Chattanooga leaders debate Walnut St. Bridge decorative lights
Can the city afford new lighting for bridge?
Dunlap's Shawn Cooley performs Sunday at Riverbend
He previewed his show on News 12 Now This Morning
Time running out to find survivors of deadly Guatemala volcano
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala -- Search efforts continue in Guatemala after a volcanic eruption left at least 70 people dead and forced thousands from their homes. The threat of another eruption sent people racing to safety as toxic plumes of smoke rose…
Why one swimmer is trying to cross the Pacific
NEW YORK -- Off the coast of Japan on Tuesday, 50-year-old Ben Lecomte started a journey unlike any other. "I am looking forward to the big crossing," he said. That doesn't even begin to cover it. Lecomte, a Frenchman now…
Alabama voters make their picks for governor in primaries
Democrats and Republicans pick their nominees for Governor
3 missing people in our area from 16-59
Have you seen Braden Lineberry, George Gregory Hayes, or Jerry Guess?
India vows to ban all single-use plastics by 2022
A man exercises on a garbage-strewn beach on World Environment Day in Mumbai, India, June 5, 2018. FRANCIS MASCARENHAS/REUTERS India has vowed to ban all single-use plastics by 2022, according to the U.N.'s environmental agency, which called it an "unprecedented…
Asst. D.A.: "I understand.. my whole career is over"
20 year veteran in District Attorney's Office charged with DUI
Republican governor hopefuls squabble over runoff calendar
Republicans say 9 weeks is too long for a runoff campaign that used to be just 3.
Judge reduces charges against daycare worker charged with abuse
Aggravated child abuse charges downgraded.
Judge refuses to dismiss extortion charge against Tim Boyd
Boyd attorney characterizes phone calls as political free speech, not extortion.
Israeli military says no shots "deliberately" aimed at slain paramedic
Razan al-Najjar (R) works with a colleague to tend to an injured man at an emergency medical tent after clashes with Israeli security forces after a demonstration near the border with Israel in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 1,…
Video from Hiwassee River Rescue Monday
Thunderstorm knocked experienced kayakers out of their boats Sunday
Police investigate double shooting
Shooting in neighborhood off of Cromwell Road.
Putin scoffs at notion that his "chef" could meddle in U.S. election
Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen welcomes Russia's President Vladimir Putin in his office in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2018. LEONHARD FOEGER/REUTERS MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin ridiculed the U.S. indictment of 13 Russians in a television interview broadcast Monday,…
Man, 51, sets off in bid to be first to swim from Japan to California
TOKYO -- Professional distance swimmer Ben Lecomte, 51, set off from Japan to San Francisco on Tuesday in an attempt to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean. Spokesman Alexandre Borreil said Lecomte left at 8 a.m.…
Woman saved from early morning Chattanooga house fire, second save this weekend
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department has released updated information on the woman pulled from a house fire on Windsor Street Sunday. The fire department says the 33-year-old woman remains in critical condition in the burn unit at…
Thousands displaced by volcano worry for missing loved ones
Firefighters and rescue workers look for bodies and survivors at an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano in the community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala, June 4, 2018. Stringer / REUTERS EL RODEO, Guatemala…
Rights group accuses U.S. of "annihilation" in Syria
BEIRUT -- An international human rights group on Tuesday accused the U.S. and its allies of showing little regard for civilians' lives while attacking the Syrian city that was once the de-facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and…
Almost 20lbs of plastic found in dead whale's stomach
A whale found to have swallowed up to 80 plastic bags is seen in Songkhla, Thailand, in a still image from a June 1, 2018 video by Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. REUTERS/handout Almost 20 pounds of plastic…
East Ridge Police investigate vehicle break-ins
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - It was over the weekend that Hope Dodson got a call from a relative telling her that there had been several vehicle break-ins in her neighborhood around Frawley Road and Cedar Glen Circle. And, when…
The story behind the firefighter photo capturing everyone's heart
First responder comforts a sleeping girl who had just been rescued from car wreck.
Riverbend Cool Zone will shower mists onto hot festival goers
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union is replacing the beach with a cooling shower.
Warm weather brings out snakes
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- With the warmer weather, you may notice more snakes in your yard. Some people spent their day at the Chattanooga Zoo and looked at the snakes. David Hedrick, the herpetology keeper at the zoo, say these…