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…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department has two new state-of-the-art fireboats! They are made by Stanley Boats out of Canada. They are 24 feet in length with a dive door and…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - As the pandemic drags on, educators still have to adapt to make sure everyone is on the same page. Family night returned in person to Howard High School this year,…
NORTH GEORGIA, (WDEF) - The State of Georgia has identified two residents that have tested positive for the omicron variant-both having recently traveled from South Africa. Though Georgia has two residents with Omicron, only…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF): Weather in the classroom was on the road again today to Bess T. Shepherd Elementary. During these visits, we present weather related experiments, talk to…
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - Justin Ryan Barber is back in the North Carolina mountains after disappearing from his last known address as a registered sex offender. The 32 year old man was convicted 13 years ago of incest. In…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Jamaal Mondrew Mayes was sentenced on Monday for a shooting near the Community Kitchen in 2017. He got 48 years for second degree murder as a…
Allyship, an old noun made new again, is Dictionary.com's word of the year.
When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS Oklahoma. But a split-second decision on that December morning 80 years ago changed his mind, and likely saved his life.