WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to urge participants at the first White House Summit for Democracy to reverse an ongoing “recession” of democracy that is playing out at a time of rising authoritarianism around the globe and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - We've got some amazing pilots in our area with a specialty brand of flying. And they proved their skill at a national competition over the weekend in Florida.…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - For the eighth year in a row, tnAchieves has hit their goal for recruiting volunteer mentors in the state. They wanted 9,000 mentors to help students in the TN Promise scholarship class of 2022. The mentors don't…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A resident of Waterford Place Apartments off Shallowford Road said he was cooking fish in his kitchen when he and his brother went outside. Moments later, smoke was billowing from the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has landed a state grant to help them battle Covid-19 cases at the jail. They plan to use the $440,000 grant to buy new cleaning equipment and put in a new hospital…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have not filed charges at this point in a shootout in a downtown neighborhood on Monday night. One person was killed and another seriously injured. Police were informed that two gunshot victims had arrived at…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn (WDEF) - The Walker County Sheriff's Office and the East Ridge Police Department has identified the man who is suspected of stealing a car over the weekend. Police say warrants…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - It's the giving season and judges are asking local attorneys to give the gift of their time this holiday season, by choosing a pro bono case from the courthouse tree.…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Sheriff's officers were called to a fight today at East Ridge High School. School Resource officers ended up arresting two juveniles in the case. Hamilton County officials are investigating the incident.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Firefighter officials say the fire last night at the Waterford was just the latest in a spree of local apartment fires. 17 people were displaced in last night's fire. But fire officials say almost 60 people…
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Fire officials are sharing more on their teenage member who was killed in a crash Tuesday in McMinn County. 18 year old Matthew Perian was driving on Highway 411 between Etowah and Delano around 6:30 AM.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police announce they have found their suspect for a gas station parking lot fatal shooting in the fall. They are charging Kendel Robinson with the homicide of Jailen Wofford on the morning of September 25. The…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Commissioner Chip Baker announces he will seek re-election in 2022. He has been representing the Signal Mountain community on the Commission since 2018. Baker resigned as head of the Riverbend Festival shortly after…
Pfizer says a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appears to offer important protection against the new omicron variant.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A person trying to cross Amnicola Highway was hit and killed Tuesday evening. The 38 year old male was hit by a vehicle just before 7PM. Police say the driver stopped to talk to Police. Police ask…
NASHVILLE, TN - (AP) - A group of volunteers in Tennessee has more than doubled the goal of trash removal across the state. The state Department of Transportation says No Trash November was created to keep Tennessee roads safe in…
Seventeen residents are displaced after a fire Tuesday night at an apartment complex on Shallowford Road.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were still far apart after two hours of talks on the escalating crisis caused by Russia’s massing of tens of thousands of troops near its…
A major outage in Amazon's cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, the latest sign of just how concentrated the business of keeping the internet running has become.…
The Hamilton County School Board has a solution surrounding questionable books in schools and getting more input on what kids have access to.
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF): Fairy Godmothers Chattanooga is giving back this Christmas. The brand new group is partnering with the community to give widowed and single parents Christmas presents. Fairy Godmothers started in Dallas -…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee has appointed Judge Robert Philyaw to serve as chair of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. He is a Juvenile Court Judge in Hamilton County. Judge Philyaw has been on the Commission…
CHATTANOOGA. TN (WDEF) - Parents of students in Leah Broersma's special needs pre-k program at Rivermont a grateful to have such a good teacher. They describe her as passionate and attentive. Jill Evans is…
SPRING CITY, Tenn (WDEF) - Spring City Police Officer, Sgt. Jeffery Batten recently underwent amputation surgery. Sgt Batten tells News 12 how…