The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 2.4% in February, unchanged from the prior month and representing a cooler pace than economists had forecast. The Labor Department data captures the period before the Iran war broke out in late February. Since then, oil…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Union Gospel Mission is worried that a post office glitch may be costing them a lot of money. The say the downtown Chattanooga facility unexpectedly closed almost 90 post office boxes because of a system glitch.…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Will this be the year that Tennessee lawmakers finally eliminate the sales tax on groceries? The idea has come up before, but never passed. Governor Lee temporarily suspended the tax during the inflation boom, but that…
ROME, Ga. (WDEF)- After nearly two dozen candidates initially entered the race to replace Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Our friends at the Chattanooga Zoo are introducing their first ever mascot to the team, and his name is Finnegan. To uphold the zoo’s mission…
ROSSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) - On Saturday, a house fire damaged the home of a local family in Rossville, Georgia. Former residents say the fire claimed not only physical and irreplaceable…
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County Deputy Caleb LeBruno was laid to rest today. Deputy LeBruno was killed last Wednesday night in a motorcycle crash on Brainerd…
Shortly after all JetBlue flights were grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration due to what the agency said was a JetBlue request, the carrier said early Tuesday that the ground stop was over. "A brief system outage has been resolved…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels Tuesday, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region's oil exports, saying it would not allow “even a single liter”…
A model of infant sleepsuits has been recalled over a possible choking hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced this week. The zipper head on the recalled HALO Magic Sleepsuits poses a danger to babies, according…
Washington — Unscheduled absences among airport security officers have more than doubled during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, with more than 300 employees leaving the agency since the start of the DHS shutdown, according to internal TSA statistics obtained…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - With opening day less than two months away, several Hamilton County Commissioners toured Erlanger Park this week to see the progress on the future home of the Chattanooga…
RINGGOLD, GA. (WDEF) - Firefighters responded to a large house fire Tuesday morning on The Pointe Drive in Ringgold. The Catoosa County Fire Department was called to the scene…
CLEVELAND, TN (WDEF) - Did you ever have a teacher who made you love going to school. For students at Oak Grove Elementary, Alexis Kaczor is that teacher.…
Georgia farmers, ranchers, and foresters affected by Hurricane Helene will soon be eligible for more than $531 million in federal disaster relief, following months of advocacy by U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. The funding, announced this week, will be…
After nearly half a century, Yamaha Motor Co. is moving its U.S. headquarters from California to Georgia. On Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that the Japanese company would be relocating to Kennesaw in the next…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press Abstract: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed.…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (From EPB) - EPB Fiber Optics will perform scheduled network maintenance on March 11th, from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM as we upgrade our fiber network. You may experience a service interruption during this maintenance. Please be sure to…
Julie Scruggs and Paloma Stansell join News 12's Amelia Greer with a reminder of what comfort they provide for newborns in the state. The TN Safe…
ROME, Georgia (WDEF) - The special election in northwest Georgia arrives Tuesday. Voters in Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Murray, Walker and Whitfield counties will pick a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress. There are 22 candidates in all on the ballot.…
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A proposed affordable housing development connected to Greater Tucker Missionary Baptist Church is moving closer to construction after the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission approved a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Another Whataburger is now open in the Tennessee Valley. The Texas-born chain officially opened its second Chattanooga location Monday, March 9, at 2332 Shallowford Village Drive, the former…
DALTON, GA (WDEF) - Creating a working robot requires a strong understanding of mathematics and mechanical engineering. Teams of local teenagers recently showed what the machines could do…