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Lineup for this year's 3 Sisters Festival

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The 3 Sisters Music Festival isn't just well regarded for the national bluegrass and roots music acts they bring to the Riverfront. It is also unique because it's free. This year's show is on Sept. 30 and…

UTC Enrollment Falls 1.5%

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- After two unusual years during the COVID-19 pandemic, things are beginning to look normal again at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The campus features fewer masks and restrictions, but it…

Local School Threat traced to teenager in Indiana

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Investigators trace a threat of a school shooting in our area actually came from out-of-state. Last weekend, our local 911 Center got a call saying "someone is going to shoot up a school in two…

Pedestrian struck, killed on Hixson Pike

Soddy Daisy and Hamilton County authorities are investigating a traffic incident that left one person dead. It happened shortly before 10 P.M. last night in the 11200 block of Hixson Pike. Officials received information that a pedestrian had been struck…

State Job’s Number Hits New All-Time High as GDOL Hosts Virtual Job Fair

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced today that Georgia's August unemployment rate was 2.8 percent for the second consecutive month while jobs numbers reached another all-time high increasing almost 16,000 from July. Georgia's unemployment rate was nine-tenths of a percent lower than the national August 2022 unemployment rate of 3.7 percent.

Video Leaks of Marie Mott Traffic Stop

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Police Department has released body cam footage of District 8 City Council Candidate Marie Mott being stopped for a burned out headlight. The video shows Mott getting…

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