The Bradley County Sheriff's Office is fighting back against car burglaries. News 12's Bekah Birdsall has the latest with the sheriff. The Bradley county sheriff's Office is reminding residents to always lock their vehicles especially at night. This year in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Cold Case investigators have uncovered new information in a double murder from more than four years ago. A five year old was in the home when his parents were gunned down and he had to call 911.…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - East Ridge Police have arrested a suspect in a murder from back in August. Montrell Fears was shot in a parking lot while taking two children to school. The…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - According to data from the Hamilton County Health Department, nearly 40 percent of all new cases since October 1st have been in the 11 to 30 age group. Videos on social media showing large gatherings on…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - If the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t given us enough reason to get a flu shot this winter, perhaps a new study by the American Heart Association will. According to the AHA, being infected with influenza or another flu…
Mckamey Animal Center is hosting a free adoption event today from 11 AM to 7 PM. Potential adopters do not have to have an appointment or live in the City of Chattanooga. There will be social distancing guidelines in place…
Chattanooga City Attorney Wade Hinton announced his plans for running for the office of Chattanooga Mayor.
Parenting is no easy task, and parenting teenagers comes with its own unique set of challenges. During National Teen Driver Safety Week, October 18-24, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is launching the Keep Them Safe campaign to remind parents…
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is suspending in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for coronavirus.
New unemployment claims in Tennessee rose to over 10,000 showing an increase for two straight weeks.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton county Sheriff Jim Hammond has tested positive for COVID-19 and is quarantining. He got tested today, after learning he had been in direct contact with someone who had the virus. Even though the sheriff tested positive,…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - "Nowhere in any country, in any period can you take and say here are men and women who have trained together and for whatever reason somebody decides they're going to go over to the other…
DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - Dunlap firefighters say when they arrived at a crash scene before dawn, one of the vehicles was already in flames. A dump truck had hit an SUV near the top of Cagle Mountain on Highway 111.…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - Law enforcement agents raided a home in Walker County today and came away with a large generator. The raid was at a home on High Point Road at the base of Lookout Mountain. They say they…
Coach is quarantining but says he does not have symptoms.
Day one of early voting Tennessee did not disappoint.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period law for abortions is unconstitutional. In a Wednesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Bernard Freidman says the law “substantially burdens women seeking an abortion in Tennessee." Friedman…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Brainerd Leaders have come together to help launch a community food pantry. The food pantry will run twice a month and will be the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 4:30-6:30 & the 4th Wednesday from 11am…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has updated the status of a marble slab over an entrance to the jail. A four foot portion of the facade over the Cherry Street entrance collapsed onto the sidewalk back in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The MaryEllen Locher Breast Center has a year-round financial assistance program to help women who are either uninsured or underinsured. The program is meant to help women without adequate medical resources gain access to breast screenings. Breast…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - For two days, Georgia voters have been lining up to vote early in the November general election, and they are back in sizable numbers again today. Lines in Catoosa county were still lengthy at Noon…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) — Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and his wife are in quarantine after a member of his security has tested positive for Covid-19. The Governor says he has tested negative himself, and the test for first lady Maria…
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Early in Tennessee starts today and state officials expect a record number of turnout at the polls.