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, 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 (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,…
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, 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…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have made an arrest in a Bonny Oaks shooting. This was the last homicide of 2017. Officers say they found 20-year-old Evan Derry shot inside a Tahoe that had wrecked. He was transported to the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department has been stretched to the limit fighting house fires Friday morning. They had two difficult fires in East Brainerd neighborhoods. The first came before dawn in a gated community on Magnolia Lake Drive.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County School Officials and the Signal Mountain Town Council had an open discussion in a public meeting Thursday at Nolan Elementary School. The conversation came as the town council has been looking at the idea…
After a fatal house fire in Ooltewah, firefighters in our area are taking this time to remind people about fire safety.
Erlanger Medical Center and Walker County have come to an agreement to settle the debt Walker County owes.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) We're just three weeks away from Chattanooga's annual ode to outdoor adventures on film. The Lookout Wild Film Festival 2018, presented by Spectruss, is happening in Chattanooga Jan. 18-21. The annual event celebrates wild places and the people…
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You don't have to be Santa Claus to make a difference in children's lives over the holidays.
Community members are rallying around an Ooltewah family who lost their son in a house fire Wednesday morning.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The 50th Anniversary of The O'Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels Custom Auto Show kicks off this weekend in Chattanooga. It's happening in the Exhibition Hall of the Convention Center, and starts tomorrow for the three day…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It won't become a reality until this time next year, but residents of the Avondale community are getting a brand new youth and family development center. News 12's Ashley Henderson was there for the groundbreaking this afternoon.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials say the heat is back on for almost the entire Tennessee prison that lost its main heating source on New Year's Day. Tennessee Department of Correction spokeswoman Alison Randgaard said Thursday morning all of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a teenage girl has been charged with fatally shooting a Tennessee man. Nashville police say in a statement that the 16-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday night and charged with criminal homicide in the Nov.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters battled a house fire this morning in Dalewood. They got the call at 11:23 AM to the 1,000 block of Talley Road. A neighbor spotted the flames coming from a garage and called 911. The…
ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) Jacky Wayne Bean was arraigned Thursday morning in a Grundy County court. He is charged with pulling a gun on a deputy during a pursuit before Christmas. It happened in the Flat Branch area of Tracy City…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) The longest serving mayor in Tennessee is stepping down. Mayor Tom Rowland announced this morning that he will not seek re-election in Cleveland. Rowland is instead pledging his support to friend and political colleague, State Rep. Kevin…
Have you seen 69 year old Ronald Lee Yerty?
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A fire burned a home in Windstone Wednesday evening in spectacular fashion. It was big enough for Ringgold firefighters to call in a mutual aide response from the Tri-Community department in Tennessee. The fire broke out…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Crews from Tennessee American Water company have been working on a water main break near the 1200 block of Broad Street since midnight. A spokeswoman for the company says they anticipate the break will be repaired by…