CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- On Wednesday, the Hamilton County Commission will vote on a rezoning request that will clear the way for several hundred new apartments being built off of Highway 58 and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- This morning, police received numerous calls about two buses that were parked next to the comfort inn and suites in Lookout Valley. The buses were similar to those that stopped in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Property Developer R.M. Investments LLC is asking Hamilton County to rezone 53.9 acres on North Hickory Valley Road from rural residential to multi-family residential. Next Wednesday, the County Commission is expected…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Hamilton County is moving ahead with the plan to transition Erlanger Medical Center from a public entity to a private non-profit. The move has been in the works for Several Months,…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Non-profit "LAUNCH" has teamed up with the Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union to host Food Truck Fridays at the Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga. The Kitchen Incubator is a startup facility…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The TVA says natural gas prices are at a fourteen year high. In June, the price of natural gas was one hundred and forty-one percent higher than it was last…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The election for the District 8 City Council Seat will be decided in a runoff on September 15. Candidate Marie Mott was surprised to learn that the election…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Beginning September first, the Hamilton County Commission will add two new seats to represent recently added districts 10 and 11. Thursday's election decided who will occupy seats, and a familiar…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Hamilton County has approved the development of the new Lookouts stadium on Chattanooga's South Side. But the approval didn't come without a final round of deliberation. In past meetings, questions…
Adams, a democrat, is seeking Republican Sabrena Smedley as his senior advisor, should he win the race for Hamilton County Mayor.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- "If you build it, they will come," said a Chattanooga resident at Monday's Industrial Development Board Meeting. The Industrial…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Volkswagen Chattanooga has completed its roll-out of the ID-4, V-W's first all-electric vehicle. The car runs on a four hundred volt lithium ion battery, which offers up to 260 miles of range…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- District Six County Commissioner David Sharpe is requesting a series of emails rumored to have been exchanged between Weston Wamp and the Chattanooga Lookouts. Sharpe hasn't addressed Wamp by name, but…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chemical Company Wacker currently employs seven hundred people at its Charleston, Tennessee facility. But soon that site is going to expand, adding several new silicone production facilities. The expansion is being…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- According to a 2021 data breach report conducted by Verizon, thirty-six percent of data breaches are caused by phishing scams. Phishing traditionally relies on email to trick a user into providing…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- According to a sworn affidavit, it was five thirty on Saturday morning when detectives were made aware that four men had escaped from Silverdale Detention Facility. Investigators arrived at the scene…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- There are thirty million dollars in federal money available to the city of Chattanooga through the American Rescue Plan. The City is considering using two point eight million to build…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Three homes were hit by lightning in the Tennessee Valley, this morning. According to the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management, the strikes occurred within the span of thirty minutes. "It's…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- In January, the U-S Department of Transportation acknowledged a nationwide shortage of bus drivers. As the fall semester approaches, Cleveland City Schools are still in need of more drivers. "We're…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Tech Company IFIXIT has chosen the the site of the old Dixie Produce Warehouse on Eighth Street as the new home for its East Coast Distribution Site. The decision is a 24 million dollar investment, and will…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- In 2018, a man was killed in a a head on collision with a vehicle driving the wrong way on Highway one eleven in Soddy Daisy. As a result, Sherry…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- It was a beautiful day all over Chattanooga. But on Dee Drive, things were especially nice for the residents of Greenwood Terrace. The local chapter of women's group Zia organized a fun day for the neighborhood, bringing…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The portion of I-75 that runs through Hamilton County currently features several potholes and cracks in the concrete. Starting tonight at nine P-M, the Tennessee Department of Transportation will begin…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- A major redevelopment of Chattanooga's Westside Neighborhood is being planned by the Chattanooga Housing Authority. Hamilton County is poised to approve a two million dollar contribution to the project, whose…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- "Am I for development? Absolutely. Am I for taking a risk with taxpayers' dollars? Absolutely not," said County Commissioner Tim Boyd. Boyd is expressing concern about the South Broad Lookouts…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Many Chattanooga and Hamilton County officials are confident in their plan to finance the South Broad Lookouts Stadium project, which would require bond payments of one point five million dollars from…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The County Commission has approved three point six million dollars in american Rescue Plan Funding to assist local programs and institutions such as the Tivoli Theatre and Girls Inc. A sum of one point five million dollars…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Tennessee's "Right to Life Act" is expected to become law in mid-August, banning all abortions in the state except those which are necessary to save the life of the pregnant…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga is one of six cities across the US to have been selected to participate in the Putting Assets to Work Incubator. The program is an initiative to assess underused properties…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- According to the website for the new Lookouts Stadium project, construction will cost seventy-nine point five million dollars, plus seven point five million for bond issuance and capitalized interest costs. The site says ninety-six percent of the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga and Hamilton County are moving ahead with the plan to construct a new baseball stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts off of South Broad Street. "This is not about the stadium.…
DALTON, Ga. -- Pro-choice protesters gathered this morning in front of the Whitfield County Courthouse in Dalton, Georgia. Some said they feel pro-life advocates misunderstand the significance of abortion rights. "A lot of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Rise Partners and the City of Chattanooga are moving ahead with their plan to redevelop 88 acres of what used to be the DuPont Chemical Plant on Access Road. Four…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Friends of the Festival is calling Riverbend 2022 a resounding success. The festival anticipated 15,000 attendees, and exceeded that goal on Saturday and Sunday. According to festival organizers, it's not yet…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- With Roe vs Wade overturned, the "Human Life Protection Act" has been triggered in Tennessee, outlawing most abortions. The law prevents abortion at any point between fertilization and birth, with…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- "One simple 'how are you' could really help save somebody's life," said Jennifer Hynes, CEO of Teamcare Behavioral Health. The American Academy of Pediatrics is now advising depression and suicide risk…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- President Biden asked Congress today to suspend the federal gas tax for three months. If they do, the price of gasoline would immediately fall by 18 cents. "By suspending…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga Mercantile is moving to Gateway Antiques Mall in Fort Oglethorpe. But staff say the location they are leaving behind is a building in disrepair. "On a day that it rains,…
These 12 artists, who all live and/or work in the Chattanooga area, painted this year’s murals on the second side of the EPB 10th Street Substation: (left to right) Rea Shaw, Sara Tolbert, Jerome Foster, Ann…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- According to residents at Patton Towers, the air conditioning has been out in most the building for months. "It's been two months since the air been out. I feel like it…