Chattanooga Police say a tow truck driver was hit by a car on Interstate 24 Thursday night.Police say it happened shortly before 7pm near mile marker 181 westbo ... Read More

Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) is investigating a deadly crash that occurred on I-24 Westbound on September 29, 2026. Read More

Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute is officially moving to Birmingham Highway in Chattanooga and is expected to open in about 2030.State officials announced that a replacement facility will be ... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

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

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

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

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

An overturned semi-truck causes I-24 Eastbound to shut down on Friday morning. A semi-truck overturned near Moccasin Bend causing traffic to come to a stand still all the way to Cummings Hwy. Morning ... Read More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF ... Assault and Failure to Appear as well as an active warrant out of the City of East Ridge for a drug related offense. In addition to these warrants, Boston will ... Read More

Be prepared for some major traffic backups next week overnight on I-24. TDOT says crews will be placing new beams for the replacement bridges at South Moore and McBrien Roads. The work will be don at ... Read More

Several multi-vehicle crashes and some falling concrete from a bridge snarled freeway traffic in Chattanooga on Wednesday morning. A multi-vehicle crash was near I-75's Exit 1 at East Ridge. Another ... Read More

A Volkswagen plant nestled against dense forests and Interstate 75 on the southern border of Tennessee has become a battleground over worker representation that could sway the future of the American ... Read More

If you are interested in seeing The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for yourself, plan a visit. The best way to reach campus is to take Interstate 75 to Chattanooga, or book a flight to the ... Read More

Cleveland Police Department Chief Mark Gibson said he and his department were '?deeply concerned by the news" of Bradley County Sheriff Steve Lawson's involvement in a car crash Sunday in ... Read More

A truck spinning out on I-24 East Monday during a winter storm. (Courtesy: Jeffery Martinez) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The residual ice from Monday's winter storm is wreaking havoc on traffic not ... Read More

Chattanooga is now the only of the four major cities in Tennessee without significant snow on the ground. Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville all have limited travel now on the interstates. You'll hit ... Read More

Here is the Walker County arrest report for Nov. 13-19: JOLLEY ANNSLEA KAITLYNN W / F 25 MISD OFFICER CARTER DUI, FAILURE TO OBEY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, FTML WILEY TREVOR HAMILTON W / M 26 ... more ... Read More

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. - Two people are dead after a crash on Interstate 24 that tied up the freeway early Saturday morning. Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) says 43-year old Thomas McNabb and ... Read More

Chattanooga Police are responding to a crash involving an overturned semi-truck that has shut down part of I-24 east in Chattanooga Tuesday evening.TDOT cameras ... Read More

A man, 44, died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash over the weekend, according to to a news release from the Chattanooga Police Department. Read More

Around 10 a.m., authorities received reports that a car was submerged in a large artificial pond behind homes on Constitutional Drive. Authorities determined an older adult drove through the wall of ... Read More

Chattanooga Police say at 5:24 p.m. they responded to a crash involving a motorcycle near mile marker 173 on I-24 eastbound. A 54-year-old man died on scene from his injuries, CPD says. Read More

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Construction of the Interstate 24 / Broad and Market Streets interchange project continues as of March 11, 2022. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation ... Read More

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Interstate traffic passes over and under at the interchange of I-75 and I-24 in October 2019. The American Transportation Research Institute ranked the 100 worst freight ... Read More

Tennessee Department of Transportation officials say a concrete barrier at the I-24 / I-75 split ... CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Interstate 75 was closed in both directions in Chattanooga on Monday after ... Read More

All I-24 eastbound traffic will be diverted to the Broad Street exit and then back onto I24 at approximately the 178.8 mm. Lane closures will start eastbound at Chattanooga creek. Read More

A multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 24 eastbound in Hamilton County has traffic backed up from the Tennessee-Georgia line west to Nickajack, according to TDOT Smartway. Eastbound traffic is ... Read More

Warner Park has had its name for one hundred years this year. In 1912, the park was renamed for Joseph H. Warner, Chattanooga commissioner of public utilities, grounds, and buildings. Mr. Warner ... Read More

From the Tennessee DOT this morning: Eastbound lanes are back open. Chattanooga, Tenn. - I-24 East at mile marker 127 in Grundy County near the Coffee County Line is now open to traffic. Read More