May 27. Court is held at City Hall on Tombras Avenue and begins at 3 p.m. Quinzell Beasley – Retaliation, Possession Controlled Substance/PTR. Robert Beene – Aggravated Assault/Pre-trial PTR. Katie Cain – Possession...
Outdoor Updates: Missing Hiker Found + Chattanooga Named National Park City + Two A.T....
Missing Hiker from Georgia Found After Disappearing in Sierra Nevada Mountains. A 27-year-old woman from Jeffersonville, Georgia, has been found alive after being missing for nearly three weeks while on a bucket list adventure in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Tiffany Slaton was on a cross-country trip...
Law and Order May 23
The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department. 25-005396 – 700 BLK Summit Avenue – Warrant Service – A warrant service for Domestic Assault was executed on a man at his residence. He was transported to jail without incident. 25-005403 – 6500 BLK Ringgold...
Dinosaurs Come Alive at Jurassic Quest
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Quest, one of the largest traveling dinosaur exhibits in North America, is back, bringing life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, fossil digs, science stations, and interactive displays for the whole family. Visitors can get up close with towering creatures like the T. rex and Spinosaurus, ride...
Nighttime Resurfacing Work to Resume on I-24 in Dade County May 27th
Dade County, GA – Resurfacing operations on Interstate 24 are set to resume Tuesday night, May 27, as Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) crews return to work on a key stretch of the highway. Weather permitting, the project will begin at 9 p.m. and continue nightly through Saturday morning, with work...