Local football coach's truck and boat damaged while on vacation
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Strong winds and heavy rain swept through the area, leaving significant storm damage behind on Pioneer Drive. Several trees fell during the…
Local mother searches for answers in daughter's battle with rare disease
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A local mother is turning to the community for help as she searches for answers for her young daughter's rare medical…
Fallen tree damages Lookout Valley home during severe storms
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Strong winds and heavy rain moved through the Chattanooga area throughout Monday evening, leaving behind reports of storm damage across the city. On…
Drone show to celebrate nation's 250th anniversary in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - In partnership with the City of Chattanooga, Hamilton County Parks and Recreation announced plans for a "United 250" drone show to commemorate the…
Pioneer Drive residents assess damage after storms topple trees
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Several trees were brought down by severe weather on Pioneer Drive, damaging sheds, vehicles, and boats. One homeowner's mother-in-law said a tree split…
History experience to soon open in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- "We want to tell Chattanooga’s story in a way no one ever has before." Soon, you will be able step forward into…
Weather Update: TUESDAY JUNE 23, 2026
WDEF-TV News 12 Tennessee River Valley weather forecast Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Warm. Highs: mid 80's. Winds: Calm, then NW @ 5 MPH. Overnight: Mostly clear, mild. Lows: high 50's to low 60's. Winds: Light & Variable. Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Warm.…
EPB says nearly all outages resolved following Monday's storms
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- After Monday's storms, local power companies have had to undergo…
City of Chattanooga budget approved
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The City of Chattanooga’s budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 has been approved. They say this comes with Mayor Tim Kelly and City Council agreeing on funding predicated on the 1.93 property tax rate. The…
Locals are challenging a million-square-foot data center that would be the biggest in California
In April, developers of the massive Imperial Data Center cleared a major hurdle after Imperial County Supervisors approved a plan to combine several tracts of land for the nearly one-million-square-foot facility in…
Goodwill Industries to open new location in Southeast Cleveland
Goodwill Industries of the Greater Chattanooga Area is opening a new location in Southeast Cleveland. The…
CARTA to host meeting on future of Brainerd corridor
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- CARTA wants to hear from commuters who travel from and through the Brainerd area. They will be hosting a community feedback session Wednesday evening…
Sharp drops in Big Tech companies pull stocks lower on Wall Street
Stocks fell on Wall Street Tuesday as a sell-off in big technology companies spread from Asia back to the U.S. over worries about potentially higher interest rates by the end of the year. The S&P fell 1.2% and is coming off 11…
Atlanta opening independent probe into massive fish kill in Chattahoochee River
The City of Atlanta has asked an outside firm to do an independent investigation into the deaths of thousands of fish in the…
Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited…
Coke and Pepsi are rolling out QR codes linked to ingredient info
Consumers will soon be able to scan certain sodas to get additional nutrition information. The American Beverage Association on Tuesday said that major companies it represents, including The Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo, will use QR codes on their packaging…
Man arrested in Hungary for collecting human body parts taken from cemeteries, police say
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police in Hungary have arrested a 30-year-old man who investigators say collected human body parts that he’d gathered from abandoned cemeteries and from his workplace at a hospital. Hungary’s National…
Millions of bees get loose after truck carrying 400 hives crashes in Texas: "Please remain indoors"
Millions of honeybees escaped into…
Georgia House lawmakers passes election bill with changes to hand-count audit proposal
The Georgia House of Representatives has passed its own version of a bill that could eventually change how voters in the Peach State cast their ballots. On Tuesday morning, the House voted 94-79 to pass Senate Bill 3EX. Because the House's…
Judge rules government can’t stop SNAP dollars from buying candy and sugary drinks
The federal judge said Congress imposed no such limits on the nation’s largest food aid program. The ruling scuttles restrictions on candy, soda and other sugary drinks in the federally funded and state-run Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 23 states. The Trump…
Supreme Court rules ex-inmate can't sue prison officials for shaving dreadlocks
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs. The high court divided 6 to 3 along ideological lines in ruling against Damon Landor, with…
Traffic snarled as crews work to repair pothole on I-24 West
TDOT says they are working to repair a pothole on I-24 west near the intersection at Highway 27. This is causing miles of significant backups on I-24 west. Seek an alternate route.
Sharp drops in Big Tech companies pull the Nasdaq down 2.2% in early trading
NEW YORK (AP) - A sell-off in big technology companies spread from Asia back to the U.S., pulling the Nasdaq composite down 2.2% in early trading. The growing likelihood of interest rate hikes coming up this year has helped deflate…