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…
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Etowah community is mourning the loss of young volunteer firefighter in a crash. 18 year old Matthew Perian was killed in a wreck earlier on Tuesday on Highway 411 in McMinn County. Perian was an…
Tennessee Valley (WDEF): Weather in the classroom was busy Tuesday. Meteorologist Bekah Birdsall visited Skyukah Hall. The middle school students have been learning about weather. They had lots of…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - We shared the release from Crossville Police on why officers felt they needed to use a taser on a 14 year old student at Cumberland County High. Now the boy's mother is filing a lawsuit over…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee announces he is authorizing the use of more Tennessee National Guard on the southern border. Around 50 Guard personnel will be sent in early 2022 to support the Texas National Guard. The Governor's Office…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Meanwhile, Chattanooga police have arrested 39 year old Lafredrick Sails in connection with a drug overdose that occurred last March 11. It happened at a home in the 2800 block of East 26th Street. Sails is charged…
RINGGOLD (WDEF) - Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk has fired one of his deputies over a drug investigation. The Sheriff says he got some information in November about 33 year old Caleb…
According to the Walgreens Flu Index, flu activity this season is 288% higher nationwide compared to last year at this time. And this study says Chattanooga ranks number 5 in the nation for flu activity.
The latest school board meeting wasn't about who would become the new superintendent, or about what books should be in the classroom and libraries. This was about how much or how little food students get to eat for lunch at school.
Five Tennessee state parks are seeking the public's input on what year-round outdoor activities they should swap in to replace aging swimming pools that won't be reopening.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "Yes, I can be successful. It's not always about surviving," says Skill Up I.T. graduate Victoria Gray. Some residents of the College Hill Courts community of Chattanooga began a new…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Some communities in Kentucky and Tennessee were assessing damages Monday as a line of severe storms moved through the states. Firefighters in the Scott County, Kentucky, community of Stamping Ground warned people to use caution traveling…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is getting closer to Tennessee (two border states so far), but isn't here yet, as far as health officials know. Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey talked today about Covid now in Tennessee…