ArtCreations to close doors after five decades
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - An art store that has been on the Chattanooga Northshore for 50 years is closing its doors. ArtCreations on Frazier Avenue announced today…
Urban League, Unum hold job fair
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Urban League held a job fair on Tuesday. The fair, held in conjunction with Unum, was designed to help facilitate all facets of a…
Golden Apple Award: East Lake Elementary, Patricia Adkins
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Third grade math means multiplication tables, rounding and fractions. A teacher at East Lake Elementary has dedicated her career to helping students always find the right answer. That earned Patricia Adkins the Golden Apple Award. [blox_vms…
Dalton's Mill Line Trail delayed
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF)- Dalton officials say the Mill Line Trail won't be ready as they hoped later this week. It is a paved trail between Haig Mill Lake Park and the old Eagle Walk trailhead. It follows the old Eagle…
Tennessee offers free safety gun locks
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A local state lawmaker is encouraging people to take advantage of a state program for gun safety. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) is offering free cable gun locks to gun owners. You…
Georgia Sports Betting bill passes first legislative test
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - A bill to bring sports betting to Georgia has cleared its first hurdle in the legislature. It passed one Senate Committee and now heads to another committee to determine the full Senate will vote on it. The…
Four deputies put on leave during investigation of suspect shooting Sunday night
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has put four deputies on paid leave following the shooting of a suspect Sunday night. Tyler Roberts was being chased after his girlfriend in Ringgold accused him of kidnapping their 18-month…
The South Broad development receives final stadium plan
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Mayor Tim Kelly and Chairman Jeff Eversole announced the final stadium deal. One main part of this new deal is that the TIF reimbursement was dropped from $120 million to $112. Mayor Kelly thinks this is…
Kidnapping Suspect Killed in Police Chase Had Long Criminal Record
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- Tyler Roberts was the kidnapping…
What's Right With Our Schools: Rossville Middle School Reach Scholarship
ROSSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) - Imagine earning college scholarship money in the 8th grade! Some very smart students are doing just that in Georgia. That kind of…
Chattanooga begins paving South Holtzclaw Avenue
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The first road paving of the year for Chattanooga begins Monday, January 29. South Holtsclaw Avenue from East 23rd to Bailey Avenue is where the paving will happen. Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announced this the project Monday morning…
Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report suggests
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged into a desert base in Jordan where it killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens more, officials said Monday. Details of the…
Heat For The Holidays Winner Announced
It was an exciting time for one Chattanooga woman Monday. News 12, Bailey's Heating and Air, and Rheem Manufacturing paid a visit to Nakia Pittman, who won the Heat for the Holidays contest on WDEF.com in December.
ADHD medication recalled because bottles may contain completely different drug
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is recalling some of its ADHD and narcolepsy medication because packages of the drug may contain the wrong pills. The drug maker said in a recent recall notice that it is calling back one lot of Zanzedi 30 mg with…
Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims
Amelia Earhart's disappearance over the central Pacific Ocean 87 years ago remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. Countless theories about her fate have emerged in the decades since, but now a deep-sea exploration team searching for the wreckage…
Chattanooga home damaged, car destroyed in fire
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A vehicle caught on fire in Chattanooga over the weekend and posed a threat to a nearby house. A vehicle caught fire on the…
Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Larry Taylor dies at 81
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga community and family members are mourning the loss of Army veteran, Captain Larry Taylor. The Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center…
Union claims they are nearing a majority of workers requesting representation at Volkswagen Chattanooga
DETROIT, Mich. (WDEF) - The United Auto Workers say they are "nearing a majority" of workers requesting to join the union at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. It's part of an unprecedented nationwide drive to organize workers at non-union plants…
Two deputies shot, kidnapping suspect dead after police chase
UPDATES: OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The kidnapping and fatal shootout incident on Sunday night originated in Ringgold, Georgia. The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office shares what led up to…
DPD investigating road rage shooting on West Walnut, no injuries
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Dalton Police Department is investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting on West Walnut Avenue that apparently stemmed from a road rage incident. No one was injured in the shooting. Dalton investigators have identified a suspect in…
DPD looking for suspect after one man shot
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Dalton Police Department is investigating a late Sunday afternoon drive-by shooting that left one man with an injury that is not considered to be life-threatening. Investigators do not believe that the incident is connected to…
Rattlesnake Appreciation Day at the Chattanooga Zoo
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Saturday at the Chattanooga Zoo was rattlesnake appreciation day, where the Chattanooga Zoo highlighted the ecological importance and the natural beauty of these rare slithering snakes.…
Bradley County chemical plant target of lawsuit
CHARLESTON, Tenn. (WDEF) - A chemical plant in Bradley County is at the center of a new lawsuit. Olin Chemical in Charleston is being sued by over 150…
Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds
A growing number of Americans are ending up homeless as soaring rents in recent years squeeze their budgets. According to a Jan. 25 report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, roughly 653,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in January of 2023, up…