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https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/p/q/69ce7fba69d497fa2b6779044937565f517c6da2_fl9-720p-200x113.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/p/q/69ce7fba69d497fa2b6779044937565f517c6da2_fl9-720p-640x360.jpg 640w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/p/q/69ce7fba69d497fa2b6779044937565f517c6da2_fl9-720p.jpg 1280w" alt="Techbyte 327 Saving On Tech" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/verizon-brings-new-tech-and-new-savings/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Verizon brings New Tech and New Savings">Verizon brings New Tech and New Savings</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/tech-byte/">Tech Byte</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/pmoates/">Patrick Moates</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">3 hours ago</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> CHATTANOOGA, TN - According to new data from the Commerce Department, Americans are saving more and spending less. 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(WDEF) -- The YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga will launch its Free Summer Food Program on May 27, 2025. This program offers free meals to children 18 and under across seven counties in Tennessee…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2152501" class="cf post-2152501 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chattanooga category-featured category-hamilton-county category-local-news post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2152501"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/mayor-wamp-blasts-erlanger-naming-rights-deal-for-new-lookouts-stadium/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/f/y/photo-may-22-2025-5-37-24-pm-1024x815.jpg" width="770" height="613" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/f/y/photo-may-22-2025-5-37-24-pm-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/f/y/photo-may-22-2025-5-37-24-pm-300x239.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/f/y/photo-may-22-2025-5-37-24-pm-768x612.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/f/y/photo-may-22-2025-5-37-24-pm-200x159.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/f/y/photo-may-22-2025-5-37-24-pm-452x360.jpg 452w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/f/y/photo-may-22-2025-5-37-24-pm.jpg 1095w" alt="Photo May 22 2025 5 37 24 Pm" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/mayor-wamp-blasts-erlanger-naming-rights-deal-for-new-lookouts-stadium/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Mayor Wamp blasts Erlanger naming rights deal for new Lookouts stadium">Mayor Wamp blasts Erlanger naming rights deal for new Lookouts stadium</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/featured/">Featured</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/bios/nick-hill/">Nick Hill</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">4 hours ago</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> UPDATE (5/23/2025): After reaching out to Erlanger and the Lookouts for comment on Mayor Weston Wamp's statement on Erlanger's decision to buy naming right to…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2152486" class="cf post-2152486 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-consumer-news category-featured category-local-news post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2152486"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/rate-freeze-enacted-for-georgia-power-customers/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2018/02/e/d/georgiapower.logo_.web_.jpg" width="770" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2018/02/e/d/georgiapower.logo_.web_.jpg 810w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2018/02/e/d/georgiapower.logo_.web_-300x169.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2018/02/e/d/georgiapower.logo_.web_-768x431.jpg 768w" alt="" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/rate-freeze-enacted-for-georgia-power-customers/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Rate freeze enacted for Georgia Power customers">Rate freeze enacted for Georgia Power customers</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/consumer-news/">Consumer News</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/bios/nick-hill/">Nick Hill</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">5 hours ago</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. 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Around 1:30 a.m. on May 22, 2025, Dekalb…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2152305" class="cf post-2152305 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-health category-us-world-news tag-cereal tag-health tag-health-news tag-kids-cereal tag-study tag-unhealthy list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2152305"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/kids-breakfast-cereals-have-been-getting-more-unhealthy-study-finds/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/z/e/colorful-cereal-1024x768.jpg" width="770" height="578" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/z/e/colorful-cereal-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/z/e/colorful-cereal-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/z/e/colorful-cereal-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/z/e/colorful-cereal-200x150.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/z/e/colorful-cereal-480x360.jpg 480w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/z/e/colorful-cereal.jpg 1280w" alt="Colorful Cereal" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/kids-breakfast-cereals-have-been-getting-more-unhealthy-study-finds/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Kids' breakfast cereals have been getting more unhealthy, study finds">Kids' breakfast cereals have been getting more unhealthy, study finds</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/health/">Health</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/cbs-news/">CBS News</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">May 22, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> Breakfast cereal is often appealing for being easy, kid friendly — and sweet. 