NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A local state lawmaker is encouraging people to take advantage of a state program for gun safety. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) is offering free cable gun locks to gun owners. You…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - A bill to bring sports betting to Georgia has cleared its first hurdle in the legislature. It passed one Senate Committee and now heads to another committee to determine the full Senate will vote on it. The…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has put four deputies on paid leave following the shooting of a suspect Sunday night. Tyler Roberts was being chased after his girlfriend in Ringgold accused him of kidnapping their 18-month…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Mayor Tim Kelly and Chairman Jeff Eversole announced the final stadium deal. One main part of this new deal is that the TIF reimbursement was dropped from $120 million to $112. Mayor Kelly thinks this is…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- Tyler Roberts was the kidnapping…
ROSSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) - Imagine earning college scholarship money in the 8th grade! Some very smart students are doing just that in Georgia. That kind of…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The first road paving of the year for Chattanooga begins Monday, January 29. South Holtsclaw Avenue from East 23rd to Bailey Avenue is where the paving will happen. Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announced this the project Monday morning…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged into a desert base in Jordan where it killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens more, officials said Monday. Details of the…
It was an exciting time for one Chattanooga woman Monday. News 12, Bailey's Heating and Air, and Rheem Manufacturing paid a visit to Nakia Pittman, who won the Heat for the Holidays contest on WDEF.com in December.
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is recalling some of its ADHD and narcolepsy medication because packages of the drug may contain the wrong pills. The drug maker said in a recent recall notice that it is calling back one lot of Zanzedi 30 mg with…
Amelia Earhart's disappearance over the central Pacific Ocean 87 years ago remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. Countless theories about her fate have emerged in the decades since, but now a deep-sea exploration team searching for the wreckage…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A vehicle caught on fire in Chattanooga over the weekend and posed a threat to a nearby house. A vehicle caught fire on the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Chattanooga community and family members are mourning the loss of Army veteran, Captain Larry Taylor. The Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center…
DETROIT, Mich. (WDEF) - The United Auto Workers say they are "nearing a majority" of workers requesting to join the union at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. It's part of an unprecedented nationwide drive to organize workers at non-union plants…
UPDATES: OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The kidnapping and fatal shootout incident on Sunday night originated in Ringgold, Georgia. The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office shares what led up to…
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Dalton Police Department is investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting on West Walnut Avenue that apparently stemmed from a road rage incident. No one was injured in the shooting. Dalton investigators have identified a suspect in…
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Dalton Police Department is investigating a late Sunday afternoon drive-by shooting that left one man with an injury that is not considered to be life-threatening. Investigators do not believe that the incident is connected to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Saturday at the Chattanooga Zoo was rattlesnake appreciation day, where the Chattanooga Zoo highlighted the ecological importance and the natural beauty of these rare slithering snakes.…
CHARLESTON, Tenn. (WDEF) - A chemical plant in Bradley County is at the center of a new lawsuit. Olin Chemical in Charleston is being sued by over 150…
A growing number of Americans are ending up homeless as soaring rents in recent years squeeze their budgets. According to a Jan. 25 report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, roughly 653,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in January of 2023, up…
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- A DeKalb County school resource officer was arrested and charged with having sexual contact with a student, according to the sheriff's office. The…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chatt Foundation participated in the Point-in-Time count by surveying those experiencing homelessness in Hamilton County. Every year, communities across the U.S. collect data to…
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- On Friday, EPB and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) celebrated their ten years of partnership. In doing so, they announced a new "Collaborative for Energy Resilience and Quantum Science" project. In this project, they plan…
