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Rep. Fleischmann says Tennessee is going to stay Red

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Congressman Chuck Fleischmann traveled with the president today as he flew into Nashville for a speech to the Farm Bureau. The Chattanooga congressman joined Senator Bob Corker and others in the Tennessee delegation. Before he returned to…

Two serious injuries in Rock Spring wreck

ROCK SPRING, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia State Troopers report that two men were seriously injured in a wreck this morning on Highway 27 during the icing. Their Nissan Terra was heading north on the highway at Lee Clarkson Road in…

Road crews prepare for potential icy weather

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- With the threat of icy weather possible early Monday morning, road crews were out on Sunday getting the area ready. Winter Weather Advisories have been expanded. Less than a tenth of an inch of ice expected,…

Two arrested after chase into Georgia

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Two people are behind bars tonight after leading multiple agencies on a chase into Georgia. Early Saturday morning around 2:00 am, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office says a deputy saw a vehicle on Suck Creek…

Ink shipped to DFW Airport turns out to be liquid meth

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Federal authorities say Customs and Border Protection agents at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport have seized two boxes of bottles described as containing ink and valued at $90 each but really were filled with liquid methamphetamine worth nearly $300,000.

New Chickamauga lock project could be fully completed by 2022, 2023

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Congressman Chuck Fleischmann has set his sights on keeping the new Chickamauga lock project funded. News 12 recently sat down with the U.S. Representative to talk about the project's future. The project has faced some issues…

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