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deal for new Lookouts stadium</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/featured/">Featured</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/bios/nick-hill/">Nick Hill</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">4 hours ago</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> UPDATE (5/23/2025): After reaching out to Erlanger and the Lookouts for comment on Mayor Weston Wamp's statement on Erlanger's decision to buy naming right to…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2152334" class="cf post-2152334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chattanooga category-featured category-hamilton-county category-local-news post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" 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(WDEF)- Lee University is facing a federal lawsuit. (more…)</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2097163" class="cf post-2097163 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bradley-county category-cleveland category-crime category-featured category-local-news tag-cleveland tag-cleveland-police tag-cleveland-police-department tag-hit-and-run tag-suspect-search post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2097163"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/cleveland-berry-street-hit-and-run-suspect-arrested/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/u/x/hit-and-run-2-1024x768.jpg" width="770" height="578" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/u/x/hit-and-run-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/u/x/hit-and-run-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/u/x/hit-and-run-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/u/x/hit-and-run-2-200x150.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/u/x/hit-and-run-2-480x360.jpg 480w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/u/x/hit-and-run-2.jpg 1280w" alt="Hit And Run 2" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/cleveland-berry-street-hit-and-run-suspect-arrested/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Cleveland Berry Street hit and run suspect arrested">Cleveland Berry Street hit and run suspect arrested</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/bradley-county/">Bradley County</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/rrandolph/">Rainey Randolph</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">April 1, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> UPDATE (4/2/2025): A suspect has been arrested in connection to the hit-and-run incident on Berry Street in Cleveland over the weekend. Cleveland police say they…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2096932" class="cf post-2096932 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bradley-county category-crime category-featured category-local-news tag-arrested tag-bradley-county tag-bradley-county-sheriffs-office tag-k9-unit tag-tennessee-highway-patrol list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2096932"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/bradley-county-k9-unit-tracks-down-fleeing-suspect/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap square"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest-1024x1024.jpg" width="770" height="770" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest-300x300.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest-150x150.jpg 150w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest-768x768.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest-200x200.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest-360x360.jpg 360w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest-125x125.jpg 125w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/e/p/bradley-county-k9-assists-in-arrest.jpg 1536w" alt="Bradley County K9 Assists In Arrest" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/bradley-county-k9-unit-tracks-down-fleeing-suspect/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Bradley County K9 unit tracks down fleeing suspect">Bradley County K9 unit tracks down fleeing suspect</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/bradley-county/">Bradley County</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/rrandolph/">Rainey Randolph</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">March 31, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Bradley County K9 Unit assisted in the capture of a fleeing suspect. 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(WDEF) -- A Georgia woman has pleaded “no contest” to a charge of TennCare fraud. Erikea Akridge now lives in Crandall, Georgia but used to be in Tennessee. The state says she…</p></section></div></div></article></div> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">gtx_ads_conf.ads["ad-manager-898092-6"]= {"custom_css":[],"out_of_page_ad":false,"lazyload":"global","ad_details":[{"min_width":"768","max_width":"","dfp_ad_sizes":[{"dfp_ad_width":"728","dfp_ad_height":"90"},{"dfp_ad_width":"728","dfp_ad_height":"250"}]},{"min_width":"","max_width":"767","dfp_ad_sizes":[{"dfp_ad_width":"320","dfp_ad_height":"50"},{"dfp_ad_width":"320","dfp_ad_height":"100"},{"dfp_ad_width":"300","dfp_ad_height":"250"},{"dfp_ad_width":"300","dfp_ad_height":"100"},{"dfp_ad_width":"300","dfp_ad_height":"50"}]}],"ad_id":"898092","ad_container":"div-ad-manager-898092-6","ad_placement":"banner-feed","ad_name":"ad-manager-898092-6","position":"","article_position":""};</script> <div class="ad-manager-placeholder " id="ad-manager-898092-6" data-ad-id="898092"> <div id="wrapper-div-ad-manager-898092-6" style="" class="gtx-ad-wrapper gtx-dfp-ad-wrapper "> <div id="div-ad-manager-898092-6" class="gtx-dfp-ad-inner-wrapper"> <script type="text/javascript"> var slotData = { slotID: "ad-manager-898092-6", slotName: "/132916964,1079947/wdef.com/homepage", placement: "banner-feed", position: "", sizes: [[728,90],[728,250],[320,50],[320,100],[300,250],[300,100],[300,50]], mapkeys: [[768,99999],[0,767]], mapbreaks: [[[728,90],[728,250]],[[320,50],[320,100],[300,250],[300,100],[300,50]]], adName: "ad-manager-898092-6", adContainer: "div-ad-manager-898092-6", outOfPage: 0, optimera: 0, lazyload: 1 } gtx_ads_conf.lazy.push(slotData); </script> </div> </div> </div><style type="text/css" media="screen"> .clt-120071 .thumb-wrap { width: 