CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Six people are now recovering after being trapped on their balconies during an apartment fire. The leasing manager of the Rustic Village North off Highway 58, says the building is a total loss. She says she's reached…
"Hamilton Countians gotta respect this virus and realize it's a killer...it ain't gonna go away.."
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - "In their cars blowing horns, they got out waving signs. One had a bullhorn. They were all chanting, just really disturbing the neighborhood," Chattanooga City Council Chairman Chip Henderson said. It was a protest in front…
Knox county joins local governments in requiring masks, but Tennessee & Georgia Governors refuse.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennesseans can currently choose to vote by mail in the upcoming august primary because of COVID-19. This new order is being challenged by the state. However, Tennessee Valley counties, including Hamilton County, are already seeing an…
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state election board has voted to extend a rule allowing counties to utilize absentee ballot drop boxes through elections in November. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to extend that rule as well as another that lets…
less than a half-ounce of marijuana.
New case in Hamilton doubled today from yesterday to set new record of 118
Panel could vote on whether to remove Forrest bust next week
LAFAYETTE, Ga (WDEF) - A grandma in Lafayette Georgia has gone viral on the internet. 77 year old Patsy Wilbanks has been cooking since she was 12 years old. Wilbanks says she was trying to help teach a family friend how…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance wants people to be aware of several different types of Coronavirus Scams currently circulating. Officials say scammers are setting up fake testing sites, fake telemedicine visits, and fake vaccine…
The U.S. Army has quarantined 90 soldiers and instructors who tested positive for the coronavirus during a survival course at Fort Bragg.
Tennessee officials say they plan to enforce a requirement that first-time voters who register by mail cast their ballots in person.
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But councilman will propose a new compromise next week.
The group that actually owns the land on which a Confederate monument stands in Cleveland, Tennessee is refusing to allow its removal.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A question protestors are raising is who should police the police? Chattanooga created an advisory committee to help do that, but the coronavirus has slowed their progress. Police Advisory and Review Committee (PARC) members still have…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The C-D-C is adding three new symptoms for those with the coronavirus. They include nausea, diarrhea, and runny nose. Some of these symptoms are common during allergy season. So we asked Erlanger's Director of Infectious Diseases when…
In a sit down with Hamilton County sheriff Jim Hammond, he tells News 12 his first reaction to the video of five deputies arresting Reginald Arrington Jr.
After a flat 10 days cycle, the numbers are trending up again.
Officials say the accidentally cut off speaker's microphone at the very end in a rush to clean it for the next speaker.
They have also released the dashcam videos of the incident in which an employee of the university felt intimidated and profiled.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Coronavirus cases continue to rise with over 43,000 in the state of Tennessee and over 2,400 in Hamilton County. Many states are now making masks mandatory in public due to the rise in cases, will Tennessee…
Health Dept. urging everyone get tested after one infectious person at each graduation in the stands.