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08/08/2025

: GPT 5: OpenAI just announced ChatGPT-5, a new version of its AI chatbot that promises faster, smarter, and more human-like responses.

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A new version of ChatGPT has arrived that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promises will have Ph.D-level smarts.

08/08/2025

: NEW LOOK: Rock City is getting a fresh look, with the iconic gnomes taking center stage.

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Rock City has launched a new look that puts its gnome characters front and center for the first time.

08/08/2025

Warm and humid into the 2nd weekend of August with more rain and thunder possible. Details in the latest update of exclusive video .

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08/08/2025

Many thanks to viewer Anthony Wheeler from Chattanooga for a colorful view of the Patten Chapel / Browns Ferry Road area... Thursday's Clay Kissner Paving & Seal Coating .

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08/08/2025

and clouds mixed over Lake Chickamauaga at Island Cove Marina & Resort early Thursday evening.

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08/07/2025

Thanks to viewer Pam Marler of Dayton for a view of pupper Gracie Blue... Thursday evening's 1% Lists Scenic City .

08/07/2025

ATHENS HOMICIDE: A suspect in a Wednesday night homicide in Athens remains on the run this evening. We have learned some of his criminal history, plus how area schools responded to the ongoing manhunt.

ATHENS, Tenn. (WDEF)- A suspect is on the run in McMinn County after Athens Police say he shot two men last night, killing one of them. Carlos Quintana is a person of interest in a homicide that occurred Wednesday night in Athens near J.L. Cook Memorial Park. Police say that this shooting occurred i...

08/07/2025

127 YARD SALE: Shoppers are hitting the road for a 690-mile hunt for bargains at the World’s Longest Yard Sale.

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Signal Mountain, TN (WDEF) — It’s a bargain hunter’s dream—and it’s officially underway. The World’s Longest Yard Sale kicked off Thursday morning, stretching an impressive 690 miles from Gadsden, Alabama, all the way to Michigan. Along the route lies Taft Highway in Signal Mountain, a ...

08/07/2025

HELP AND HOPE: A Cleveland nonprofit is raising the alarm as it sees a record surge in calls about newborns exposed to drugs, surpassing last year’s total with months still to go.

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A Tennessee ministry is seeing a record number of drug-exposed newborns, and says now is the time to help their mothers recover.

08/07/2025

NEW POLICY: TennCare’s expanded coverage of weight-loss drugs earns praise from the American Diabetes Association, as advocates call it a game-changer in the fight against obesity.

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TennCare’s new policy may be a turning point in the fight against obesity in Tennessee.

08/07/2025

Thursday: Neither cooler nor blazing hot... just close to typical August normal temperatures for the next week or so. Details tonight on .

08/07/2025

RUSHED TO HELP: Unarmed soldiers tackled a fellow service member who opened fire at Fort Stewart, wounding five before being taken into custody.

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Unarmed soldiers rushed a fellow service member who allegedly opened fire at Fort Stewart in Georgia, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said Thursday.