100%; margin-bottom: 5px; } @media only screen and (min-width: 52em) { .clt-120071 .thumb-wrap { width: 30%; margin: 0 20px 0 0; } } .clt-120071 .thumb-wrap { display: block;float: left;} .clt-120071 .inner-thumb-wrap { padding: 66.67% 0 0 0; } .content-primary-cat a { font-size: 13px; } </style> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_content_element"> <div id="cl-120084-120071" class="content-list-wrapper clt-120071 content-list-basic cl-Basic cl-thumb-float-left landscape blurred-bg" data-cl-template="120071"> <div class="loop-wrapper articles"><article id="post-2087198" class="cf post-2087198 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bradley-county category-local-news tag-bradley-county tag-bradley-county-sheriffs-office tag-drone tag-missing-juvenile list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2087198"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/bradley-county-sheriffs-office-drone-team-locates-missing-juvenile/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/09/v/m/police11-1024x768.jpg" width="770" height="578" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/09/v/m/police11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/09/v/m/police11-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/09/v/m/police11-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/09/v/m/police11-200x150.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/09/v/m/police11-480x360.jpg 480w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/09/v/m/police11.jpg 1280w" alt="Police11" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/bradley-county-sheriffs-office-drone-team-locates-missing-juvenile/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Bradley County Sheriff's Office drone team locates missing juvenile">Bradley County Sheriff's Office drone team locates missing juvenile</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/bradley-county/">Bradley County</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/rrandolph/">Rainey Randolph</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">March 25, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Bradley County Sheriff's Office's (BCSO) drone team located a missing juvenile in a wooded area. On the night of March 24, 2025, BCSO received…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2087020" class="cf post-2087020 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bradley-county category-cleveland category-government-politics category-local-news tag-bradley-county tag-cleveland tag-kevin-raper tag-state-representative tag-tennessee tag-tennessee-house post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2087020"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/representative-kevin-raper-to-return-to-tennessee-house-following-liver-transplant/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap portrait"> <div class="bgi" style="background-image: url(https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-819x1024.jpg);"></div> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-819x1024.jpg" width="770" height="963" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-240x300.jpg 240w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-768x960.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-200x250.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-288x360.jpg 288w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/m/b/kevin-raper-scaled.jpg 2048w" alt="Raper, Kevin Rep" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/representative-kevin-raper-to-return-to-tennessee-house-following-liver-transplant/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Representative Kevin Raper to return to Tennessee House following liver transplant">Representative Kevin Raper to return to Tennessee House following liver transplant</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/bradley-county/">Bradley County</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/rrandolph/">Rainey Randolph</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">March 25, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> CLEVELAND, Tenn. 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id="post-2149534" class="cf post-2149534 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dalton category-featured category-local-news category-whitfield-county post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2149534"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/internet-outage-delays-dalton-teens-deportation-bond-hearing/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651.png" width="407" height="403" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651.png 407w, 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rel="bookmark" title="Internet outage delays Dalton teen's deportation bond hearing">Internet outage delays Dalton teen's deportation bond hearing</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/featured/">Featured</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/bios/nick-hill/">Nick Hill</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">May 20, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> DALTON, Ga. (WDEF)- A Dalton teen who police say was wrongly arrested a few weeks ago was supposed to face her deportation hearing Tuesday. (more…)</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2146687" class="cf post-2146687 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dalton category-featured category-local-news category-whitfield-county post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2146687"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/community-members-frustrated-with-dalton-police-following-mistaken-arrest-that-could-get-college-student-deported/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651.png" width="407" height="403" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651.png 407w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651-300x297.png 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651-150x150.png 150w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651-200x198.png 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651-364x360.png 364w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/c/s/screenshot-2025-05-12-163651-125x125.png 125w" alt="Screenshot 2025 05 12 