Drivers should plan for major road restrictions across downtown Chattanooga, Highway 27 and parts of Red Bank, Hamilton County and Soddy Daisy this weekend as I ... Read More

No school bus passengers were injured following a crash on the morning of August 28, 2026. According to the Chattanooga Police Department, a school bus and motorcycle collided. They say the ... Read More

Starting 8 a.m. CDT Monday and continuing over five days, commuters coming to Chattanooga on Interstate 24 from the west will encounter daylong lane closures on the bridge over the Tennessee River in ... Read More

A crash involving commercial vehicles temporarily shut down all southbound lanes of I-75 in Whitfield County this evening.The Whitfield County Sheriff's Office ... Read More

After a washout shortened planned concrete repairs June 5-8 on Interstate 24 over Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, the work will resume with lane closures on the eastbound side starting Friday night ... Read More

A single vehicle crash has been reported on Interstate 24 at Cummings Road near Mile Marker 173.6. The westbound right shoulder is blocked. Be prepared for slowdowns. Read More

Sound up! Fireworks from a vehicle fire shoot across the interstate in Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to the Chattanooga Fire Department, no one was injured. Read More

A trailer carrying fireworks caught fire on I-75 Saturday, sending fireworks in multiple directions and leading to the interstate being closed in both directions, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol ... Read More

A fireworks-filled trailer that caught fire along Interstate 75 over the weekend was traveling without several federally required hazardous materials safety mea ... Read More

Sound up! Fireworks from a vehicle fire shoot across the interstate in Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to the Chattanooga Fire Department, no one was injured. Read More

A box truck loaded with fireworks caught fire on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Sunday, June 7, according to fire officials. Chattanooga Fire Department via Storyful ... Read More

Fireworks from a vehicle fire shot across an interstate in Tennessee, prompting officials to shut down the highway. (Photo: @lukepankratz via CNN) ... Read More

Travelers on a Tennessee highway were treated to an unusual show when a truck caught fire, causing its load of fireworks to go off in the roadway. Read More

On June 6, a truck carrying fireworks erupted into flames on I-75 in Chattanooga, stopping traffic but entertaining motorists as they waited. Read More

A truck carrying fireworks caught fire on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Sunday, causing fireworks to explode in multiple directions. Read More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WATE) - Traffic on I-75 near Chattanooga had to be halted on Saturday after a trailer carrying fireworks ignited. Both directions of I-75 near Ooltewah were closed around 7:30 p.m. Read More

Interstate 75 was shut down in both directions as crews worked to put out a vehicle fire that caused the fireworks it was carrying to explode in all directions. Read More

Interstate 75 was shut down in both directions as crews worked to put out a vehicle fire that caused the fireworks it was carrying to explode in all directions. Read More

The recent media attention given the ongoing disputes among town officials in Cohutta, Ga., and the eventual resignation of the mayor was interesting to me due to the fact Cohutta is such a small ... Read More

New viewer video shows the moments leading up to asemi-truck overturning, shutting down 2 lanes on I-24 westbound Thursday morning.Watch:A photo from the Chatt ... Read More

We're learning more about the chemical involved in an explosion that injured 2 workers at an industrial plant in Bradley County.According to a Chattanooga Fire Attorneys for Tennessee inmate worry ... Read More

The Chattanooga Police Department is currently investigating a serious crash in the 5700 block of Highway 153. Read More

Great article about the huge development at Highway 153 and Boy Scout Road, which documented how long people have tried to protect this farmland. Read More

For years, many have dealt with the congestion caused by the construction on Interstates 24 and 75 in Chattanooga. TDOT says they have reached the end of a major phase of that project, as phase two of ... Read More

Just after 11 p.m. Tuesday, Chattanooga police responded to what the preliminary investigation showed was a car that ran into the back of a tractor-trailer that was stopped in traffic, according to a ... Read More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - An investigation is underway after a deadly crash that happened on I-24 Eastbound on April 21, 2026. Shortly after 11:00 p.m., Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) officers were ... Read More

Two people died after a car crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on Interstate 24. Just after 11 p.m. Tuesday, Chattanooga police responded to what the preliminary investigation showed was a car ... Read More

Authorities say a drug store on Highway 58 was shut down on Monday after learning that the pharmacist was trading drugs for sex acts. Nader Rahbe was arrested on charges of selling legend drugs ... Read More

A tractor trailer driver who is charged in connection with three deaths and several serious injuries in a Mother's Day crash on I-75 in East Ridge has had his cases bound to the Grand Jury. Joseph ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice said that Garry Hayes, 45, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison after pleading guilty to '?knowingly and willfully transmitting in interstate commerce a ... Read More

An Ooltewah pilot has died when his plane crashed in Arkansas. Officials say Barry Boes crashed Monday evening in Southwest Arkansas. He was returning to Chattanooga from Austin, Texas. Boes was the ... Read More

