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Chattanooga Police adding speed signs to Hixson Pike after crash
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Chattanooga Police Department has begun placing speed signs on Hixson Pike in an effort to persuade drivers to slow down. The sign collects data on traffic patterns so that CPD knows where to patrol to enforce safe driving. This follows the serious four-vehicle crash...
Chattanooga Burger Week Crowns Winner Of The Best Burger Of Burger Week
The fourth annual Chattanooga Burger Week presented by the Tennessee Beef Industry Council has come to a close. Twenty-six of Chattanooga’s best restaurants featured a burger of their choice for only $7 from April 15-21. Participating restaurants served over 10,000+ burgers throughout the week and fought hard to prove that theirs is the best.
Shallowford fire spreads smoke column through East Brainerd
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — First responders were on the scene of an area fire earlier Thursday morning in Shallowford. 911 received multiple calls of a possible dumpster or car fire from 6801 Shallowford Road. There was a large column of smoke seen throughout the East Brainerd area. CFD reported...
Man charged with following, fondling woman in Tennessee Walmart aisles
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WTVC) — A man is facing charges in Tennessee after police say he followed a woman in a Walmart and fondled her back and buttocks. Signal Mountain Police arrested 59-year-old Michael Edward Levan on Saturday. An affidavit obtained by WTVC says the incident happened on the evening...
TWRA to restock lakes in Fountain City, Maryville for summer fishing
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Just in time for summer, the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency has announced plans to restock channel catfish in five community fishing lakes in Tennessee, including in Fountain City and Maryville. The restocking will take place in late April at Greenbelt Lake in Maryville, Fountain City Lake in Knoxville, Cameron Brown Lake […]
Walker County sheriff says Ring camera footage could help identify attempted burglar
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Sheriff Steve Wilson told us Thursday in an email,. We have identified the man in the Ring camera video as Jesse Hatfield, of a Chickamauga, GA address. A warrant has been issued charging Hatfield with Criminal Trespass. Hatfield is currently on probation." Ring camera...
Southern Autoworkers Call B.S. on Republican Anti-Union Agitprop
The UAW’s successful unionization effort last week at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee—the first successful unionization effort at a car factory in the South since the 1940s—is breaking the brains of Republicans in that region. They’re truly astonished that workers might not trust their corporate overlords with their working conditions, pay, health, and retirement.Tennessee’s Republican Governor Bill Lee—along with Governors Kay Ivey (AL), Brian Kemp (GA), Tate Reeves (MS), Henry McMaster (SC), and Greg Abbott (TX)—issued a joint statement last Tuesday condemning the vote, declaring themselves “highly concerned about the unionization campaign driven by misinformation and scare tactics” of...
East Ridge Hosts Craft Fair Benefiting East Ridge City Library
The public is invited to join the “Friends of the East Ridge Library” as they host the first-ever Craft Fair to benefit East Ridge City Library this Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the library at 1515 Tombras Ave. in East Ridge. The Collegedale Airport is reviving its...
Walker County angler reels in new state record fish
DALTON – Angler Jeffrey Forester of Rossville landed a record 1-pound (10 13/16-inches) rock bass on April 6 on South Chickamauga Creek in north Georgia. Forester's catch will be the first recognized rock bass state record, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. “Until this catch, I think I have literally caught maybe 600-plus rock bass, and only two of those hit the length limit for...
Man Arrested In Alabama For Homicide Near Skate Park On April 12
Chattanooga Police Department, in conjunction with the United States Marshals Service (USMS), arrested Demetre Tayshaun Isaac, 29, in connection with the homicide of Michael Buttram. The homicide occurred on April 12, in the 1700 block of Reggie White Boulevard in a parking lot near the skate park. On April 12,...
Chattanooga homeless encampment homicide suspect arrested
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Chattanooga Police have made an arrest in the homicide that happened Saturday at a homeless encampment. Officers arrested 29-year-old Craig Lamont Jeffries. Saturday morning, CPD found 40-year-old Jonathan McClellan dead from a gunshot wound at the camp on Bonny Oaks Drive. They say a separate...
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