163651" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/community-members-frustrated-with-dalton-police-following-mistaken-arrest-that-could-get-college-student-deported/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Community members frustrated with Dalton Police following mistaken arrest that could get college student deported">Community members frustrated with Dalton Police following mistaken arrest that could get college student deported</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/featured/">Featured</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/bios/nick-hill/">Nick Hill</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">May 13, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> DALTON, Ga. (WDEF)- 19 year old Xiamena Aries-Cristobal was arrested last week in Dalton. (more…)</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2146110" class="cf post-2146110 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dalton category-featured category-local-news category-whitfield-county tag-arrested tag-charged tag-charges-dropped tag-dalton tag-dalton-police-department tag-detained tag-ice post_content_term-contains-gallery has-gallery list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2146110"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/dalton-woman-mistakenly-pulled-over-charges-dropped-still-in-ice-custody/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap portrait"> <div class="bgi" style="background-image: url(https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/h/i/screenshot-2025-05-12-163633.png);"></div> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/h/i/screenshot-2025-05-12-163633.png" width="408" height="410" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/h/i/screenshot-2025-05-12-163633.png 408w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/h/i/screenshot-2025-05-12-163633-300x300.png 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/h/i/screenshot-2025-05-12-163633-150x150.png 150w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/h/i/screenshot-2025-05-12-163633-200x201.png 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/h/i/screenshot-2025-05-12-163633-358x360.png 358w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/05/h/i/screenshot-2025-05-12-163633-125x125.png 125w" alt="Screenshot 2025 05 12 163633" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/dalton-woman-mistakenly-pulled-over-charges-dropped-still-in-ice-custody/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Dalton woman mistakenly pulled over, charges dropped, still in ICE custody">Dalton woman mistakenly pulled over, charges dropped, still in ICE custody</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/dalton/">Dalton</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/rrandolph/">Rainey Randolph</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">May 12, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- Traffic charges against Ximena Arias-Cristobal have been dismissed after dash cam footage revealed she was mistakenly pulled over during a traffic stop earlier this month. The incident occurred on May 5, 2025, when Arias-Cristobal…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2127090" class="cf post-2127090 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-crime category-featured category-local-news category-whitfield-county tag-gbi tag-georgia-bureau-of-investigation tag-pursuit tag-vehicle-pursuit tag-whitfield-county tag-whitfield-county-sheriffs-office list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2127090"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/calhoun-officer-shot-at-during-domestic-call-at-bucees-turns-into-deadly-vehicle-pursuit/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/b/r/bucees-1024x768.jpg" width="770" height="578" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/b/r/bucees-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/b/r/bucees-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/b/r/bucees-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/b/r/bucees-200x150.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/b/r/bucees-480x360.jpg 480w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/04/b/r/bucees.jpg 1280w" alt="Bucees" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/calhoun-officer-shot-at-during-domestic-call-at-bucees-turns-into-deadly-vehicle-pursuit/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Calhoun officer shot at during domestic call at Buc-ee’s, turns into deadly vehicle pursuit">Calhoun officer shot at during domestic call at Buc-ee’s, turns into deadly vehicle pursuit</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/crime/">Crime</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/rrandolph/">Rainey Randolph</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">April 17, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> UPDATE (4/17/2025): The suspect involved in a vehicle pursuit in Whitfield County early Thursday morning is believed to have also shot at officers at the Bucee's in Calhoun. Officers with the Calhoun Police Department…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2116533" class="cf post-2116533 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dalton category-education category-featured category-golden-apple-award category-golden-apple-award-2024-2025 category-local-news category-whitfield-county tag-dalton-high-school tag-education tag-food-city tag-golden-apple-award post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2116533"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/golden-apple-award-deborah-baker-dalton-high-school/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2022/10/r/x/gaa-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg" width="770" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2022/10/r/x/gaa-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2022/10/r/x/gaa-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2022/10/r/x/gaa-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2022/10/r/x/gaa-1280x720-1-200x113.