The TSSAA handed out their annual awards on Tuesday for the best basketball players in the state. And we had a pair of winners from the Tennessee Valley. Chatt Prep's Derek Roberson took home the state's Mr. Basketball Award in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Our friends at the Chattanooga Zoo are introducing their first ever mascot to the team, and his name is Finnegan. To uphold the zoo’s mission…
ROSSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) - On Saturday, a house fire damaged the home of a local family in Rossville, Georgia. Former residents say the fire claimed not only physical and irreplaceable…
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Deputy Caleb LeBruno was laid to rest today. Deputy LeBruno was killed last Wednesday night in a motorcycle crash on Brainerd…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Florida woman accused of firing gunshots at Rihanna’s gated home in Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with one count of attempted murder and 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic firearm, court…
Shortly after all JetBlue flights were grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration due to what the agency said was a JetBlue request, the carrier said early Tuesday that the ground stop was over. "A brief system outage has been resolved…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels Tuesday, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region's oil exports, saying it would not allow “even a single liter”…
ROME, Ga. (AP) - Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller advanced to an April 7 runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia after no candidate won a majority in Tuesday’s special election. President Donald Trump…
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has rejected a request for a new trial for a Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that became a flashpoint in the national…
A model of infant sleepsuits has been recalled over a possible choking hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced this week. The zipper head on the recalled HALO Magic Sleepsuits poses a danger to babies, according…
Spelman College students are working on an artificial intelligence tool that would allow people to talk to their plants. It's called PlantGPT, and the goal is to help anyone have a green thumb. PlantGPT uses…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday granted clemency to a man on death row who was scheduled to be executed Thursday even though he did not personally kill anyone. Ivey…
Washington — Unscheduled absences among airport security officers have more than doubled during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, with more than 300 employees leaving the agency since the start of the DHS shutdown, according to internal TSA statistics obtained…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - With opening day less than two months away, several Hamilton County Commissioners toured Erlanger Park this week to see the progress on the future home of the Chattanooga…
RINGGOLD, GA. (WDEF) - Firefighters responded to a large house fire Tuesday morning on The Pointe Drive in Ringgold. The Catoosa County Fire Department was called to the scene…
CLEVELAND, TN (WDEF) - Did you ever have a teacher who made you love going to school. For students at Oak Grove Elementary, Alexis Kaczor is that teacher.…
Georgia farmers, ranchers, and foresters affected by Hurricane Helene will soon be eligible for more than $531 million in federal disaster relief, following months of advocacy by U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. The funding, announced this week, will be…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A man has been arrested for being wanted out of Yates County, New York, for multiple felony sex crimes, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) says. They say Tyler…
Police are trying to identify a man who they say shot himself during a standoff on a downtown Rainsville street this afternoon. It began in Scottsboro Alabama when a plate reader identified a stolen car. Police chased the suspect up…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Florida woman arrested on suspicion of firing gunshots at Rihanna’s Los Angeles home while 10 people were inside is expected to make her first court appearance on Tuesday afternoon. Prosecutors said they are reviewing a…
Washington — Iran may be getting ready to deploy naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to further disrupt the key shipping lane, U.S. officials told CBS News. The American officials said Iran is using smaller crafts that can carry…
ATLANTA (AP) — Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district will vote for her successor in a special election Tuesday. With top candidates including Republicans Clay…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would be the "most intense day" of strikes against Iran so far, and that "ultimately," President Trump "gets to determine the end stage of those objectives" in…
Novonix is considering moving locations for building a second plant in Chattanooga. The company had previously announced plans to build at Enterprise South. But now a plant next door to their location on Riverfront Parkway has become available. So they…
After nearly half a century, Yamaha Motor Co. is moving its U.S. headquarters from California to Georgia. On Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that the Japanese company would be relocating to Kennesaw in the next…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran’s attacks on oil infrastructure and pledges to choke off a vital waterway left markets on edge Tuesday as the United States promised blistering new strikes. The war entered its 11th day with no…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The bishop of a small Chaldean Catholic community in the San Diego area has resigned amid charges that he embezzled $270,000 from his parish, Pope Leo XIV announced Tuesday. Bishop Emanuel Shaleta pleaded not guilty on…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about a statement from Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who said after a briefing with administration officials on Capitol Hill that he was more fearful than ever that the president would send…
BALTIMORE (AP) — A police officer was shot Tuesday while responding to a barricade situation at a home in Baltimore, the city’s mayor said. Police separately said that a suspect was also shot during the…
CHATTOOGA COUNTY -- A man has been found guilty on multiple charges including rape and child molestation. Timmy Glenn has been found guilty of Rape, Aggravated Sexual Battery, two counts of Child…
A 1,300-pound NASA probe is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere today, nearly 14 years after it was launched. The Van Allen Probe A, which was launched in August 2012, is likely to reenter Earth's atmosphere…
Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic, has received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over issues with its procedures for reporting potential side effects of the flagship diabetes drug, which is also prescribed for weight…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Pentagon says that about 140 U.S. service members have been wounded in the 10 days of conflict with Iran. “The vast majority of these injuries have been minor, and 108 service members have…
Gas prices are surging across the U.S., with motorists paying about 20% more per gallon than before the start of the U.S. war with Iran. Experts say one option that could help tame prices at the pump is tapping the Strategic Petroleum…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press Abstract: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed.…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (From EPB) - EPB Fiber Optics will perform scheduled network maintenance on March 11th, from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM as we upgrade our fiber network. You may experience a service interruption during this maintenance. Please be sure to…
Julie Scruggs and Paloma Stansell join News 12's Amelia Greer with a reminder of what comfort they provide for newborns in the state. The TN Safe…
ROME, Georgia (WDEF) - The special election in northwest Georgia arrives Tuesday. Voters in Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Murray, Walker and Whitfield counties will pick a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress. There are 22 candidates in all on the ballot.…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Chatt Prep is headed back to the state tournament in Murfreesboro, where they will try to capture their third consecutive state championship. The Sentinels cruised past Unicoi Co in their sub-state game on Monday by a final of 82-58.…
South Pittsburg, TN-(WDEF-TV) South Pittsburg was trying to punch their ticket to the state tournament for the first time in 40 years on Monday. The Pirates raced out to a 10-0 lead against Pickett Co, but they couldn't h [blox_vms…