CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A variety of agencies have now responded to a fuel leak on the banks of the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga. Last night, around 6:30 PM, the Fire Department responded to reports of a petroleum spill at…
MCCAYSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - The city of McCaysville remains on a boil water advisory, even though the deep freeze is over. The city issued the advisory and asked customers to conserve water last Friday because of frozen pipes. Now they…
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - "The majority of teenagers and young adults are not dying by motor vehicles they're not dying by accidents they're dying from suicide and from overdose deaths," Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network Southeast Vice Chair Eve Nite said.…
Apple is facing pressure from investors to curb children's addiction to its smartphones. They want the company to give them more options to limit their kids access. But one parent is scoring with a very low tech parental tool. Here…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Inmates at the Silverdale Detention Facility were evacuated this afternoon for a fire at one of the housing units. Fire officials describe it as "small." But spokesman Bruce Garner says two inmates and two officers were transported…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Congressman Chuck Fleischmann traveled with the president today as he flew into Nashville for a speech to the Farm Bureau. The Chattanooga congressman joined Senator Bob Corker and others in the Tennessee delegation. Before he returned to…
NASHVILLE (AP) 4:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is hailing the Republican tax overhaul law during a pitch to rural America at a meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Trump notes in Nashville, Tennessee, that he's the first president to…
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff's Department is investigating the case of stolen heavy equipment. They hope you can help them find the thief. The Takeuchi TL 12 Skid Steer was taken from a home on Pleasant Grove…
President Trump has arrived in Nashville to speak to the American Farm Bureau Federation's 99th Annual Convention.
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…
A local program will help teach elementary school kids the basics of golf.
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…
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…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is reporting road closures due to weather this morning.
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,…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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, 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…
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…