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2022/10/r/x/gaa-1280x720-1-640x360.jpg 640w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2022/10/r/x/gaa-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w" alt="Golden Apple Award" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/golden-apple-award-deborah-baker-dalton-high-school/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Golden Apple Award: Deborah Baker, Dalton High School">Golden Apple Award: Deborah Baker, Dalton High School</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/dalton/">Dalton</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/bios/andrew-harrison/">Andrew Harrison</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">April 8, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> DALTON, GA (WDEF) - Deborah Baker has dedicated her long teacher career making a difference in the lives of her students. 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(WDEF) -- The Whitfield County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) is actively searching for an inmate who walked away from a work crew. Vincente Vasquez-Lopez walked away near Five Springs Road and South…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2086665" class="cf post-2086665 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education category-local-news category-whitfield-county tag-georgia tag-teacher-of-the-year tag-whitfield-county list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2086665"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/whitfield-county-educator-named-finalist-for-georgia-teacher-of-the-year/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/k/y/beth-taylor-1024x683.jpg" width="770" height="514" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/k/y/beth-taylor-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/k/y/beth-taylor-300x200.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/k/y/beth-taylor-768x512.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/k/y/beth-taylor-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/k/y/beth-taylor-200x133.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/k/y/beth-taylor-540x360.jpg 540w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2025/03/k/y/beth-taylor.jpg 1620w" alt="Beth Taylor" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/whitfield-county-educator-named-finalist-for-georgia-teacher-of-the-year/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="Whitfield County educator named finalist for Georgia Teacher of the Year">Whitfield County educator named finalist for Georgia Teacher of the Year</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/education/">Education</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/wdefnews/">WDEF News</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">March 24, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p>WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- One of the ten finalists for teacher of the year in Georgia is from Whitfield County Beth Taylor teaches K-thru-5 at Varnell Elementary. The state school superintendent flew in to the school by helicopter to…</p></section></div></div></article><article id="post-2032215" class="cf post-2032215 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-block-3 category-catoosa-county category-chattooga-county category-dade-county category-education category-featured category-local-news category-murray-county category-walker-county category-whitfield-county post_content_term-contains-video has-video type-video list editable post cf" role="article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" data-post-id="2032215"><div class="basic-content-wrap cf"> <div class="thumb-wrap thumb-float-left crop"> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/15-local-schools-make-georgia-under-performing-list-qualifying-students-for-private-school-scholarships/" target="_self"> <div class="inner-thumb-wrap landscape"> <figure> <img src="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/12/l/l/3f7606bc8f18219c6a7ffc9656109c569b8d6a0c_fl9-720p_75-1024x576.jpg" width="770" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/12/l/l/3f7606bc8f18219c6a7ffc9656109c569b8d6a0c_fl9-720p_75-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/12/l/l/3f7606bc8f18219c6a7ffc9656109c569b8d6a0c_fl9-720p_75-300x169.jpg 300w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/12/l/l/3f7606bc8f18219c6a7ffc9656109c569b8d6a0c_fl9-720p_75-768x432.jpg 768w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/12/l/l/3f7606bc8f18219c6a7ffc9656109c569b8d6a0c_fl9-720p_75-200x113.jpg 200w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/12/l/l/3f7606bc8f18219c6a7ffc9656109c569b8d6a0c_fl9-720p_75-640x360.jpg 640w, https://wpcdn.us-east-1.vip.tn-cloud.net/www.wdef.com/content/uploads/2024/12/l/l/3f7606bc8f18219c6a7ffc9656109c569b8d6a0c_fl9-720p_75.jpg 1280w" alt="Tn School Voucher Bill" data-aspectratio="3:2" data-crop="1" class="post-thumb attachment-large size-large"/> <div class="overlay"></div> </figure> </div> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content-wrap"><h3 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/15-local-schools-make-georgia-under-performing-list-qualifying-students-for-private-school-scholarships/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="15 local schools make Georgia under-performing list qualifying students for private school scholarships">15 local schools make Georgia under-performing list qualifying students for private school scholarships</a></h3><div class="content-primary-cat"><a href="https://www.wdef.com/category/block-3/">Block 3</a></div> <div class="entry-meta entry-author multiple-bylines"> <span class="by"></span> <a href="https://www.wdef.com/author/wparker/">Collins Parker</a><span class="author-sep">, </span> </div> <p class="entry-meta entry-date"><time class="updated entry-time" itemprop="datePublished">March 12, 2025</time></p><section class="entry-content cf"><p> ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - We have 15 local schools on the under-performing list in the state of Georgia. 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(WDEF) -- Dalton Police have arrested 53-year-old Philip Kevin McKinley in connection to a sexual assault case. 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(WDEF)- A controversial bill regarding forever chemicals was the subject of a tense hearing in Atlanta. 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(WDEF) -- A house fire in Whitfield County claimed the life of an 88-year-old Monday morning. 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