HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Test scores for Tennessee schools are moving in the right direction, and new Hamilton County Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson was encouraged by the numbers. The state of Tennessee improved across the board. With that improvement…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A swift water rescue team comprised of Bradley County Fire Rescue, East Ridge Fire Rescue, and Dallas Bay Fire Rescue personnel deployed to Texas today to assist with on-going water rescue missions due to Hurricane Harvey.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - News 12 is proving a good spring board to government service. Joe Legge is working for the Walker County Commissioner. Amy Katcher is now with the Hamilton County School system. And now Alisha Searl is leaving us…
The National Weather Service reported rainfall totals of more than 3 inches on the Alabama coast
Most recently, Simpson was the chief in South Pittsburg.
They say he lunged at them with an object in his hand, making aggressive movements at the officers.
Only two or three were more sick, and paramedics said none were life threatening issues.
Pace and Brodie's father, Brade Gilleland, have been back and forth about custody and are battling over whether to remove Brodie's ventilator.
Police say a homeless man entered the store and convinced people he had a gun.
the plane hit a tree before crashing into a field Tuesday night near the Portland Municipal Airport.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - Bradley County Fire and Rescue professionals have been personally selected by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to serve as directors of a "Strike Team". This team will be sent tomorrow morning to help the people that have…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - As the disastrous hurricane Harvey winds down in Texas, the need for services increases--and that includes blood products. Blood Assurance is asking that residents here in the tri-state area come out and donate to fill the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Publix store managers in Chattanooga say they are saddened by the disaster in Texas and wanted to do whatever they could to help. They have activated their disaster relief program at their registers. All funds go to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Hamilton county grand jury will hear the case against a Chattanooga woman accused of killing her former boyfriend in July. That decision came this morning in the court of Judge Clarence Shattuck. Twenty six year old…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County jail has outlived its usefulness, according to Mayor Coppinger and Sheriff Jim Hammond. As part of the plan announced by the mayor, the sheriff will take over management of the Silverdale workhouse, and…
Experts at the Better Business Bureau have advice on how people can avoid scams when they are donating to Harvey victims.
HELENA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama authorities say traces of meth found on a child's lunch money led to a woman's arrest. News outlets report the Shelby County Drug Enforcement Task Force says 44-year-old Heather Brooke Isaacs was arrested Friday and…
Chattanooga, Tenn. -- The cause of this morning's fire at 4700 Florida Avenue has been ruled accidental. One of the residents who lived in the house told the fire investigator that he was looking for his wallet, which had fallen…
"(they) were involved in a physical altercation with each other on the roadside that resulted in one being stabbed and the other beaten."
DADE COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - A Dade county man died in a one vehicle crash this morning near the I-59/1-24 split. Dade Sheriff Ray Cross identified the victim as 45 year old Donald Nichols of Trenton. The sheriff says Nichols'…
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he took $90,000 from his father, including money from a reverse mortgage on his home.
The weather service says tornadoes will be possible in the Tennessee Valley starting Thursday night through Friday night.
The State Capitol Commission is scheduled to meet on Friday to consider Haslam's renewed request to relocate the bust