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TDFN: Farragut at Bradley Central

Tennessee Valley (WDEF) —Bradley Central lost to Farragut 37-30 in their season opener Friday night. Check out these game highlights! Tune in every Friday night at 11:15 p.m. for Touchdown Friday Night on News 12 Now! Catch a wrap up…

Student describes chaotic scene at bus crash

HARRISON, Tenn. (WDEF) - "When something like this happens, like, it's just, you really don't know how to react," Noah Rha said. Rha was one of the around 50 students on Hamilton County School bus 331 when it collided head-on…

Warning of measles exposure at Disneyland parks

A teenage girl visiting from New Zealand was infectious with the measles virus when she visited Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park and surrounding areas this month, CBS Los Angeles reports. According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, the…

TDFN Scoreboard: August 23rd, 2019

TENNESSEE VALLEY (WDEF) - It's time for Touchdown Friday Night! We'll keep the scoreboard updated throughout the evening. Tweet us your team's score using the hashtag #TDFN12 then tune in tonight at 11:15 p.m. for highlights! Don't forget to catch…

Steve King defends controversial abortion comments

Representative Steve King, a Republican from Iowa and an outspoken abortion opponent, will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. ET to discuss "the importance of maintaining a no exceptions position on abortion in federal and state legislation." He'll be…

Grade school cheerleaders asked to raffle off AM15 rifle

Two Ohio mothers separately raised concerns about something their kids were asked to do by a youth football league: sell tickets to raffle off an AM15 rifle. Sari Brittain says her 4-year-old daughter, a new New Richmond Junior Lions Football…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg completes radiation therapy

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg completed a three-week course of radiation therapy to treat a tumor on her pancreas, according to a release sent by the Supreme Court Friday. The tumor was treated "definitively," according to the statement, and there is…

Stocks slide as U.S.-China trade war intensifies

How China trade war may slow economic growth Stocks slumped on Friday after China announced retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. goods, setting off President Donald Trump on a Twitter rant. Mr. Trump first seemed to invite the Federal…

Trump orders U.S. companies to seek "alternatives" to China

President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. businesses to "immediately start looking for an alternative to China," including bringing their manufacturing back to the U.S. The president issued the directive in a series of tweets on Friday morning after China hiked…

Brown recluse spider found in woman's ear

Most people know how it feels to have some water left in your ear after a shower or a dip in the pool. But a Kansas City woman was horrified to learn that in her case, that waterlogged feeling was…

Cold Case Suspect Arrested

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A man wanted in a seven year old cold case has been arrested. Justin Thurman was on the TBI's most wanted list. He is accused of the murder of Leslie Townsend. Townsend was shot to death in…

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