DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Whitfield County Fire Department spent much of its nights fighting a fire at a carpet store at 219 West Avenue in Dalton. No cause for the blaze has been announced but a half dozen crews…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - ArtsBuild is a local nonprofit organization that helps support artists in our area. The organization is announcing a Racial Equity Grant for Individual Artists program. The program renews grant-funded support for artists of color …
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Anecdotal evidence from women around the country has led to questions about how COVID-19 vaccines may affect women's menstrual cycles. One Chattanooga doctor says they have not seen any instances in this area but…
Facebook's Oversight Board voted to uphold former President Trump's ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A police officer in Nashville was shot Tuesday night in a call that officials say was a "setup." A Metro Nashville Police spokesman says they got a call from someone saying that his brother had shot…
WINCHESTER, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI reports indictments against a former Winchester Police Officer. The Franklin County Grand Jury indicted 28 year old Tristan Xavier Delacruz multiple counts of sexual assault. The TBI joined the investigation last fall. Their investigation…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Thanks to a court order, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will be mailing out rebate checks to some customers this month. Around 100,000 customers will get some kind of settlement. These are for people who bought healthcare coverage…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - As the school years winds down, we take a look back at the remarkable job local teachers did navigating the pandemic. The challenges were historic, and as usual our educators came through with flying…
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - The top-ranking House Republican on Tuesday renewed his party’s attack on Major League Baseball for pulling the All-Star Game out of the Atlanta Braves stadium after Georgia Republicans enacted a restrictive new voting law. House Minority…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - It’s no secret that real estate in Hamilton County is booming. “There’s not a better time to ever sell your house and there’s not a worse time to try to find a house,”…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee- A special treat for Star Wars fans as the Tivoli Theatre shows the original trilogy to celebrate May the fourth. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Tivoli Theatre is currently showing movies on the weekend. But…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Angela Moryan talks to Lookouts President Rich Mozingo about the long awaited return of minor league baseball in Chattanooga. Angela: 21 months without a first pitch in this field. What word describes how much…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - The Fort Payne Police have charged a suspect with impersonating law enforcement after an harassment complaint. The victim said he was stopped at a red light on Wednesday, when a man came up to his…
Statewide, there was more than 26 hundred motorcycle crashes in 2020.
40,000 households in Chattanooga - Hamilton County will have the opportunity to receive a free test kit at home.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Senator Bill Hagerty and the US Army corps of engineers toured the replacement project that’s currently underway at the Chickamauga Lock. Senator Bill Hagerty says this type of infrastructure project will have an immediate…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Mother’s Day is this weekend and it’s time to start thinking about how you want to celebrate the mom in your life. One local gift shop is making the gift shopping easier by…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The driver of a vehicle that crashed on I 24 more than a week ago has died from her injuries. The 18 year old was travelling east near Lookout Valley Sunday morning, April 25th, around 5:30. Investigators…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating another shooting near the East Lake Courts. It happened Monday night around 8:30 in the 2700 block of 4th Avenue. This time, a 17 year old male said he had been shot by…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It looks like the international shortage of semiconductors is hitting Chattanooga manufacturing. Volkswagen officials have been warning that the shortage will force some production shutdowns. And it will hit the Chattanooga plant on Friday. VW will suspend…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hamilton County Attorney Rheuben Taylor told News 12 that Zoi's Restaurant, where a deck collapsed on Saturday, never got a permit to build it. News 12 also spoke with another local attorney about…
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - It was a horrifying scene at Zoi’s Restaurant in Harbor Lights Marina, as a birthday party holding over 40 people on the restaurants outdoor deck collapsed beneath them. Management at Zoi’s Restaurant wasn’t available for comment…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - A Red Bank Elementary School Instructional Coach earns National Recognition as a 2021 Extraordinary Educator. Brandi Adam is one of just two teachers in the entire state to receive the honor. Brandi says,…
It's starting to feel like summer in the Tennessee Valley which means people are eager to get back into the pool. But what happens if there is a chlorine shortage? River City Pool and Spa Manager is…