CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office was alerted about a scam on Friday where the scammers claimed to be detectives. They spoofed actual phone numbers used by the Sheriff's Office. They tell the victim that they are being…
The fourth Democratic primary debate in October in Westerville, Ohio will be co-hosted by the New York Times and CNN. According to the New York Times, the moderators will be CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett and Times national…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tennessee Aquarium has closed due to the water main break as they fight to keep their exhibits cool for the fish and animals. The struggle has been to maintain water temperatures. All hands have been on…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tennessee American Water Company has issued a boil water advisory for its customers due to the water main break. The system has suffered a significant loss of pressure as a result of the break. While they…
8PM UPDATE : Tenn Am hopes to repair the leak by Saturday morning, but it will take a bit longer for the system to restore itself. ____ UPDATE Here is the latest water outage map from Tennessee American. Red means…
UPDATE: The football game between Howard and Tyner scheduled for tonight at The Howard School has been postponed. When the game will be played has not been announced at this time. ____ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The school system has cancelled…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have charged three teenagers with the murder of Darrell Hill on Thursday at the Cromwell Heights Apartments. Officers found Hill's body on the ground when they arrived at the scene around noon, with a gunshot…
A dramatic ad targeting Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aired during the third Democratic debate on Thursday, comparing Ocasio-Cortez's support for democratic socialism to the brutal Khmer Rouge communist regime in Cambodia. The ad shows a picture of the young congresswoman…
Pacific Gas & Electric has reached an $11 billion settlement with a group of insurers that will cover most of the claims from wildfires in California in 2017 and 2018. The utility said in a statement the tentative agreement covers…
Harvard University said an internal review found that late sex offender gave $8.9 million to the school. The money was donated before Epstein's 2008 conviction for crimes involving girls and young women, Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow wrote in a…
Next month, a Los Angeles jury will decide whether the serial killer known as the "Hollywood Ripper" should get the death penalty. In August, Michael Gargiulo was convicted of the murders of two women, and the attempted murder of a…
A Georgia woman says her father was bitten more than 100 times by ants at a government veterans' home where his room was full of insects. Laquna Ross found her father Joel Marrable with swollen, red bumps all over his…
It took 22 years, but a missing man's remains were finally found thanks to someone who zoomed in on his former Florida neighborhood with Google satellite images and noticed a car submerged in a lake, authorities said. The skeletal remains…
Eleven protesters have been arrested after they rappelled from a busy highway bridge and dangled over the Houston Ship Channel, closing the vital artery for hours. The Coast Guard said the closure came after the protesters were spotted Thursday afternoon…
A Texas state representative's tweet to Beto O'Rourke that his AR-15 "is ready for you" has been removed by Twitter. The social media giant concluded it broke the site's rules "when it came to threats and violence," a Twitter spokesman told CBS…
All six crewmembers were asleep aboard a scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast when a fire broke out in the middle of the night, killing 34 people who were trapped in a bunkroom below the main deck, federal…
UPDATE, 12 p.m. - Tennessee American Water issued a CodeRed notification early Friday morning, alerting customers in the affected areas. The impact stretches from Rossville, Georgia, to Red Bank and Lookout Valley. More than 30,000 people are impacted. The water company…
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) - It came as a surprise to Collegedale Commissioner Ethan White when three Collegedale police officers were fired on Friday. He said then the Assistant Chief and a Sergeant resigned. "The public needs to know why three…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Veterans are some of our nations strongest people, they're also some of our most vulnerable. News 12s Kaylee Nix shows us how Bradley county is helping veterans in any way they may need. United Way of Greater Chattanooga…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police confirm a man was seriously injured after an early morning wreck involving a motorcycle. It happened at the 4600 block of Shallowford Road. Police determined the motorcycle was traveling east on Shallowford road when it hit…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Wreaths across Chattanooga campaign is underway. Committee members and supporters held a kickoff event at the national cemetery this morning. Last year's campaign was successful with almost 10-thousand donated wreaths. But there are 47-thousand graves in the…
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it has finalized a repeal of the Obama-era clean water rule that spells out protections for large and small bodies of water. The EPA will create a new rule to replace the Waters of…
Investigators took the stand in in the retrial of a Chattanooga man charged with first degree murder.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Hixson High school student has been charged with bringing a loaded gun to school. The Hixson SRO got a tip that a student may be coming to school with a weapon. The school system adds that…