Student home from college drowns in Lake Lanier
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) - A 21-year-old man home from college for the Labor Day weekend has drowned in Lake Lanier.
UPDATE: Accidental Death at Georgia Industrial Plant
Chatsworth, GA (WDEF) -Murray County Coroner's Office identified the employee killed in an industrial accident as 42-year-old Vickie Dyer of Chatsworth. Friday evening after 7:00pm, Emergency Medical Services responded to an employee who was killed in an industrial accident at…
TDFN: Trion at Dade County
Tennessee Valley (WDEF) - Trion was a rushing machine last week in their win over LaFayette. The Bulldogs rushed for a staggering 429-yards. Tonight, Trion tried to unleash that ground attack on Dade County. Wolverines got a lot of yards rushing…
TDFN: Polk County at Tyner
Tennessee Valley (WDEF) - Tyner had a home date tonight against Polk County. Rams take time to flex for the camera. Opening kick. Ke'un Webb takes off with the rock and is taken down after a nice pickup. That run was…
TDFN: NW Whitfield at Dalton
Tennessee Valley (WDEF) - Northwest Whitfield quarterback Luke Shiflett broke a bone in his non-throwing hand in the Bruins season opening win over Ringgold. You never would have known it though. The MTSU commit threw five touchdown passes last week against…
TDFN: Fannin County at Ringgold
Tennessee Valley (WDEF) - Ringgold at home tonight against Fannin Co. Tigers led it 21-0 at halftime. Garrett Davis adds to that lead in the third quarter. He connects on the field goal to make it 24-0. Rebels try to punt.…
TDFN: East Ridge at East Hamilton
Tennessee Valley (WDEF) - At East Hamilton, the East Ridge Pioneers were celebrating a 7 - 0 lead at halftime. Hurricanes looking to get on the board. Jared Price going long for Will Harris and the ball is deflected off of…
TDFN: Christian Academy of Knoxville at Notre Dame
Tennessee Valley (WDEF) - Notre Dame was at home tonight as they took on CAK. Warriors got a field goal early to make it 3-0. They kick it to Notre Dame's Cameron Wynn. This guy is a Vols Committ. If he's…
TDFN: Chattanooga Christian at Silverdale Babtist
Tennessee Valley (WDEF) - Silverdale and Chattanooga Christian moved into the new Division 2, AA private school division this season. Tonight, the cross-town rivals clashed in the first region match-up for both teams. The game ended with a final score of…
TDFN: Bradley Central at Ooltewah
Tennessee Valley (WDEF) — The Bears rolled into the Owls Nest looking for another offensive feast. They scored 52-points in their win last week against Walker Valley. And tonight, Bradley Central was facing an Ooltewah defense that gave up 62-points…
TDFN: SCOREBOARD SEPTEMBER 1
CHATTANOOGA, (WDEF) – Scoreboard updated throughout the evening. 7:30PM KICK Baylor 6, Marist* 31 Boyd-Buchanan 3, Knoxville Grace* 42 Bradley Central 42, Ooltewah* 35 Brainerd 12, Loudon* 27 Calhoun 6, Cartersville* 58 Cass 13, Sonoraville* 14 Chattanooga Christian 48, Silverdale…
Emily's List of Weekend Activities - September 1, 2017
If you like baseball, you have lots of local games to choose from this holiday weekend.
HCDE Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson Announces Transition Team
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. –Hamilton County Department of Education Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson today announced his transition team. The team brings together industry leaders, community members, national experts, and HCDE personnel to ensure a fast and seamless transfer of power. “The…
McKamey Animal Center welcomes dogs displaced by Harvey
Local animal shelters are taking in dogs displaced by Harvey.
Labor Day weekend motorists see higher prices at the pump
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Travelers hit the roads Friday while gas prices... "Ridiculous," Alabama resident Barbara Simerly said. According to gasbuddy.com data, the U.S. National average of regular gas grew around 20 cents after hurricane Harvey made landfall. In Chattanooga,…
High winds create power outages across the Tennessee Valley
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - High winds on Friday have brought down tree limbs and power lines across the Tennessee Valley. Here is a rundown of where the outages are. The most concentrated outage is in Monteagle, where power lines were blown…
Downed power lines blocking I 24 on Monteagle Mountain
MONTEAGLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - High winds created a lot of problems this morning on Monteagle Mountain. They blew down power lines that were hanging low over I 24. TDOT has had to re-route traffic off of the interstate to get…
VW plots return to relevance in US following diesel scandal
By ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Volkswagen is rolling out its plan for re-selling most of the cars involved in the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating scandal. Volkswagen brand head Herbert Diess told reporters after a board…
Likely tornado damages homes as Harvey hits Deep South
"Man, there are sirens going off everywhere. I think we're in a tornado warning."
Former addicts spread hope of addiction recovery
It is National Opioid Awareness Day and events were planned all over the nation as well as right here in the scenic city. News 12's Amber Worthy spoke with two people who overcame their addiction and are now spreading their…
Ceremony held for new police chief David Roddy
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - After 23 years on the Chattanooga police force, and holding almost every job in the department, David Roddy was sworn-in today as the city's new police chief. Roddy was assistant chief, and has been acting chief…
Red Cross holds training for volunteers
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - On Thursday, a group of at least 13 people showed up for Red Cross Disaster Cycles Services Orientation. "Every volunteer before they are deployed to any disaster locally, or outside of our local area would be…
The Latest: Georgia officer fired for racial comments
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - The Latest on the investigation into racial comments made by a police officer during a traffic stop that was caught on dash-cam video (all times local): 3:45 p.m. A Georgia police chief said he is firing…
Driver in deadly Woodmore school bus crash requests probation
Walker's court filings say there's no public interest in incarcerating someone with no prior criminal record who was working two jobs to provide for his family.