Heavy rain caused dangerous flooding in parts of Tennessee, leading to deaths, rescues, and emergency calls. Rescue teams worked for hours to help people trapped in vehicles and homes. Roads were ... Read More

A major roadway in southeastern Tennessee was forced to close on Tuesday, August 12, due to '?widespread flooding,'? according to the state's Department of Transportation. The agency said parts of ... Read More

FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. - Widespread flash flooding has been reported in Catoosa and Walker counties in northwest Georgia. The flooding also closed a portion of Interstate 24 in Chattanooga causing a ... Read More

Chattanooga received historic rainfall on Aug. 12, prompting flash flooding, road closures and water rescues. The National Weather Service recorded 6.42 inches of rain across the area, making it the ... Read More

The floodwaters shut down Interstate 24 until around 10 p.m. ET, Rae Anne Bradley, the regional communications officer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation in Chattanooga and the Cumberland ... Read More

As a result of the flooding, several Hamilton County Schools will be delayed and may close if the roads have not improved on Wednesday morning. Read More

Chattanooga Fire Department praised response crews after historic levels of rain caused mass flooding and prompted a high volume of rescues. Read More

Torrential rain struck across southern Tennessee on Tuesday, August 12, causing flash flooding and dozens of water rescues in Chattanooga. Roads and highways were closed, including I-24 between US 27 ... Read More

Flooding in Chattanooga, Tennessee has forced road closures. Photos and videos shows vehicles stranded on I-24. Chattanooga Airport recorded 6.42 inches of rain ... Read More

Hamilton County has approved millions in funding to expand a roadway located near the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant.This comes after concerns about congested tra ... Read More

No one likes driving on Chattanooga's I-24 / I-75 split. It seems to get more crowded by the day. And before construction work began to fix it, state officials ca ... Read More

Hamilton County Sheriff's deputies were advised around 7 p.m. on Wednesday that a red Nissan Frontier was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic in the area of Hixson Pike and Ashland Terrace. Read More

A multi-agency undercover operation targeting human trafficking in the Chattanooga area has resulted in the arrests of four individuals, according to the Tennes ... Read More

The plane, which had 20 people on board, crashed on Sunday afternoon. Four people were injured, one critically, officials said. Read More

This story has been updated. New information has emerged after a skydiving plane with 20 people on board crashed in Tennessee. The incident happened at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, June 8 in the city of ... Read More

A woman died in a crash on Highway 58 in Chattanooga Friday afternoon, according to police.Chattanooga Police say the crash happened around 2 p.m. in the 4700 b ... Read More

An undercover joint operation by special agents with TBI's Human Trafficking Unit, the Chattanooga Police Department, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, The Soddy Daisy Police Department, the Tenne ... Read More

Lane Smith, 23, from Fayetteville, Tennessee, died after the crash near the Georgia-Tennessee state line. His son, 22-month-old Sawyer, died a week later. Read More

On Mother's Day, a man from Fayetteville, Tennessee, lost his life in a multi-vehicle collision near Chattanooga. Officers and firefighters were sent to I-75 North in response to an accident involving ... Read More

A Fayetteville, Tennessee, man was killed in a multi-vehicle wreck in Chattanooga on Mother's Day. According to the East Ridge Police Department, officers and fire crews were dispatched to I-75 North ... Read More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. ( WAFF) - A Fayetteville, Tennessee, man was killed in a multi-vehicle wreck in Chattanooga on Mother's Day. According to the East Ridge Police Department, officers and fire crews ... Read More

The family of Lane, Baleigh, Brynlee, and Sawyer were in the deadly accident on Interstate 75 on Sunday. Lane did not survive. Baleigh, Brynlee, and Sawyer were all critically injured. Click here for ... Read More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A GoFundMe has been started for a family who was involved in the I-75 fatal crash Sunday. Lane, Baleigh, Brynlee, and Sawyer were on their way home from a dance competition ... Read More

Monday night, members of the Lincoln County community gathered together to pray for the Smith family after a deadly wreck on I-75 near Chattanooga on Mother's Day. Read More

The incident happened in the area of East Ridge, southeast of Chattanooga, on Sunday. EAST RIDGE, Tenn. - A man has been charged after a crash on I-75 on Sunday claimed lives near the ... Read More

We're working to learn more about a multi-vehicle crash on I-75 northbound on Sunday, near the Tennessee Welcome Center. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), the crash ... Read More

We're working to learn more about a multi-vehicle crash on I-75 northbound on Sunday, near the Tennessee Welcome Center.According to the Tennessee Department of ... Read More

We're working to learn more about a multi-vehicle crash on I-75 northbound on Sunday, near the Tennessee Welcome Center.According to the Tennessee Department of ... Read More

The number of big rigs on the road will likely decline leading into summer as President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs on foreign trade take hold, according to an area trucking industry ... Read More

A man died after a shooting on Interstate 24 early Sunday morning, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Police Department. The victim, a 22-year-old man, was driving eastbound when ... Read More

