News

     Four and a half years after a tragic boating accident, a local young man is named a CNN Hero.
     We've introduced you to double amputee Jordan Thomas in the past.
     He started a foundation raising more than $400,000 for kids' prosthetics, and now he's being honored for that hard work.
     WDEF News 12's Mandy Odom has his story in a News 12 Update.

     We can now tell you who the victims were in Thursday night's double tragedy on McCallie avenue.
     It happened on the McCallie Viaduct.
     Witnesses say a Cartersville, Georgia man stepped out in front of traffic.. And couldn't get back to the curb in time.

   It's been a dangerous 24 hours for pedestrians in the Tennessee Valley.
   Police make an arrest in the pedestrian struck case Thursday night in Dalton.
    A car hit a woman at Emery Street near McBride.

     Bradley County authorities make another arrest in the beating of 19-year old Timothy Farmer.
     They picked up 31-year old Daniel Thomas Dixon late last night.
     Dixon, who lives on Old Harrison Pike, faces attempted first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder.

     The Majestic 12..is a "green" theatre.
     In this case, it means the new building is the first LEED certified theatre in the country.
     The formal opening was a film-cutting ceremony on the sidewalk at 311 Broad Street.
     RiverCity Company invested 7-million dollars in the building which is leased to Carmike theatres.
     Other funding came from the Benwood and Lyndhurst Foundations.
     It was not built in the traditional way.