Jo Morgan speaks with the media after surviving an avalanche on a New Zealand mountain. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A well-known adventurer dug herself out of an avalanche on a New Zealand mountain Wednesday morning, while two guides climbing with…
Last Updated Oct 30, 2018 9:38 PM EDT They say an elephant never forgets, and those at Elephants World in Thailand will certainly never forget Paul Barton. Barton is the man who introduced these elephants to classical music. Barton is…
A mother was sentenced to jail Monday after killing her alleged rapist and dragging his body with a car, reports CBS News partner Network Ten in Australia. Roxanne Eka Peters, 35, faces nine years in prison for manslaughter and an additional…
Last Updated Oct 30, 2018 3:10 PM EDT MILAN — Three-quarters of the lagoon city of Venice was under water Monday as large swathes of Italy continued to be battered by severe storms. At least 11 people were killed across…
Last Updated Oct 31, 2018 2:17 AM EDT A team searching for Indonesia's Lion Air Flight JT610 heard a "pinging sound" late Tuesday, indicating they may have found the doomed airliner's fuselage on the seabed off Jakarta's coast. The Boeing…
Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is seen during an interview with Reuters in London, Britain, October 29, 2018. REUTERS Last Updated Oct 30, 2018 2:07 PM EDT ISTANBUL -- The Turkish fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi called on…
Searchers in Indonesia are continuing their efforts to recover the black boxes from Lion Air Flight JT610 as new details emerge of problems on its previous flight. The black box data could reveal the plane's last moments before it plunged…
Afghan security forces arrive at site of suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on October 31, 2018 OMAR SOBHANI / REUTERS An Afghan official says an army helicopter carrying senior officials crashed in the western Farah province early Wednesday, killing all…
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A group of Sequatchie County High School students want former Sequatchie County High School Principal Tommy Layne back. Layne recently transferred from his position as principal to a teaching position at Griffith Elementary School. A…
In late fall, Chief Meteorologist takes a stab at the coming winter weather forecast.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - President Trump is planning a move to end birthright citizenship for babies born to non-citizens, or immigrants not authorized to be in the U.S. That news brought praise from Americans who want tighter control of U-S borders…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - President Trump is set to visit Chattanooga this Sunday ahead of the mid term elections. News 12s Kaylee Nix tells us what to expect for this presidential visit.
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge won't suspend her order governing Georgia election officials' handling of absentee ballots and applications with mismatched signatures while the secretary of state appeals it. U.S. District Judge Leigh May last week ordered the state…
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A Lakeside Academy teacher loves watching her students succeed, and that's earned her a Golden Apple Award.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Opportunity Zone Schools students will have a chance to see the movie "The Hate U Give" in a special screening Sunday. The event will be followed by a Q&A on the movie's theme and…
SNELLVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Police in Georgia say a man driving with his infant daughter on his lap hid the child from officers, who found the 3-month-old lying on a stolen gun. News outlets report 24-year-old Detavis Madison was arrested…
Tommy Layne has lead Sequatchie High since 1994
Skeletal remains found by hunters on Benton Mountain.
Officers with the Tennessee Department of Correction are making sure kids are safe this Halloween by checking up on sex offenders.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - With Halloween falling on a Wednesday, this is one of those years when parties and celebrations are scattered over a period of days.
KARAWANG, Indonesia — A Lion Air plane carrying 189 people crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital Monday. Officials said they weren't expecting to find survivors. So far, they said 24 body bags have been…
Venice was inundated by an exceptional high tide Monday, putting three-quarters of the famed Italian lagoon city under water as large swathes of the rest of Italy experienced flooding and heavy winds that toppled trees and other objects, killing several…
A Lion Air plane carrying 189 people crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital Oct. 29, 2018. Indonesia's official search and rescue agency said it was unlikely that anyone had survived when the plane plunged…