NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams was in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to urge Black churchgoers to turn out for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in next month’s Virginia governor’s election. Abrams says what happens in the most watched…
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia newspaper reports that government regulators have no idea how many of the state's 34,000 elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks are overdue for inspections. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the problem is in a decade-old…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Tennessee Aquarium celebrated a huge milestone today. They welcomed their 26-millionth guest to visit since the doors of the River Journey building opened on May 1, 1992. The Suttle Family from Bowling Green, Kentucky got the…
16 people including City officials got first hand experience at battle challenges firefighters often face. These included putting out fire, searching a smoke filled building looking for people needing to be saved.
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake and an aftershock hit Indonesia’s resort island of Bali early Saturday, killing at least three people and destroying dozens of homes. The quake hit just before dawn, causing people to run outdoors…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An 11th-hour deal was reached Saturday, averting a strike of film and television crews that would have seen some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers walk off their jobs and would have frozen productions in Hollywood and across the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- It's been 4 weeks since the tragic shooting on Grove Street where 7 women were shot and 2 were killed. Today, The Community Haven and other community leaders went to the Westside Softball Fields to rally for…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has offered to reinstate a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that had accused him of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving NASA research grants, a…
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil suffered broken ribs after falling off the stage at a concert Friday in Tennessee, his guitarist told the crowd in a video circulated widely on social media. In video footage…
ATLANTA (AP) — One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs. TK Elevators' 420-foot (128 meters) tower is set to become…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Hip Hop enthusiasts were wrapping up Chattanooga Hip Hop Week at Miller Park. All week long events have been happening in and around Chattanooga. Today's events included music, vendors and an outdoor conference with artists from all…
The NFL has found no other current team or league personnel to have sent emails containing racist, homophobic or misogynistic language similar to messages written by Jon Gruden that led to his resignation as Las Vegas Raiders coach, according…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week – smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage – but police officers didn't stop them.…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Al Wolf is used to clearing one or two snakes from under houses but recently was called by a woman who said she had seen rattlesnakes scurry under her Northern California house and was surprised…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday he would prefer to cut the duration of programs in his big social services and climate change package rather than eliminate some entirely, as Democrats struggle to win support from…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department said Friday that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August. Pentagon spokesman…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "A lot of times, they're stealing food simply to feed themselves, to feed their kids," says Hamilton County Public Defender Boyd Patterson. A Publix in Chattanooga tells News 12 a man stole…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Cars, auctions, and racing, oh my! The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival is officially back. "Just being around cars and car guys, it's a great time." After a brief pandemic-induced hiatus,…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Power Co. customers will likely pay another $224 million a year for the first of two nuclear reactors near Augusta. The company says it amounts to another $4 each month for every residential customer. The unit…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Mayor Tim Kelly announces the timeline to select Chattanooga’s next police chief and started gathering community input as part of a process that will include a series of community…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Gun violence continues to rise throughout the country so in response, an Ooltewah and Nashville family are teaming up to resolve school and business shootings with a brand new invention…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- It's fall and leaves are changing and falling. That means that you might have some yard work that needs to be done. Well, today's the day, it's the first day of…
DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - Animal control officers have taken 21 dogs from a property in Dunlap. Since Sequatchie County does not have any animal services, the Humane Educational Society in Chattanooga, Rhea County…
A Texas school district administrator told teachers that if they have books about the Holocaust in their classrooms, they should also have books that offer “opposing” or “other” viewpoints on the subject.