ROSSVILLE, Ga. -- The E-P-A has awarded a five hundred thousand dollar grant to Walker County. The grant includes funding to contract an environmental consultant, who will evaluate sites such as Peerless Woolen Mills…
Dalton, Ga. -- On Tuesday, Georgia will hold it's primary elections. In District 14, which includes Whitfield County, Representative Marjorie Taylor Green will be defending her seat against several COP challengers. Chief…
Over two weeks after narrowly losing the Republican Primary for Hamilton County Mayor, Sabrena Smedley has filed a complaint contesting Weston Wamp's victory. The basis of her complaint is massive alleged crossover voting…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Amid an attempt to hire 1,000 new employees before the end of the year, Volkswagen Chattanooga has announced that all production employees, maintenance staff, and team leaders will receive a bonus of $3,000. Additionally, any employees hired…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Since the department's inception in 2001, the TSA has come to look out for a litany of prohibited items in passengers' carry-on bags. But one set of prohibited items…
ATHENS, Tenn. -- It was early on the morning of May 20, 2016 when Betty Begazo was at Etowah Dialysis in McMinn County, a facility owned by DaVita Dialysis. For over three years, Begazo…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Eleven weeks ago today, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting a war that would cost the lives of thousands. Like the rest of us, Chattanooga Police Sergeant Jeremiah Cook looked to the conflict…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County School Board has passed their budget for the upcoming school year. The budget creates funding for new 25.5 new positions, allocates six million dollars to address learning loss,…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- A report from Datasembly shows that 31 percent of baby formula was out of stock last month, a shortage driven by the same global supply chain issues that have inflated…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- This morning, a worker fell 20 feet down an elevator shaft in the James Building on Broad Street. According to the Chattanooga Fire Department, the man fell due to "the elevator car not being in place. Teams…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Second degree murder, facilitation of second degree murder, criminally negligent homicide -- these are some of the charges on which fourteen people were indicted yesterday. These charges were in connection…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The investigations division of the Department of Homeland Security opened a new office in Chattanooga, this morning. Located across from the TBI on Century Oaks Drive, the office will provide agents with resources for investigating crimes such…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Last night, siblings Weston and Coty Wamp won the republican primaries for Hamilton County Mayor and District Attorney. The Mayor's Race was tense, with Wamp and runner-up Sabrena Smedley finishing…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Tomorrow is election day for the Republican and Democratic Primaries. On the ballot will be four candidates for mayor. Matt Adams, a democrat, runs unopposed in his primary. But…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Local Attorney Robin Flores is preparing a new lawsuit against the City of East Ridge and some of its police officers. Last week, News 12 reported that Flores…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Mayor Tim Kelly has announced an agreement with Rise Partners to revitalize the industrial site in Hixson that was once home to DuPont Chemicals. According…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- On April fourteenth, the FBI was seen raiding the home of David Apps on Mountain Shadows Drive. Now, federal court documents confirm that Apps is under investigation for wire fraud and money laundering. According to the affidavit…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- It's Earth Day in Chattanooga, and the Tennessee Aquarium is giving back. "We are releasing some Lake Sturgeon that we have grown from little, tiny hatchlings out of the eggs for…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- This morning, the United Campus Workers Union and its allies presented UTC Chancellor Steve Angle with a 500 signature petition for a $15 dollar minimum wage." "We do…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- This morning, local attorney Robin Flores filed a lawsuit against the City of East Ridge and two of its police officers on behalf of Ronald Cummins. The lawsuit alleges…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Following a Florida federal judge's ruling to strike down mask mandates on public transport, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has announced that customers will no longer be required to wear masks. CHA's…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- It's commonly reported that America's ten point four trillion dollar trucking industry is facing a driver shortage, but according to Sharae Moore of SHE trucking, the real issue is driver retention.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- According to a survey from virtual private network company NordVPN, forty-seven percent of those polled would stop using the internet, if they could. To see how this is reflected…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Today, the Tennessee State Senate passed Senate Bill 1610, which would make it a felony to camp on public property. Critics of the bill have said that it would…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States's inflation rate is eight point five percent higher than it was one year ago. "The eight point five percent increase in year over year…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- In Chattanooga, the past several years have seen an increase in homelessness as well as an increase in the average price of rent. According to Homelessness and Supportive Housing Director Sam…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- This summer, Volkswagen is releasing the ID 4, it's first electric SUV. For some, that means one more option in the electric automotive market, but, for Chattanoogans, that means 1,000 new…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Today, EPB presented an electronic vehicle battery innovations conference at the TDOT Administration building. Industry manufacturers and innovators were brought together to discuss developments in electric vehicle technology and solutions…
MARION COUNTY, Tenn. -- This morning, property developer Thunder Enterprises broke ground alongside Governor Bill Lee on a new project in Marion County. "What's happening here is a really important thing in our…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Last night, all three candidates for Hamilton County District Attorney made their case for election before a crowd of college students, attorneys, and members of the public. "I have…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- In 2007, a furniture store in Charleston, South Carolina, caught fire. In responding to the incident, nine firefighters lost their lives in what was the deadliest firefighter disaster since…
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. -- Mayor Tim Kelly spoke yesterday about a need for affordable housing, but that raises a question: what housing does the city consider affordable? According to the city's promotional materials for…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- "Chattanooga faces a crossroads. If we don't do something about housing in our city, something bold and decisive, there are going to be serious and irreversible consequences," said Mayor Tim Kelly,…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - Yesterday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 514, which prohibits mask mandates in primary and secondary schools. "No local board of education, governing board, superintendent, or personnel at any…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- "When these students finish in this nine weeks, they're going to be cream of the crop," said Charlotte Brand, Economic Mobility Program Coordinator for the Enterprise Center. This morning, the…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Ooltewah resident Alexander Bormotov has traveled to Poland to help refugees from his native country of Ukraine. "I'm at the center where they help around 400 refugees,…
TRENTON, Ga -- On December 16, 1988, a woman's body was found on the side of the road in Dade County. "It was off I-59 northbound, just inside of Dade County,…
TRENTON, Ga. -- With the weather warming up and COVID cases going down, some people are hitting the road in RV's. But gas prices remain high. "It's made the trip a lot…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "The Tennessee River is our most important natural resource. It is literally and figuratively the essence of sustainability in Chattanooga, and that's Chattanooga's essence," said Mayor Tim Kelly. It's world…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- "It's been awesome. This city's amazing," said Chanda Chambers, co-owner of Chambers Welding and Fabrication. According to a report from finance website Smartest Dollar, Chattanooga has the seventh most minority-owned…