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Police looking for Douglass Gass in fatal crash

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are asking for the public's help to find Douglas Gass. They believe he was driving the vehicle that crashed Monday night on East 38th Street after a police chase. The chase began in Fort Oglethorpe…

Investigators bust MDMA through the mail

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force has busted a distribution chain from Europe to Rossville. They say that MDMA was mailed from England, Germany and Italy to homes in Chickamauga and Rossville. Agents raided the…

Denver experiences 70-degree temperature drop

On Wednesday, Denver experienced bright, sunny, almost summer-like weather with 83 degree temperatures. But on Thursday, just before midnight, the temperature in the city plunged to a wintry 13 degrees — a record low for this time of year. The…

Ex-Ukraine ambassador says she was removed based on "false claims"

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch defended her tenure as ambassador in testimony before the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry, telling lawmakers Friday she was "incredulous" the government recalled her "based, as best as I can tell, on unfounded…

Mistrial for ex-police chief charged with hate crime

A jury in the trial of a former New Jersey police chief accused of assaulting a handcuffed black teen because of "intense racial animus" has deadlocked on federal hate crime assault and civil rights deprivations charges. The same jury convicted…

Community meeting on gun violence

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Around two weeks ago, 40-year-old Marshon Langford was killed on Larry Drive. It's that deadly shooting that had Pin Oaks community members sharing ideas on how to keep the area safe in a meeting Thursday night.…

The first Chattanooga MotorCar Festival

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's a classic car lovers' dream weekend. What separates the inaugural Chattanooga MotorCar Festival from other car shows is the diversity of its program. News 12's Taylor Bishop has our story. The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival is the…

Wildfires break out in California amid power outage

Last Updated Oct 10, 2019 7:14 PM EDT Despite an unprecedented effort to prevent wildfires, at least three of them erupted in Southern California on Thursday afternoon fueled by strong winds and dry conditions. Fifty miles east of Los Angeles,…

Columbus Ships open despite road closures

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Captains with Columbus Ships say the Motorcar Festival is blocking their entrance. They want to let people know that despite road closures, they are still open for business. Visitors can see replicas of Christopher Columbus' ships,…

GM strike has already cost automaker more than $1 billion

With the strike at General Motors stretching into a fourth week, the automaker's financial losses are piling up. GM will have lost out on $1.1 billion in income if the labor dispute continues through this weekend, Anderson Economic Group estimates…

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