BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - If anyone knows how important it is to protect yourself from COVID-19, it's Cleveland Mayor Kevin Brooks. That's because the mayor experienced COVID firsthand. He told News 12 that he spent 6 days in the…
STEVENSON, Alabama (WDEF) - Deputies in northeast Alabama are looking for a woman who they say tried to run over a drug officer who was trying to arrest her. The confrontation and chase happened Tuesday night south of Stevenson. Jackson…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Fire crews responded to a truck fire off East Brainerd Road early this morning. News 12 captured video OF THE blaze starting on a Partner's Supply truck. The driver and passenger tried to put out those flames,…
"We're not making the kids wear masks that was one thing that we really talked about."
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Two men were killed in a crash on Martin Luther King Boulevard Wednesday afternoon. Their pickup was heading towards town in the 800 block just before 2PM. Traffic investigators say for an unknown reason it crossed the…
"This is going to help with the digital divide and the education divide."
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is extending a state order requiring face coverings in public for another month. And she says masks will be required for students in grade 2 and above in an attempt to slow…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Democratic head of a congressional coronavirus oversight panel has demanded that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and three other Republican governors provide documents showing how their states are combating the pandemic. Similar letters were sent to…
$600,000 in federal funds received by a health care company she directed.
With Governor Lee signing Executive order number 55 on Tuesday, contact sports are ready to kick off this fall.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - On April 19th, 2020 tornadoes ripped through the Hamilton County area devastating many homes and businesses. Now 3 months later some homeowners are still struggling to rebuild their homes and their lives. Nonprofit organization Samaritan's Purse…
The U.S. will pull roughly 12,000 troops out of Germany, bringing about 6,400 forces home and shifting 5,600 to other countries in Europe.
Officials say a freight train traveling on a bridge that spans a lake in a Phoenix suburb has derailed, setting the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod claps back at social media attacks. The councilwoman claimed that negative remarks about her had been circulating on Facebook. She spoke out about it during the council agenda meeting Tuesday night tonight.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga City Council Members will vote on an 8 can't wait principles resolution. Council members talked about the resolution during their legislative committee meeting today. The proposed resolution acknowledges the accomplishments of the Chattanooga Police Department's…
Latest numbers for Hamilton and other southeast Tennessee counties
He wants the C.E. James monument moved and James Park renamed.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - One Chattanooga company is assisting local businesses to enhance their growth long term and stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Capacity Capital has been assisting other local business since 2019 with consulting and investing. The capital investment…
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A middle Georgia man has filed a lawsuit to stop the city of Macon from moving a Confederate statue away from a downtown intersection. The Macon-Bibb County Commission agreed last week to move the statue to…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - State officials in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama are warning residents about mysterious packages arriving in the mail from China. The packages contain unidentified seeds, but they label may call them something else, like jewelry. No one knows…
Dogs did track a sent, but did not locate Josh Day.
"We are in the process of getting scanners which will be installed at each school" said School Health Coordinator of Catoosa County Elizabeth Self.
ROME, Georgia (WDEF) - The GBI reports the arrest of an armed robbery suspect who they believe has held up stores all across northwest Georgia. They brought out the Floyd'Rome SWAT team to make the arrest last Wednesday. The suspect…
"There are going to be positive cases in schools... that is something that is going to happen."