CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Fire Department Operations Chief Rick Boatwright was on his way to work when he saw black smoke billowing over Highway 58. The Rustic Village Apartment Complex was on fire, and…
(This story was altered to correct the location of the arrest) FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A core member of the group Alabama has been charged with marijuana possession near his hometown. Bass player Teddy Gentry was arrested on Monday…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It takes about....oh......30 seconds to clearly see that Julia Gregory loves her job. But after 25 years at the Aquarium, Julia, the senior educator, is retiring. As of…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A Catoosa County man has been convicted of incest and child molestation. 42 year old Jeffery Lee Zelko pleaded guilty to molesting a young female relative. He will get a 15 year prison term plus 25…
CAMPBELL COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Country music star John Michael Montgomery is recovering from a crash involving his tour bus Friday afternoon. It happened on I-75 South in Campbell County, near the Tennessee-Kentucky state…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County investigators now have a new list of charges against a man from Lake View, Alabama. About two weeks ago, they issued warrants for the arrest of Christopher Clay Garrison in connection with a fentanyl overdose…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - It didn't take a jury long to side with a young girl who took the stand to testify that her mother's boyfriend had molested her. They convicted 33 year old Jonathan Michael Culberson of molestation and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The first plane struck the World Trade Center at 8:43 in the morning on this day in 2001. Today at that time, New York…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Sunday marks the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It's also…
ROME, GA (WDEF) - The Floyd County Police Department reported two coal train cars were off the track in the Rome area early this morning. This is video and photos from a viewer in the area. The report explains the…
DALTON (WDEF) - Two Dalton men are under arrest for DUI in separate incidents on Interstate 75 in Catoosa County. Police responded to a crash at Tyler Street at North Hamilton in Dalton, and learned Emmanuel Jacobo fled the scene.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Police Department says a single car crash this morning caused the death of a 36-year-old woman. Public Information Officer Sydney Hamon tells News 12 it happened in the 5300 block of Fairview Road around 7…
CHATTANOOGA/DALTON (WDEF) - Local firefighters will mark the anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday. In Chattanooga, the annual Memorial Stair Climb will be at the Lookouts AT&T Field. It starts with a ceremony open to the public at 8:30. Then firefighters…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - After a week of water insecurity from the weekend flooding, Summerville is finally getting some of its water back. The water system had been knocked out by the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - TSA improvements at Chattanooga's Metro Airport will create a temporary inconvenience for flyers over the next couple of weeks. They are upgrading their screening equipment. Unfortunately, that means they will be down to just one lane for…
JACKSON COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- Scottsboro's Unclaimed Baggage, America's only lost luggage retail store, celebrated the end of its 50th Anniversary Road Tour today. The store's road tour team…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- For the first time since 2019, Chattanooga State Community College held its college and career fair in person today. One member of the city chamber noticed a lack of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Police Department had a busy last 24 hours. One person was carjacked in the 1700 block of Kelly Street, and a woman had her car stolen this afternoon in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Four shootings over the past six days in one particular area is what the Chattanooga Police Department is dealing with. All of the sites where the shootings occurred are within three-and-a-half miles of each other. Last Saturday,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Thousands of people in cities across the U.S. have finished Eliza’s run. Friday morning's nationwide event was organized as a tribute to Eliza Fletcher, who was forced into a vehicle during her pre-dawn run a week…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - UTC reports they have a huge incoming class of freshman this fall. 2,229 freshman are hitting campus this fall, which is more than an 8% jump in size. This continues the enrollment growth the university was seeing…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Moon River Festival is back this weekend for its fourth year in Chattanooga. Organizers say they have a packed lineup - from Madeline Edwards and Mat Kearney, to Local…
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting last night in the Lakeview community. Officials say it happened sometime between 8:30 and 10 PM on Nawaka Avenue near Lake Winnie. A man in his twenties…
A 31 year old woman was reportedly carjacked in Chattanooga Friday morning.
