President Trump speaks in Nashville
President Trump has arrived in Nashville to speak to the American Farm Bureau Federation's 99th Annual Convention.
Two serious injuries in Rock Spring wreck
ROCK SPRING, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia State Troopers report that two men were seriously injured in a wreck this morning on Highway 27 during the icing. Their Nissan Terra was heading north on the highway at Lee Clarkson Road in…
First Tee Golf
A local program will help teach elementary school kids the basics of golf.
Police: Inmate offers cash & Hawks tickets to kill his ex-wife
ATLANTA (AP) - Prosecutors say a Georgia man tried to pay someone cash and basketball tickets to kill his ex-wife. The U.S. Attorney's office in Atlanta said Monday in an email that a grand jury indicted 29-year-old Michael McEarchern of…
15 people injured in I 75 chain collision pileup
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Plenty of body work, but no serious injuries in a pileup on I 75 this morning in Northwest Georgia. Troopers say around 35 vehicles were involved. It happened in Catoosa County around 9:45 AM near the…
UPDATE: Icy conditions causing numerous accidents, road closures
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is reporting road closures due to weather this morning.
Road crews prepare for potential icy weather
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- With the threat of icy weather possible early Monday morning, road crews were out on Sunday getting the area ready. Winter Weather Advisories have been expanded. Less than a tenth of an inch of ice expected,…
Wife arrested, charged with shooting husband in Chattanooga during altercation
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga Police say a woman is behind bars after an early morning shooting on King Arthur Rd. Officials say the call came in at 2:38 a.m. Chattanooga Police responded to a local hospital after the victim, John…
Two arrested after chase into Georgia
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Two people are behind bars tonight after leading multiple agencies on a chase into Georgia. Early Saturday morning around 2:00 am, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office says a deputy saw a vehicle on Suck Creek…
Issues to watch in the 2018 legislative session in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers return to Montgomery on Tuesday to begin the 2018 legislative session that comes at the start of an election year.
Hate crime bill filed prior to Georgia legislative session
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia state lawmaker has proposed hate crime legislation, saying it's time for the state to impose harsher penalties on people convicted of crimes motivated by hate.
Film company faces maximum fine in "Walking Dead" stuntman's death
ATLANTA (CBS News) -- A film company faces a citation and fine after a stuntman for "The Walking Dead" fell to his death last year during filming on the hit show's Georgia set, federal authorities said Friday.
Ink shipped to DFW Airport turns out to be liquid meth
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Federal authorities say Customs and Border Protection agents at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport have seized two boxes of bottles described as containing ink and valued at $90 each but really were filled with liquid methamphetamine worth nearly $300,000.
Chattanooga Bomb squad called for suspicious package Saturday
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Chattanooga Bomb Squad was called to West 25th street for a suspicious package. Investigators determined that the suspicious package was a homemade firework. It was blown up just before 2 pm. The scene is clear. No one…
New Chickamauga lock project could be fully completed by 2022, 2023
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Congressman Chuck Fleischmann has set his sights on keeping the new Chickamauga lock project funded. News 12 recently sat down with the U.S. Representative to talk about the project's future. The project has faced some issues…
Clerk talks about his brawl with a suspected shoplifter caught on camera
ROCKWOOD, Tennessee (WVLT) - Roger Sharp is always willing to help his customers. He's also willing to help thieves know when they've done wrong. "We have zero tolerance for shop lifting." WATCH AS A YOUNG MAN WALKS INTO THIS IGA…
Cliftina Jones pleads not guilty in Orange Grove death
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - A woman charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide in the death of an Orange Grove resident pleaded not guilty this morning. Cliftina Jones was arraigned in the Hamilton county court of Judge Don Poole. She is accused…
The deal that ends the Erlanger feud with Walker County
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A year long "war of words" in the media between the Walker county commissioner and Elanger Medical Center....has dissolved almost overnight. The two sides have agreed on a plan for Walker county to pay a court-ordered judgment…
Sheriff: No apparent link between Moore accusation, fire
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - A fire has destroyed the home of a woman who accused U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct. Authorities say, however, that there is no indication the blaze had anything to do with the allegations.…
Berry College student from Alabama killed in car crash
CENTRE, Alabama (WDEF) - A two vehicle collision killed a Berry College student Friday morning in northeast Alabama. It happened on the causeway going over Lake Weiss between Centre and Cedar Bluff. A pickup and a car hit head-on before…
Chattanooga wins another season of the Levitt Amp concert series
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - The Levitt Amp concert series will return for a second season in Chattanooga. The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation handed out this year's round of grants to 15 small to mid-sized cities across the country on…
Chattanooga firefighters battle third blaze of the day
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) Chattanooga firefighters responded to their third house fire of the day this afternoon. This one happened just before 2PM at 3501 Oak Ridge Drive in Hixson. Firefighters say this one started in a breaker box outside the home,…
3 Tennessee children have died from flu this season
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee health officials say three children have died from the flu. Department of Health spokesman Bill Christian told media that two deaths were recorded in East Tennessee and one was recorded in Middle Tennessee. He says…
Dalton Police looking for shooting suspect who failed to turn herself in
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police need your help finding a teenage suspect who was supposed to turn herself in, but didn't. 19 year old Joana Cisneros was supposed to report to jail on Thursday. The case goes back to…