Friends of the Festival announce some details on next year's Riverbend
They name a new Executive Director, confirm dates and announce new partnership with Songbirds.
Man sentenced to 16 years for distributing child pornography
He was offering a live online session showing an 8 year old in a bathtub.
Suspects who ran off a cliff face drug and theft charges
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A pair of suspects were running from law enforcement, but ended up being rescued by them. Dade County authorities say Lloyd G Carson from Cowan, TN and Kayla S. White from Tracy City were in a…
2 Giuliani associates who helped him with Ukraine probe arrested
Two foreign-born men who aided Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, in his efforts to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden have been arrested on campaign-finance charges. The men, Ukrainian-born Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, originally from Belarus, have been…
TSSAA upholds Red Bank coach's suspension
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Red Bank coach Chris Brown says he will not be allowed on campus for Friday night's game against Rhea County. The TSSAA suspended Brown after he went onto the field of play during last Friday's game…
Social Security benefits to rise by $24 a month
Almost 70 million retirees will see a 1.6% cost-of-living increase from Social Security in 2020, an uptick with potential political consequences in an election year when Democrats are pushing for more protection from inflation. The increase amounts to $24 a…
Wildfires rage in California as residents scramble without power
California faces a critical fire danger Thursday morning, as at least a half dozen wildfires burn across the state. Forecasters say high winds and low humidity are only increasing the risk. Swaying trees and power lines would increase the wildfire…
Evacuations ordered as wildfire spreads in Bay Area town
October 10, 2019 / 7:36 AM / CBS/AP Moraga, Calif. – Police have ordered evacuations as a fast-moving wildfire spreads in the hills of a San Francisco Bay Area community. Moraga-Orinda firefighters responded to the scene near the St. Mary's…
U.S. and China restart trade talks amid modest hopes
Washington — U.S. and Chinese negotiators are set to kick off the latest round of talks aimed at ending a trade war that has dented the countries' economies and rattled investors. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will lead a delegation…
City takes action against Coyote Jacks
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - City officials say they issued a letter to Bankable Holdings, LLC. It says the city learned that the State of Tennessee dissolved the company. And because of that they have no valid permit to sell alcohol…
Squirrels stashed over 200 walnuts under couple's car hood
Squirrel seeks help from woman in park A Pennsylvania woman was driving her car when she smelled something burning and heard a strange noise. She popped the hood and discovered something a little nutty — A massive stash of walnuts…
Superpower Dogs movie coming to IMAX
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Positively Paw-er-ful Pups movie is coming to the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Theater. News 12's Taylor Bishop has our story. Superpower Dogs 3D will introduce audiences to a group of extraordinary canines whose amazing abilities will surprise…
U.S. accused of abandoning Kurds to face Turkish onslaught
Erbil, Iraq — Turkish forces are bombarding territory held by America's Kurdish allies in northern Syria. President Trump has called the Turkish offensive "a bad idea," but it comes just days after his administration pulled back U.S. troops from the border…
Georgia State Trooper arrested in Dalton
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - GBI agents arrested a former state trooper on Wednesday in Dalton. The Dalton Police Department asked the GBI to get involved back in September. That's when their officers were called to a Dalton home about a…
Hamilton County Commissioner David Sharpe Proposes a $60 Wheel Tax Referendum
". . . put the teacher's salary way down the priority list in order to grow government."
Investigators believe they are closer to identifying one of Samuel Little's murders from the 1980's
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - A convicted killer in Texas claims to have found and killed a woman in our area years ago. Now the FBI is calling Samuel Little the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. On Monday, the…
Richest U.S. families pay a lower tax rate than the middle class
The 400 richest U.S. families now pay a lower overall tax rate than the middle-class, the first time that's happened in 100 years, according to economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. Factoring in federal, state and local taxes, those ultra-wealthy…
City plans to shut down Coyote Jacks
Their beer license is gone now, and they could be shut down by next week.
Commissioner Sharpe proposes a Wheel Tax vote for teacher raises
$60 tax on cars would go to the voters on March 3rd if approved next week by the Hamilton County Commission.
Judge orders Roberson committed for gouging out eyes of woman
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A judge on Wednesday ruled that the man charged with gouging out the eyes of a woman should be committed to a secure mental health facility. This summer, Michael Deshun Roberson was found not guilty by reason…
Registration Opens for 20th Annual Grateful Gobbler Walk
Registration is now open for Chattanooga’s family and pet friendly Thanksgiving 5K, The Grateful Gobbler Walk presented by First Tennessee Bank.
Power cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent California fires
Hundreds of thousands of people in California could be without power for days in the largest public-safety outage in the state's history. Pacific Gas & Electric started shutting off power overnight Tuesday in more than half of California's 58 counties…
GM talks hit snag over UAW demand for U.S. car production
Negotiations between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union hit a roadblock Tuesday over what the union says is a lack of commitment by GM to build new vehicles in U.S. factories. In a letter to members, union Vice…
Johnson & Johnson hit with $8B verdict over drug linked to boy growing breasts
A Philadelphia jury has ordered medical company Johnson & Johnson to pay $8 billion dollars in punitive damages in the case of a man who said he developed breasts after taking the company's anti-psychotic drug Risperdal as a child. The case…