CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have arrested a suspect for a fatal shooting last summer. 31 year old Quintez Bulloch was shot on July 30th in the 2900 block of Lightfoot Mill road. Police have now charged Bronathon Carter in…
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Rhea County investigators suspect a postal worker with stealing mail in our area. On Saturday, officers stopped a woman on Highway 60 that they believed was under the influence. But what they found in her vehicle…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - “It’s a Memphis problem and they’re trying to solve it with a statewide bill.” State Senator Bill Kelsey pushed for a floor vote last week for a bill that would lift all residency requirements for first…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee- "What we do versus we get them settled safely and their parking space. It’s different for most people to have a drive-through experience for vaccines," said RN Donna Needham. She said it’s a different type of experience, but…
(WDEF)- Roman Catholic archdioceses in St. Louis and New Orleans have requested Catholics to attempt to stay away from Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Taking the Johnson and Johnson covid vaccine could be viewed as “morally compromised" because it is…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Daphne Westbrook disappeared from Hamilton County in October of 2019 after she spent the weekend with her father. She has now been spotted in New Mexico and Colorado.” Authorities believe Daphne Westbrook’s father, John Oliver Westbrook, has…
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced its second busiest year on record last year.
15 candidate field for Mayor is down to 2.
CHATTANOOGA,Tennessee- There will be a run off for mayor between Tim Kelly and Kim White. Kim White supporters were buzzing with excitement as a late voting push lead to a run off. White trailed Kelly by less than 300 votes,…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into a deadly officer involved shooting in Catoosa County. On Saturday, dispatch received a suspicious phone call. Catoosa County deputies responded to a home on Alabama Highway in Ringgold.…
Catoosa County educators are scheduled to receive their vaccine March 8th. News 12 asked the superintendent about the rollout plan.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Brittany Murphy got a very unpleasant surprise in the mail when she received her Chattanooga Sewer bill in the mail in January. "I took my breathe away. I was really hopeless", says Murphy. To her surprise, there…
(WDEF) - Dolly Parton tweeted on Tuesday a photo of her getting her Covid vaccine with a clever caption. "Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine." The reference is to her donation of a million dollars to Vanderbilt to…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Whitfield County Sheriff's officials are releasing more information on the deadly crash last week. They says there were active felony warrants for Zachary Douglas Lumpkin. Deputies spotted him Thursday night at the Truck Stop at Connector…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee health officials are expanding the pool of vaccines as they expect increased shipments. Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey announced the state will now include the 1-C category, adding more than a million Tennesseans to vaccine qualification.…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Music has to power transform us. It's a subject that Sarah Tortora is passionate about. She shares that passion with more than 400 students at Hardy Elementary. Robin Bambrey is the Principal at…
Authorities are searching for a young kangaroo who slipped away from his keepers as he was being hauled through Alabama on its way to a new home.
Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly.
UPDATE: Chattanooga Police now tell us there were two separate wrecks, involving a chase. The first involved an officer trying to make a traffic stop and the vehicle fled, immediately hitting another vehicle. The occupants then ran on foot. The…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The latest study by iSeeCars compares how long it is taking for both new and used cars to sell right now in Chattanooga. The idea is that the slower moving vehicles are an opportunity to drive a…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia election officials sent their third batch of alleged voting violations to prosecutors last week, including a case against a northwest Georgia woman accused of turning in a vote by her deceased husband. Investigators say the…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Students across the three-campus University of Alabama System will return to in-person instruction for the fall semester with no limits on class size in Birmingham, Huntsville or Tuscaloosa to guard against COVID-19. The system said in…
Residents and officials in North Georgia are going back and forth debating whether the latest reform bills protect or surpass the election process.
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Senate has advanced legislation that would ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports. On Monday, 27 Republicans voted in favor of the measure while all six Democratic members…