CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Volkswagen Chattanooga announces pay and signing boosts for their employees. They are offering a $3000 bonus to all production and maintenance workers. The company also will give the bonus to anyone hired between May 16 and October…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A local mom chose National EMS Week to pay a visit to the first responders who saved her son's life. Last month, police, fire and EMS responded when they…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A family was woken up by a neighbor and was able to escape a house fire in Lookout Valley early Wednesday morning, May 18, 2022. (more…)
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Cheeseburgers and Americans are a love affair that dates back to when our forefathers took that first juicy bite. However, one young Texan toddler's love with cheeseburgers caught…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- News 12 anchors Andrew Harrison and Emily Cassulo stopped by Woodmore Elementary School Tuesday afternoon to give the kids some writing tips. We met with students in Laura McBride, April…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Since the department's inception in 2001, the TSA has come to look out for a litany of prohibited items in passengers' carry-on bags. But one set of prohibited items…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The new East Ridge development is called The Gateway -- it sits directly next to the Chattanooga Red Wolves' CHI Memorial Stadium. It is 110 acres consisting of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga's Chief of police is keeping a promise she made during her introduction a couple months ago. Nearly eight months after a drive-by shooting killed two women on Grove Street,…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The national group PETA is asking the Bradley County schools to take action after the video surfaced of a teen beating a dog to death with a stick. Two juveniles have actually been arrested in the…
POLK COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - You could almost predict it would happen. Officials are taking down their "Welcome to Polk County" signs to give them a new design. And now it seems that one of the old signs has gone…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has struck down Tennessee’s first-of-its-kind law requiring businesses to post special signs if they allow transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. The ruling by U.S.…
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge has temporarily delayed the execution of a Georgia man who was scheduled to die Tuesday for killing an 8-year-old girl 46 years ago. Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. killed the girl and raped her 10-year-old friend…
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis, the late country singer Keith Whitley and music executive Joe Galante will join the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lewis,…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a woman Monday afternoon at the Silverdale Detention Center. They say the 53 year old was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital, where she…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Incline Railway will be closed for a few weeks as routine maintenance is conducted. (more…)
From top left to bottom right: David Harold Windle Jr., 44 of Murphy, NC; Erika Lynn Jordan, 39 of Murphy, NC; Melodie Ann Yocom, 38 of Murphy, NC; Rex Henry Hall II, 51 of Murphy, NC (Courtesy: Cherokee County's Sheriff's…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga Zoo, of course, prioritizes the health of its animals. Believe it or not, regarding the coronavirus, there are some animals that can contract it. While none at the zoo…
ATHENS, Tenn. -- It was early on the morning of May 20, 2016 when Betty Begazo was at Etowah Dialysis in McMinn County, a facility owned by DaVita Dialysis. For over three years, Begazo…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Buffalo mass shooting suspect Payton Gendron left behind a manifesto, claiming "The Great Replacement" theory motivated his alleged actions of shooting ten African-Americans. The…
ROSSVILLE, GA (WDEF) - One hundred thousand dollars isn't just good money, if you invest it in the right things, it can be life changing. Thanks to an award from TVA and…
FORSYTH, Georgia (WDEF) - The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency for Virgil Delano Presnell, Jr. He is now scheduled to die on Tuesday by lethal injection. Presnell, Jr. was convicted and sentenced to death for…
By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Infant formula maker Abbott says it’s reached an agreement with U.S. health officials to restart production at its largest domestic factory, a…
RED BANK, Tennessee (WDEF) - The city of Red Bank has added to the number of Pickleball Courts in our area. They cut the ribbon opening up the courts on Monday.…
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Dayton Coffee Shop played host to one of Governor Bill Lee’s visits. Lee spoke on several topics including the importance of rural Tennessee. “My first executive order…