School board members share their personal school priority list
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- At the last school board meeting, each member was tasked with filling out their priority list for changes coming to schools in…
Driving Our Economy Forward: Nokian Tyres Announcement
DAYTON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Nokian Tyres is out with some new tires that can give drivers a safe and smooth ride year-round, during all kinds of weather, in all four seasons. Let's see how Nokian is driving our economy forward.…
Areas North of Chattanooga Dealing with Aftermath of Winter Storm
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF)- While areas in the Chattanooga metro have…
Food City reopens store in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF)- Folks in Cleveland gathered this Wednesday morning for the grand reopening of Food City. The newly renovated Food City went through changes, remodeling, and expansion. Which includes the addition of Starbucks in the store. The food service…
Walker County Fire Rescue warn residents of space heater fires
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF)- Walker County Fire Rescue is encouraging folks to be cautious about space heaters. In the last 36 hours they responded to several structural fires caused by these heaters. In order to protect your home from a…
Body recovered from Fall Creek Falls during -13 degrees
SPENCER, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Several rescue agencies assisted in recovering the body of a person who was lost in Fall Creek Falls State Park. The rescue mission took about 17 hours total to complete.…
TVA seeing record breaking power-use for single-digit temperatures
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - TVA and EPB have been working around the clock to make sure no one goes without power during these frigid temperatures. While people have…
Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford get into Songwriters Hall of Fame
By MARK KENNEDY/AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an incoming class of musicians who have scaled the heights of country, classic…
TN Authorities investigating Cumberland County murder-suicide
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office began investigating a homicide in Fairfield Glade on Wednesday morning. From this incident, two people are deceased and one other is severely injured. At the time of the 911 call,…
Soddy-Daisy man arrested for attempting to steal truck
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hamilton County deputies arrested a Soddy-Daisy man for attempting to steal a truck on Wednesday. The sheriff's office received a call of a truck break-in at 7:40 a.m. on the 9800 block of Hamby Road. According…
Some students return to class Thursday following winter weather
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- With the recent cold spell, snowfall and black ice, many school systems are remaining closed for the remainder of the week. However, some have decided to reopen this Thursday. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)…
After nine hours, CFD extinguishes house fire
UPDATE: The Chattanooga Fire Department reported that it took more than nine hours to clear the fire scene at Graceland Trail. The fire department said: "The home was structurally unsound due to fire damage and the floors were too compromised…
This is Volkswagen's 75th anniversary of bringing the Beetle to America
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Wednesday is the 75th anniversary of Volkswagen's first attempts to sell a vehicle in the United States. On January 17, 1949, VW imported two versions of the Beetle for American car buyers. A Dutch businessman brought…
TVA reports all-time record power demand
UPDATE: TVA reported at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday that customers could return to normal power usage. They said the availability of power returned to normal levels after reaching an all-time high the same…
EPB says snow, ice damaging power lines
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Electric company crews are dealing with some power outages across the Tennessee Valley. EPB said at one point Wednesday morning, they had nearly 800 outages. But many of these have been restored, including all outages in…
Golden Apple Award: Liz Stanfield, Boynton Elementary
RINNGOLD, Ga. (WDEF) - At Boynton Elementary, Liz Stanfield has a gift for making sure each one of her students believes that they are just as smart, capable and worthy as anybody else. One parent calls her a light in…
Chattanooga Area Food Bank opens after snow day
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Some businesses in Chattanooga have remained closed following the snow on Monday, but not the Chattanooga Area Food Bank. Though they opened late, they…
TVA recommends reduction in power usage during extreme cold
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and EPB are asking customers to reduce power usage to ensure the power grid remains stable. According to TVA, there was a record high demand for electricity across the southeast on Tuesday…
Jackson County, Alabama roads deemed impassible
JACKSON COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- The Jackson County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) deemed all county roads and bridges as impassible on Monday night. Then on Tuesday morning, Jackson County EMA provided an update.…
Road closures near Chattanooga due to winter storm
UPDATE: CDOT's Justin Strickland shared gave an update on Tuesday at 8 p.m. New locations that are closed or restricted: Ochs Highway on the Tennessee side between Red Riding Hood Trail / Ochs Highway intersection and Fleetwood Drive have reports…
Drivers should avoid I-24 westbound near Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Interstate 24 to the west of Chattanooga was chaotic Tuesday morning and into the afternoon. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reported several…
Driver recaps seeing truck spinout on I-24 due to ice roads
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The residual ice…
Home catches fire during below-freezing temperatures
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- A mobile home caught on fire Tuesday morning, despite the below-freezing temperatures. Whitfield County Fire reported the blaze on social media Tuesday around 10 a.m. When firefighters arrived,…
Vivek Ramaswamy suspends his 2024 Republican presidential bid and endorses rival Donald Trump
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy suspended his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Monday and endorsed former President Donald Trump after finishing a distant fourth in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses. Ramaswamy said he made the decision after determining there…