More to the Story: COVID Response
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Jennifer Davis is a registered nurse, working for LifeSpring Community Health. She heads the group's COVID response team. LifeSpring was actually one of the first local…
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More to the Story with Staley – Skillet Curling
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- It's billed as a combination of bocce ball and curling. "Skillet Curling!" And that's what almost 100 good folks will be doing come later…
More to the Story with Staley – Signing Day
Chattanooga, Tenn. (WDEF) - Before 2017, this was a stressful time of year for potential college football players coming out of high school. The signing day in early February would determine…
More To The Story with Staley – Local Woman Creates Seahorse Snacks, Sold in 50 States
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Three years ago, Stacy Martin found out she had a genetic predisposition to stomach cancer. An 80 percent chance she would someday come down…
More To The Story With Staley: Benton’s Grinch
BENTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Downtown Benton!! Always a friendly place to be. At the courthouse, well, the Christmas spirit is alive and well. Right across the street, Marlena Miller is…
More To The Story With Staley: Hixson toy collection
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Cynthia Schoenberg owns her own business in Hixson. Her company sells air purifiers. Cynthia is relatively new to the Chattanooga area. But her desire to help those…
More To The Story with Staley: Record Urban League gift
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga began operations back in 1982. The purpose is to shine a light on racial, social and economic equity.…
More To The Story with Staley: Farmer and the Belle
CHICKAMAUGA, Georgia (WDEF) - It's a Christmas movie produced by a married couple who live outside of New York City, but the couple sport deep ties to our…
More To The Story With Staley: Saving Industrial History
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Erin Ryan and Carolyn Runyon work in the Special Collections Department at UTC. The department is home to a lot of old pictures. Old documents. Many deal…
More To the Story with Staley: “Fries For School Supplies”
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's called McDonald's "Fries For School Supplies." For one week a year, local franchise owners and operators take the proceeds from a la carte french fry sales…
More To The Story with Staley: Pat Blankenship
HIXSON, Tennessee (WDEF) - It's a two-day, open house -slash - customer appreciation affair at Emma's Hair Salon in Hixson. Food is plentiful. Every finger food one might have a…
More To The Story: The story behind the Lumberjack Calendar
FORT OGLETHORPE (WDEF) - It's adoption day at a pet store in Fort Oglethorpe. Our "fur babies" are all over the place. Check this out: eight Great Pyrenees…
More To The Story: The Grateful meal
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's a big crowd gathered on the street. In front of the Bessie Smith Cultural Center in downtown Chattanooga. An entire block "blocked off." Two…
More To The Story with Staley: Inflation
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Just days ago, the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate again. Up three quarters of a point. That makes it harder to buy a home. And makes…
More To The Story with Staley: Softball Showdown
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Saturday morning at Camp Jordan. And the park is packed. With people from all over the place. Over 30 states to be exact.…
More To The Story: Rossville Markets will continue
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - That's Heather Herweyer. Marking out the vendor spots for the next Rossville Boulevard open-air market. Yes, they will continue. Organizers say the markets so far,…
More To The Story: Why do some people age quicker than others?
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This is the MultiDisciplinary Research Building on the campus of UTC. The SimCenter. A lot of smart people are here. This man is one of the best:…
More To The Story with Staley: Direct Primary Care
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Dr. Greg Steinke has been a physician since 2006. But after time, he became frustrated with the standard way of practicing. He was looking for more. "I wanted to have more…
More To The Story With Staley: Cristal writes a book
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - "I've always wanted to write books since I was a little kid. And it's always been in the back of my mind. And after…
More To The Story With Staley: Mary Claus
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - It's a home in Lafayette. On Gordon Pond. With a very unique garage. You see, it's the Mary Claus Workshop. Inside, a "winter wonderland." Built…
More To The Story with Staley: Firefighters Gala
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Bessie Smith Cultural Center on MLK Boulevard will be a "happening" place come November the 5th. As the Net Resource Foundation is partnering with the…
More To The Story with Staley: Grandparents support group
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Catherine Becker is 62 years old. She lives in Catoosa County. Coming to our area from Knoxville. 22 years ago. She's a wife. A cancer survivor.…
More To The Story With Staley: BBQ
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Mimi Nikkel and the rest of her organization is getting ready for the big day in October. It is "Love's Arm's" fourth annual Jazz and…
More To The Story with Staley: 84 year old painter
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It was the darkest days of the pandemic. 84 year old Pat Blankenship, a lifelong Hixson resident, had recently undergone heart surgery. Doctors said she must stay at…
More To The Story With Staley: wooden furniture
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - It's a little slice of Americana up on Signal Mountain. And there's wood all over the place. Logs, trees.....more than one can shake a stick at.…
More To The Story With Staley: Students Build A Plane
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Looks to be a somewhat normal high school class. Teachers interacting with the kids. But what's being done here is extraordinary. For these 12 students in Aviation…
More To The Story With Staley: Statue Project Update
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - There's Judy! Judy Mogul, working on the big project in front of the AIM Center on MLK Boulevard in downtown Chattanooga. Judy is the center's Visual Arts Coordinator.…
More To The Story With Staley: Aquarium Educator Retires
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It takes about....oh......30 seconds to clearly see that Julia Gregory loves her job. But after 25 years at the Aquarium, Julia, the senior educator, is retiring. As of…
More To The Story with Staley: Christmas Music
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's Patti Sanders. Running the board at Sunny 92.3. She is "The Queen" of the radio station. An iconic voice in the long history of…
More To The Story with Staley: Don Poole
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It was a special Thursday afternoon for Boyd Patterson. As the newly elected 11th District Criminal Court Judge, he takes the oath of office from retiring…
More To The Story with Staley: Union Gospel Barbeque
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Jon Rector has been the executive director of the Union Gospel Mission for 19 years. He and his staff are getting ready for one of their big events!…
More To The Story With Staley: Forensic odontologist
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - He's an 85 year old gentleman. Sitting alone in his room. On his computer. He's a retired doctor. But in a sense, he's still working. He lives right…
More To The Story: New Miss Tennessee Agriculture USA Queen is from Ooltewah
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - "I've always been around agriculture. I grew up on a farm. And we had an orchard. And I love to ride horses too." Right…
More To The Story with Staley: New Art Exhibit
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's an art exhibit, in all of its color and glory, right when you walk into the Jewish Cultural Center in Chattanooga. Program Director Ann Treadwell culled through…
More To The Story with Staley: Kids Art Boxes
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - You see lots of boxes outside the doors of Rivermont Elementary. The kids inside, ages pre-K through fifth grade, are the ones on the receiving…
More To The Story with Staley: Trumpet Player
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Another early Saturday morning on the UTC campus. Very quiet. But as you walk in the back door, you'll hear music. It's a young man…
More To The Story with Staley: Reach One Teach One
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - They came together as they do every year. This year at Washington Hills Recreation Center. The annual "Reach One Teach One" school supply fundraiser. Supplying all types of…
More To The Story: Vision of Mercy
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga native Diane Moore founded "Vision of Mercy" back in May of last year. With a goal of providing non-perishable food bags and other…
More To The Story with Staley: Stair Climbing
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "Climbing stairs is you versus the clock. It's you versus you......" And Troy Alston can run the stairs alright. Better than just about anybody in…
More to the Story with Staley: new Cereset franchise
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Whether you work in an office building downtown or for that matter, work in your office at home, you might be dealing with stress. At one…