Montlake Road will be closed from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, and Thursday, March 19, 2026, for continued roadside ditch rehabilitation work, the Office of the Hamilton County Mayor says. The closure will affect Montlake Road…
Months after the last of the United States' one-cent coins were pressed, some states are beginning to offer their own two cents on the penny problem by setting rounding guidance for cash purchases. President Trump…
Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a major redesign unveiled on Thursday.…
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are falling after worries about the war with Iran, with no clear end in sight, briefly sent the price of oil back above $100 per barrel. The S&P 500 sank 0.8% early Thursday and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Around 8 a.m. on March 12, firefighters responded to a house fire on the 7700 block of Colemere Drive, where one of the families pets passed away as a result of the fire. Crews found flames…
The first week of the U.S.' war with Iran cost around $11.3 billion, military officials told members of Congress in a briefing this week, according to sources familiar with the meeting. That figure is a low-end estimate and does not include the…
President Trump ordered the release of 172 million barrels of oil from the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Wednesday, after oil prices rocketed to their highest levels in years amid the U.S.'s war with Iran. The releases will start next week…
DUNLAP, Tenn. (WDEF) -- For decades, Bouffant Salon has been a nostalgic stop in Dunlap for haircuts, styles, and conversation. Now after 65 years on Walnut Street,…
Mackenzie Steele joins News 12's Amelia Greer as CDM gets ready for a busy spring break season! CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Spring break is right around the corner for Hamilton County…
What makes a town happy? WalletHub has been crunching data to determine America's happiest cities as we approach the International Day of Happiness next week. The bad news is that we didn't make the list. The good news is that…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Will Hamilton County create its own planning commission? That's what some in county government would like to see. However,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Hamilton County Commission once again discussed when they should hold their weekly meetings. Commissioner Gene-O Shipley proposed that meetings go back to 9:30…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Spring is here, and with it comes seasonal allergies. For many residents, the familiar symptoms, sneezing, congestion, itchy eyes, are already starting to appear. Pollen levels rise…
Elon Musk is planning to launch a new payments platform, called XMoney, in beta form to select users in April. In announcing a planned partnership between XMoney and Visa more than a year ago, then X CEO Linda Yaccarino referred to the…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are wavering in mixed trading Wednesday as the price of oil gets back to rising. The S&P 500 fell 0.1%, coming off a rare day of modest moves following a wild stretch caused by the war with Iran. The…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has authorized the use of up to $40 million in emergency funds to pay for evacuation charter flights for Americans to leave the Middle East because of disruptions in transportation caused by the Iran war. The department had…
The U.S. has hit more than 5,500 targets inside Iran, including over 60 ships, "using a variety of precision weapon systems," Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said Wednesday in a video update on the war with Iran. "Strikes waves" took…
CAIRO (AP) - An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said. At least…
The International Energy Agency on Wednesday said it would release 400 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves, the largest release in the multinational organization's history. The announcement comes as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed because of the Iran…
A senior Qatari official, who has worked for years in the Gulf state's ministry of foreign affairs, told CBS News on Wednesday that the Middle East has, "for all intents and purposes," been…
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…