ATLANTA (AP) - Some college and university officials are having talks with student-athletes and consulting each other amid concerns that demonstrations over racial injustice like the ones roiling pro sports will spread to college athletics. That's what athletic officials from…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Jim Hammond announced today that he will seek re-election for his third term as Hamilton County Sheriff. In addition to managing the fourth largest county law enforcement agency in the state, his two biggest areas of…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - It would cost an estimated 100,000,000 dollars to replace the Hamilton County jail, and commissioners are reluctant to discuss that option. At a news conference this morning, Sheriff Jim Hammond announced plans to shut down…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County School Board meeting is underway where they will discuss the future of the school system. The school board meeting is pretty packed with members of the public. News 12 talked to the school…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Shia LaBeouf will spend the next year on probation after the "Transformers" actor pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction stemming from a public outburst in Georgia. LaBeouf appeared before a Recorder's Court judge Thursday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bid to outsource facilities management at Tennessee colleges and universities would cost the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga a quarter-million dollars more than its current expenses in-house. Local media reports that real estate giant Jones…
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - A suspect has been arrested and charged after Whitfield 911 was notified of a bank robbery early this morning. The robbery occurred at the Wells Fargo Bank located at 2114 Cleveland Highwayat approximately 10:44 a.m. It was…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Hamilton Health Care System announces a new medical facility for the Dalton area. They will soon begin construction of the Anna Shaw Children's Institute. It will treat children coping with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or…
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia teacher surrounded by controversy over students wearing "Make America Great Again" T-shirts has given her resignation to school officials. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Lyn Orletsky sent her resignation to the Cherokee County school board,…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd talks about the next step after an audit into spending at the Convention and Visitors Bureau. The CVB is primarily funded through county hotel/motel taxes. The State Comptrollers Office found poor record…
SECTION, Alabama (WDEF) - A Sand Mountain woman was indicted on charges of possession and burglary. But her case got worse when officers served the papers. Jackson County Lt. Craig Holcomb delivered the indictments to the home of Katherine Michelle…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - East Ridge authorities called in the SWAT team to get a man out of his house Wednesday afternoon. It started when Edlicia Oattes called police to say her son had tried to hit her in…
By LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - The National Rifle Association has launched a new insurance program for people who shoot someone. And it's stirring criticism from gun-control advocates who say it could foster more violence and give…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bid to outsource facilities management at Tennessee colleges and universities would cost the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga a quarter-million dollars more than its current expenses in-house. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that real…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Signal Mountain Town Council continues talks of creating a separate school district. This evening they held a joint meeting with the Signal Mountain School System Viability Committee. A crowd gathered at the town gym…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) today cosponsored bipartisan legislation to stabilize the individual health insurance market and begin to lower the cost of premiums. The bill was authored by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority has fired Rob Wigington as its president and CEO. The airport's board of commissioners voted unanimously to remove Wigington, citing a "a fiduciary duty to do what is best for the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County School superintendent delivered his vision for the future of the school system. Doctor Bryan Johnson spoke to people with the Hamilton County Council of PTA's, who hosted the state of our schools. He…
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The great grandson of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill is traveling to Cleveland, Tennessee in order to deliver a very special invitation to some talented young students. Duncan Sandys arrived this morning at Walker Valley…
SODDY DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A local teacher at Sequoyah High School, has earned not one, but two big awards for helping recruit young people. Sgt. 1st Class Shannon Hamrick is the J-ROTC teacher at Sequoyah High School. During a…
According to emergency management officials, there is a shortage of volunteer firefighters in Hamilton County.
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Dolly Parton will assist with the ongoing relief efforts around the United States and its territories by making a contribution to the One America Appeal for Hurricane Relief to assist with immediate life sustaining needs…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Dalton Police Department has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta. Dalton Police Department received the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A former manager of the Zaxby's on Shallowford Road will not spend any time in jail..but he will have to repay his former employer for the theft of $66,000. Jimmel Hill pleaded guilty to the…