WHITWELL, Tenn. (WDEF) - Marion County Superintendent confirms that Joseph Smith, a teacher at Whitwell High, has been terminated in connection with statutory rape charges. Superintendent Mark Griffith says that he terminated Smith when he received word that statutory rape…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A man is behind bars, facing several charges, after leading the Tennessee Highway Patrol on a chase in Chattanooga late Friday night. After an attempted traffic stop by a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper on Frazier Avenue, the…
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - A private school in east Georgia intends to start drug-testing its oldest students.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - At least seven people are recovering after a van crashed into the kitchen area at the back of a Savannah restaurant.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a man has been charged with selling stolen cattle in Tennessee.
ATLANTA (AP) - The first half of this year's legislative session was dominated by an overhaul of the state's adoption code, which passed both houses in early February.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Licenses for hunting and fishing are going on sale this weekend in Tennessee.
Hixson, TN (WDEF) - Early Saturday morning, the Dallas Bay Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire located at 904 Wesley Drive in Hixson. Upon arrival, fire crews reported the second floor of the home was completely engulfed and…
Hamilton County, TN (WDEF) - On Friday, February 17th, members of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (FAST) located and apprehended two wanted fugitives in Hamilton County. In an attempt to locate them, several digital wanted posters…
Chattanooga Fire crews get called out to a house fire in East Lake on Friday night.
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office tells News 12 that they were made aware of a rumored social media threat that involved a future shooting at Bradley Central High School. After the investigation, the sheriff’s office posted to social…
Star Wars fans get another chance to see The Last Jedi on the big screen.
A Megis County High School student was arrested for posting a violent threat on social media.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - With weather recently dropping into the teens and twenties, the Tennessee Valley Authority says conditions were harsh—for consumers and their power bills. TVA's proposed rate change system that they say will help reduce cost to consumers,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper is urging Tennessee's Republican-led legislature to use $29 million-plus in federal money on backup paper ballots, citing concerns from national security experts over vulnerabilities of paperless systems to hacking from Russia…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This week, we lost another veteran of WDEF TV from the 1970s. Earl Freudenberg posted about the passing of his friend Jay Branum. He was a photographer for the station, with Jimmy Sampley & Tommy Eason. front…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It seems part of the modern curse of School shootings. After a major incident, we get a rash of threats of more violence at local schools. But this time, law enforcement is not taking the threats lightly.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF, WJHL) - WJHL reports that a Johnson City murder investigation has ties to Chattanooga. A JCPD investigator says his department is close to making an arrest in the case of a young mother shot and killed this…
The definition of elder abuse in Tennessee is broad...and it includes physical, emotional, psychological, sexual and financial crimes. We could also add--exploitation, neglect and abandonment. These days the focus seems to be shifting to taking away an elderly person's financial…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Stand Up for School Bus Safety Coalition members are calling for better means to protect children on Hamilton County School buses. The coalition presented recommendations to the school board during the board agenda meeting Thursday…
One person may have critical injuries after a motorcycle accident in the Harrison area.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Three of four former employees of truck stop chain Pilot Flying J have been convicted in connection with a rebate scam. They have been on trial since November in Federal court in Chattanooga. Former company President Mark…
Students and their families had to find a new place to live after the Economy Inn was padlocked and the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office called it a public nuisance.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Unionized employees of CARTA walked out of a board meeting this morning, after their request to speak to the board was denied. That follows recent complaints from bus drivers over required overtime, and a short staff. A…