BRYSON CITY, North Carolina (WDEF) - A driver in North Carolina has an unusual story on how her window got smashed. The woman was driving on US74 in Swain County around 8:15 Wednesday morning when it happened. She told state…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Congressman Scott DesJarlais reports that the Tennessee Air National Guard 134th Air Refueling Wing has won a major new craft. The KC-46 Pegasus is a massive refueling and military transport aircraft that is based on the…
PRATTVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - An Alabama man has just been sentenced to 965 years in prison. And the judge says he must serve the term consecutively, which means all 965 years. 48 year old Jason Hudson was convicted of 84…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce is letting lawmakers know what they'd like to see the legislature tackle next year. Their priorities are economy, workforce and business growth. “These are not abstract goals, they are real, practical priorities…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The folks at the U-T Extension office say this is going to be a more expensive Thanksgiving in Tennessee. Despite national trends, they say the cost of a typical Thanksgiving dinner is up this year in…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The debate over extending the cellphone ban to high schools continues in Georgia. State lawmakers banned them in K-through-8 grades this school year. But lawmakers will consider extending the ban to high schools in the next legislative…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - How much did your child cost you last year? A new report by SmartAsset compares the cost by state for raising a child under five per year. The good news is that Tennessee is one of the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) — Three new stars have been added to the Music City Walk of Fame. GRAMMY-winning songwriter Liz Rose, country legend Charley Pride, and reigning CMA and ACM Group of the Year Old Dominion were inducted…
A UPS cargo plane's left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, a federal investigator said Wednesday, offering the first official…
JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WDEF) -- According to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, a truck hauling disease-carrying monkeys overturned around the 117 mile marker North…
DALLAS, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has announced that they are promoting Dalton native Daniel Nicholson to assistant special agent in charge of the…
CHATTANOOGA, Ga. (WDEF)-Gas prices are dropping. According to AAA the price of a gallon of gas could be around 3 dollars soon. It would be the first time in four years. Tennessee prices continued…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) will be shifting away from physical mail beginning on November 3, 2025. Physical mail will instead be scanned…
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Radiant, a nuclear generator company, is investing $280 million to expand their research and development into Oak Ridge, Tenn. This was announced on Monday by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee,…
VONORE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Authorities have recovered the body of a missing east Tennessee boater this morning. James McTyre was reported missing Sunday on the Tellico Reservoir in Monroe County. Searches centered on the boat…
A powerful explosion ripped through a military explosives facility in Tennessee on Friday morning, leaving multiple people dead and missing, officials said. Video from the scene showed damaged vehicles and…
HARRIMAN, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Harriman City Councilman Brian Frost has been charged with multiple counts of tampering with evidence, among other charges. A shooting had occurred at a party that was hosted at Harriman Mr.…
UPDATE: Escaped inmate Cody Allen Patterson has been located and taken back into custody without incident. A Monroe County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) deputy…
MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- On Sunday evening around 5:30 p.m., the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, as well as the Madisonville Police Department, responded to a report on New Highway 68 at Turnpike Road about…
If Christa Gail Pike's execution proceeds as planned next year, she will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee since the state began to formally document capital punishment more than a century ago.…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Gatlinburg Bypass remains closed following a landslide in the Great Smoky Mountains over the weekend. The Park service says they got almost three and a half inches of…
A man charged with firing an assault rifle from a boat at patrons of a North Carolina waterfront bar, killing three people and wounding five others, was a decorated Marine combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient whose last…
DECATUR, Ga. (WDEF) -- A man has been sentenced to 14 years for blowing up a bank ATM. Prosecutors say that in the middle of the night two years ago, he blew up a Bank of America ATM in…
Millions of people who receive food stamps could soon see smaller benefits or even get kicked out of the program due to changes that are starting to roll out from the Republicans' "big, beautiful" tax…