CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly has issued an executive order that requires indoor masks wearing at city buildings. It applies to both employees and visitors, whether vaccinated or not. The vaccinated will be allowed to drop the mask…
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Catoosa County Fire Department is asking for help solving a suspected arson case. They say a home was intentionally set on School Street in Rossville at 5:30 AM on July 15th. If you have any…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A 67 year old woman was killed in an early morning crash on Bonny Oaks Drive on Thursday. It happened in the 6200 block around 5 AM. A vehicle side-swiped another vehicle and then hit a utility…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Health Department is warning of a Covid outbreak at the Silverdale Baptist summer camp last weekend. They have 16 positive cases from the student camp between July 23-July 25. The cases have…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF)- Judge Poole was first elected in 2006 and was unopposed for re-election for an 8 year term in 2014. A former Hamilton County Assistant District Attorney, Poole received both his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The City of Chattanooga partnered with the American job center and the Tennessee Department of Corrections to host a job fair for ex offenders. This job fair focused on connecting justice-involved individuals with professional…
California's largest wildfire so far this year was flaring up Friday but it was because the flames were chewing through unburned islands of vegetation within a perimeter that firefighters have built.
Tennessee Republican Rep. David Byrd was in an intensive care unit on a ventilator for 55 days while battling the conoravirus.
Families are starting to feel the benefits of the expanded child tax credit. One study estimates it could cut child poverty by 45%.
Chattanooga's Riverfront District will have a new look in the coming years. That's the plan of the River City Company, which is a non-profit organization established back in the mid-80's, with a goal of beautifying the…
New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus.
President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results "corrupt" in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation.
Since early 2020, banks across the U.S. have been banned from foreclosing on homes as part of the federal government's efforts to assist families feeling economic pain caused by the pandemic. On Saturday, the ban will end, potentially putting thousands of families at risk.
Tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin amid powerful thunderstorms that caused widespread damage that contributed to the death of a man who crashed into a fallen tree and power line.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Erlanger's Nurse-Family Partnership was started in December as a way to help first time moms through their pregnancy and up to the child's second birthday. News 12's Danielle Moss talked to officials about how…
Their "prank" gave a Tennessee man a fatal heart attack, just over his Twitter handle.
Jul 29, 2021 7:59 PM By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Southeastern Conference university presidents voted Thursday to invite Texas and Oklahoma to the league and create a 16-team powerhouse on the field and at the bank. But…
Federal workers will be required to attest they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else face mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and other new rules announced by President Biden.
FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia (WDEF) - Officials report a guilty plea for a Georgia man after a stop by a park ranger at the end of the year. On December 27, the ranger found three people loitering inside the federal park…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The City of Chattanooga announces they are suspending their curbside recycling program due to a driver shortage. Officials say the truck operator shortage is getting worse. They have 32 open CDL driving positions now. So beginning Friday,…
"Most of the people that have something to say have never been involved with gymnastics and everyone that is supporting her has," says TAG Girls Team Head Coach, Anne Malinowsky. After Olympic gymnast Simone Biles unexpectedly pulled…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff's Office has made two arrests in the case of some stolen copper wires and pipe. The thefts happened at four construction sites across the northeastern part of the county on Tuesday. Detectives…
After recent rescues at Greenway Farms, the Chattanooga Fire Department took some extra steps to make sure they're better prepared.
The White House will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday.