A surfer was bit by a shark while swimming in Florida on Friday. The 22-year-old was in the waters in New Smyrna Beach around 5 p.m. when she was bit on the foot by a shark while in chest deep water, according to Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Captain Tamra Malphurs. The woman, from…
A Dunkin’ employee was arrested Friday after an Illinois State Trooper discovered mucus in his drink. The trooper, based in Chicago, bought a large black coffee on Thursday evening and removed the lid to cool it down when he discovered “a large, thick piece of mucus which was later confirmed to be saliva,” floating in…
The US Marshals are auctioning off a collection of hats, shirts, wristbands and other merchandise from the infamous Fyre Festival fraud. The 126 minor items up for sale were seized by the federal government from Billy McFarland, the 28-year-old organizer of Fyre Festival, the 2017 event in the Bahamas that has become shorthand for scams…
Wamp tells about why the civil rights icon made secret visits to Chattanooga. The post Zach Wamp & Yusuf Hakeem remember John Lewis appeared first on WDEF.
It started as an investigation of electronic child pornography. The post Chattanoog man charged with rape of a child appeared first on WDEF.
Tennessee Valley (WDEF): Showers And Storms Likely Both Thursday & Friday, And A Few Of These Could Be Strong! This Morning: Any spotty showers tapering off through with some clouds. Quite warm and muggy, with lows in the low to mid 70’s – cooler away from the City. This Afternoon: Scattered showers and storms will…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) – The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the case of a body found in the Ooltewah area. The body was at a home on Green Shanty Road. Detectives have sent it to the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine a cause of death. The post Detectives investigating death in Ooltewah appeared first…
They found Gabriel Boykins in Knoxville this morning. The post Police arrest suspect in murder of mother and child appeared first on WDEF.
It was a wild night in the Tennessee Valley. Storms raged as teams tried to complete their Week 1 games. Join Cowboy and Coca-Cola Red Zone Sideline Reporter Jeff Cate as they discuss the wet and wild action of Week 1 High School Football.
Check out some of our favorite Superbowl commercials! Amazon, “Alexa Loses Her Voice” (BTW, you can listen to WGOW-FM on Alexa by saying, “Alexa, enable the Talk One Oh Two Point Three skill!” and to WGOW-AM by saying, “Alexa, enable the News W-G-O-W skill!”) NFL, “Touchdown Celebrations to Come” Budweiser, “Stand By You” Doritos, “DORITOS BLAZE…
On Monday, there was a proliferation of “pink sky” shots sent in by listeners. Followed by obligatory, condescending “explanation of phenomenon” by meteorologists. Best example I’ve ever seen…lasted 5 mins, or so at Henson’s Gap/Lewis Chapel Mtn., overlooking Dunlap, Tn. Launch ramp of “Tennessee TreeToppers” hanggliding club.
I boycotted the NFL for 2 years. And I had a good reason….not faux-outrage from the right nor the left. But I digress. I hear the calls for protests…for boycotts of the NFL over Colin Kaepernick’s not being signed by any NFL team as quarterback. They say it’s because of the former 49’ers QB’s…