Blood Assurance in need of donors due to low supply
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Blood Assurance is in a critical need for blood donations. Late Tuesday evening, a Chattanooga medical facility needed additional units of blood…
Bradley County mayor suggests school merger
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - For over a century, the Bradley County School District and Cleveland City Schools have operated as two separate entities. However, the idea of school consolidation is…
Golden Apple Award: Jasmine Johnson, Tyner Academy
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Children learn in different ways. The best teachers figure out to reach each one of them. Tyner Academy's Jasmine Johnson has a knack for helping…
School delays and closings for January 10
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Some school systems throughout the News 12 viewing area will be delayed again on Wednesday. This is due to weather conditions such as flooding. These closures take place in Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina. List of…
Dalton to clean up West Hill Cemetery, remove prohibited items
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- The City of Dalton will be inspecting and cleaning up West Hill Cemetery next week to ensure it is in compliance with local guidelines. The cleanup will take place from January 16 to January 19. [caption…
Tennessee bill would make child rape eligible for death penalty
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Tennessee legislator introduced a bill on Tuesday that would make rape of a child eligible for the death penalty. House Bill 1663 authorizes using the death penalty as punishment for crimes including rape of a…
Some roads closed in Chattanooga from storm damage, flooding
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- There are several roads around Chattanooga that have closed or had limited access due to storm damage. The Chattanooga Department of Transportation gave an update of closures as of 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. 1900 Dodson Avenue…
Bottled water contains up to 100 times more plastic than previously estimated, new study says
Bottled water contains up to 100 times more pieces of plastic than was previously estimated, scientists said. The average liter of bottled water contains around 240,000 detectable plastic fragments, researchers wrote in a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of…
Tennessee Titans fire Head Coach Mike Vrabel
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Titans have fired Head Coach Mike Vrabel, they announced on Tuesday. They plan to have a press conference…
Alabama residents can get free radon testing kit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WDEF) -- Alabama residents can receive a free radon test kit for their home from the department of public health (ADPH). The ADPH noted that radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. It is a…
Sprawling storm wallops US with tornado reports, damage and heavy snow, closing roads and schools
A sprawling winter storm hit the South with strong thunderstorms and tornado warnings that blew roofs off homes and tossed about furniture Tuesday and brought cities across the Midwest to a standstill with more than half a foot of snow,…
Hamilton County man arrested on child rape charges
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Hamilton County man has been arrested for child rape, according to the sheriff's office. HCSO deputies arrested Matthew Jeremiah Conners, 36, on Monday, January 8. Matthew Conners / Hamilton County…
Explosion at historic Texas hotel injures 21 and scatters debris in downtown Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Firefighters scoured the wreckage of a historic Fort Worth hotel on Tuesday as they investigated the cause of a massive explosion that shattered windows, littered the streets with debris and injured 21 people, including one…
Several schools delayed or closed for forecasted severe weather
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Schools in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee will be delayed on Tuesday due to significant weather. These schools will be on a two-hour delay for January 9. List of school delays: Calhoun City Schools Catoosa County Schools…
What's Right With Our Schools: Chattanooga Ballet Nutcracker
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A heartwarming holiday tradition recently wrapped up. The Chattanooga Ballet and hundreds of local school children put on a first-rate production of The Nutcracker.…
Community can provide input for Chattanooga's future
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Plan Chattanooga is asking for the public's input in the future of the city. The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency is conducting a survey this…
United Airlines found loose bolts, other issues on a key part of grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — United Airlines said Monday it found loose bolts and other “installation issues” on a part of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets that were inspected after a mid-flight blowout on a similar Alaska Airlines jet on…
City, county disagree on impact of South Broad price increase
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - First pitch at the new South Broad Stadium is supposed to be in April of next year. However, that and the price…
Tennessee rescue squads can now apply for state grant
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee has a new Rescue Squad Grant Program and applications opened on Monday. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO) will be providing $3 million in grants…
Chattanooga police say suspect stole cop car and got away
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga police say a suspect got away in a stolen police car Monday morning. They got a call around 5:20 a.m. about shots fired in the 1800 block of Jackson Street. They learned a suspect fired…
Wife pleads guilty to shooting husband
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Bradley County woman entered a guilty plea on Sunday to fatally shooting her husband. Britany M. Taylor called the sheriff's office in May of 2022 to say she had…
Nashville man killed his wife on New Year's Day with a hammer and buried her body, police say
A Nashville man was charged with murder and other related crimes over the weekend, after he allegedly killed his wife on New Year's Day and buried her body in a neighboring county,…
Falcons fire coach Arthur Smith hours after completing 3rd straight 7-10 season
By PAUL NEWBERRY/AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Arthur Smith, who inherited a rebuilding project in his first NFL head coaching job and failed to lift Atlanta from its playoff drought, was fired late Sunday night, hours after completing his…
Two face life-threatening injuries from DeKalb County stabbing
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) -- A stabbing occurred in DeKalb County over the weekend and one man is now behind bars. Authorities identified that man as 52-year-old Ballard Eugene Pennington, Jr., aka "BB." Ballard Eugene Pennington,…