DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A horror movie specialist has died at his home in Dalton. Jeff Burr was 60 years old. The Dalton Daily Citizen reports he directed the first film that was ever shot in Dalton, From A Whisper…
PALMER, Tennessee (WDEF) - Grundy County deputies are investigating a shooting Thursday night in Palmer, Tennessee. Sheriff Heath Gunter says a man suffered a gunshot wound to the face around 10 PM. The victim was flown to a trauma center…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Humane Educational Society is expanding their adoption outreach amid capacity issues. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Samsung has announced some exciting new products in its family of Fan Edition devices. They're made with frugal consumers in mind, but that…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Dunlap missionaries, Debbie and Gerald Morrison, departed from Jerusalem just before bombing started on Saturday. Debbie said, “Thirty minutes after we crossed the border,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute and students from Girls Inc. released hundreds of Lake Sturgeons into the Tennessee River on Thursday. Lake Sturgeons are…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Chattanooga man who aims to honor the memory of his late brother partnered with Hamilton County today to announce the next step…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Thursday set a trial date for a man accused of raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school teacher who was on an early morning run.…
ATLANTA (AP) — A woman with a knife stabbed a taxi driver as he was driving down an interstate and then slashed an airline employee and a police lieutenant at the Atlanta airport before she was tackled by another officer,…
RINGGOLD, Ga. (WDEF) -- A Ringgold doctor and his medical practice violated the False Claims Act, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. A federal district judge ordered Charles Adams, M.D. and his practice to pay over $27 million for violating…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- It may still be October, but the United States Postal Service has already announced their shipping and mailing deadlines for the holiday season. For the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, the deadlines to make sure…
POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Volunteer Energy Cooperative is planning a power outage in Polk County this Friday. The power outage will start Friday, October 13 at 11:30 p.m. They plan for the outage to last two and a…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A woods fire burned for eight hours in Ooltewah on Wednesday. The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) said they started battling the flames around 2:30 p.m. They…
UPDATE: The driver in this incident passed away at the hospital, according to the Chattanooga Police Department. Police say they arrived on scene just before 10 a.m. on Thursday to find the vehicle already submerged in the water. Authorities said…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Federal Highway Administration has committed more than a million dollars to study "vulnerable road users" in Chattanooga. The money will go to the Smart City Corridor project at UTC. It will aide research on how to…
SPRING CITY, Tenn. (WDEF) - That's not an optical illusion! That is an ancient sailing ship moving up and down the Tennessee River these days. A replica of the Pinta, which was one of the ship's Columbus took to…
KIMBALL, Tenn. (WDEF) -- It's never too late to continue your education. Chattanooga State Community College's Kimball campus is preparing students for the workforce. Let's see how Chattanooga…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A major overhaul of the Walnut Street Bridge is coming. The question is how long it will be shut down. On Wednesday, officials…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Hip-Hop Week is on beat at the Chattanooga Public Library. (more…)
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Walmart announced Wednesday it will build a new $350 million milk processing plant in south Georgia, hiring nearly 400 people. Arkansas-based Walmart said the plant will provide milk to more than 750 Walmart and Sam’s Club…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday to be the next House speaker but struggled to quickly unite their deeply divided majority and elect the conservative in a public floor vote after the historic ousting of Rep.…
ATALLA, AL (Press Release) - Tigers For Tomorrow Wild Animal Preserve proudly announces a momentous event for wildlife preservation in Alabama as Tigers For Tomorrow welcomes the only cheetah in the entire state. The cheetah named Yuma will have Tigers…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Aquarium and Girls Inc. will be releasing a few hundred lake sturgeon into the Tennessee River on Thursday. Thirty participants from Girls Inc., from 3rd to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- As the Chambers Brothers said back in late 1967, "Time Has Come Today." News 12's Dave Staley has had that song on his mind all day long. And there's a good reason for that! Here's tonight's…