The pursuit entered Hamilton County on Highway 60 where Hamilton County deputies joined in the pursuit to assist the Rhea County Sheriff's Office. Throughout the pursuit the suspect, later identified ... Read More

A pursuit involving multiple law enforcement agencies ended Thursday morning with a crash and foot pursuit just before the I-75 and Highway 153 interchange. Read More

When my family and I ? husband and two dogs ? moved from Florida to Tennessee in 2014, we stopped at the rest area off Interstate 24 in Chattanooga. A sign reading "Tennessee The Volunteer ... Read More

As part of Phase 2 (the second of two projects) to widen and improve the I-75 at I-24 interchange, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) contract crews must implement lane closures on I-24 ... Read More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Chattanooga firefighters helped deliver a baby on the side of I-24 early Thursday morning. The Chattanooga Fire Department said a family had to pull over and call 911 while stuck ... Read More

A traffic stop in the 10100 block of Lee Highway resulted in the driver getting arrested for felony possession of a Schedule VI drug. Deceptive practice involving personal information was ... more ... Read More

(WSIL) - KYTC crews plan to repair potholes along Interstate 24 starting ... east of the Tennessee River Bridge. Crews will then work west to mile marker 16. Crews will then go eastbound back ... Read More

A visitation for Wendy will be held Monday, March 3, 2025 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Chattanooga Funeral Home, North Chapel, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343. Arrangements are by the North ... Read More

Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory, and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343. Please share your thoughts and memories at chattanooganorthchapel.com ... Read More

HIXSON, Tenn. - A pedestrian was hit by a car and killed along Highway 153 in Hixson Saturday night, according to Chattanooga Police. Our crew on scene saw heavy police presence where the road ... Read More

Following a two-year pilot program at 12 intersections along the M.L. King Boulevard smart corridor, Chattanooga will implement a new traffic management solution throughout the downtown area. Read More

Ouster (OUST) was awarded a two-million-dollar contract to deploy its Ouster BlueCity traffic management solution in Chattanooga, Tennessee to ... Read More

As anyone who regularly drives on I-75 during rush hour in Chattanooga knows, or any other interstate across the region for that matter, Tennessee, like others in the South, is a growing state. Read More

By 9 a.m., snow and patchy ice had been reported on Interstate 24, U.S. Highway 27, U.S. Highway 11, State Route 153, State Route 58, State Route 27, State Route 111, 4th Street, M.L. King Jr. Read More

The National Weather Service says "heavy snow is possible" in a Winter Storm set to begin Friday morning. The NWS says 3-7 inches are possible in the region that includes Southwest Virginia and East ... Read More

Raising Cane's arrives in Hixson Thursday with its first Chattanooga-area location, complete with a grand opening to celebrate its debut. Located at 5435 Highway 153 off Highway 135, the 11th Raising ... Read More

We have no further information at this time. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Tonight, in East Chattanooga, Green Shift companies were dispatched to the 2600 block of Winterhaven Drive following ... Read More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Tennessee has been ranked among the top ten states for motor vehicle thefts, according to new FBI crime data. The state recorded more than 28 thefts per 100,000 citizens ... Read More

He attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and received ... at the Hamilton Memorial Gardens, 5351 Highway 153 Chattanooga, Tn. 37343. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations ... Read More

2 brothers both face charges after a 19-year-old woman was shot on at the Bojangles restaurant on Highway 58 in Chattanooga Monday ... east of Highway 153 and near the Krystal, Sonic and Bojangles ... Read More

Police were called to the Bojangles on Highway 58 on Monday after a woman was shot in the face. Damien Deshawn Bennett, 21, of 4608 Beverly Kay Dr. in Chattanooga, was arrested for attempted first ... Read More

Fire On Side Of Lookout Mountain Causes ... Chattanooga Fire companies were dispatched to the 700 block of S. Scenic Highway after 911 received ... Tennessee Forestry, CFD, Lookout Mountain ... Read More

Early Tuesday morning, a multi-vehicle crash with an entrapment causes I-75 to come to a standstill. TDOT reports the crash happened around 3:17 A.M. which caused I-74 Northbound to shutdown near the ... Read More

Located along the Tennessee River Gorge just south of downtown Chattanooga, Ruby Falls is one of Lookout Mountain's most popular attractions - and it was discovered completely by accident. Read More

(WKRN) - Police activity on I-24 near Joe B Jackson Parkway is causing heavy traffic delays in Rutherford County. All eastbound lanes ... on the scene since 1:59 a.m. Wednesday morning. Read More

The family of a Soddy-Daisy woman who was killed in a rare car accident says there are still unanswered questions.Despite what police reports say, the family of ... Read More

A U.S. marshal shot and killed a man in Chattanooga who dragged him with his vehicle on Monday, prompting a state investigation. The marshal shot Samuel Story after he backed his vehicle into him ... Read More

Here are upcoming special event and construction road closures: Ross' Landing and the Waterfront will have restricted vehicle access during the Three Sisters Bluegrass Festival (Friday and Saturday) ... Read More