HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office wants to educate the public about safe driving, especially to protect motorcyclists. The sheriff's office said that every May, law enforcement throughout the…
TORONTO (AP) — Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind" and "Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities of the cheap, deadly drug that they…
ATLANTA (AP) — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has completed a key testing phase, getting one step closer to generating electricity. Georgia Power Co. said Monday that the fourth reactor at Plant Vogtle, southeast of…
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach…
Officials spoke on behalf of the department stating that there has been a recent spike in overdose exposures for children.
UTC Chancellor, Steven Angle, introduced the new research initiative on Monday at the Multidisciplinary Research Building on campus—where the UTC Research Institute will be headquartered.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Area Food Bank is making sure neighbors in the Clifton Hills Community have enough to eat. Students from Notre…
UPDATE: CBL Properties, the owners of Hamilton Place Mall, has sent News 12 the following statement. "We appreciate law enforcement’s quick response to Saturday’s incident, and as…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a shooting this afternoon off of Highway 153. They say a man was found with a gunshot wound on Walden Avenue around…
Abstract: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says the first of a projected $1 billion of state income tax refunds have been issued. The plan refunds up to $250 to single filers, up to $375 to single adults who head a household…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in finding a suspect's vehicle. They are looking for a Ford Edge with an Alabama tag and provided a photo of it. Investigators say it was…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- She's a Navy veteran and a mother of three, who happens to be very active in the community. And now, she's a business…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) awarded $2.6 million in school improvement grants today. It's part of the School Uplift Program. They granted $10,000 to $410,000 to schools across six states. The award amounts were based on a…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has joined states trying to limit drag shows after legislation was filed Thursday that would prohibit the performances in public places where children are present. The bill by Republican Rep. Arnold Mooney would add a provision to the state’s…
UPDATE: The GBI reported more information on Monday morning's shooting at Hamilton Medical Center. It happened around 4:45 a.m. Their preliminary reports said 41-year-old Chevona Doughty was barricaded in…
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Employees of a Maine restaurant got a surprise when they opened a large wooden crate that they thought was a shipment of mugs they had recently ordered. Instead, they found a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last quarter signaled that one of the most-anticipated recessions in recent U.S. history has yet to arrive. Many economists, though, still expect a recession to hit…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's abortion ban, known as one of the strictest in the United States, will now include an extremely narrow exemption under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov.…
NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early Monday and sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank in a bid to head off further banking turmoil in the U.S. San…
We have obtained an affidavit detailing the circumstances behind a fatal incident at Volkswagen early Saturday Morning. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Chattanooga average gas prices fell $0.12 per gallon in the past week. Monday's average sits at $3.03 per gallon around the city, according to GasBuddy. Compared to a month ago, prices are an average of $0.20…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Sunday night, Chattanooga firefighters responded to an accidental fire at the Overlook Apartments. The fire happened just before 10:30 p.m. at 1201 Boynton Drive. Someone threw a burnt cardboard box down a trash cute from the…
This weekend, South Pittsburg, Tennessee welcomed many to their annual Cornbread Festival for it's 27th year in a row.
