Chattanooga Airport's grand opening for new terminal
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Airport held their grand opening and ribbon cutting for the new $28 million passenger terminal expansion that has been in the works for the…
Women's History Month March
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - March is here and so is Womens History Month and today at Coolidge Park, members of the New Suffragette and Missy Crutchfield's campaign marched to protest the lack…
Chattanooga State opens new manufacturing facility
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga State unveiled the newest centerpiece of their campus Friday. Workforce development here in Chattanooga has a new crown jewel in the Advanced Manufacturing facility here…
Brand new affordable housing unit on Union Avenue
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Affordable housing has been a topic of conversation all across the city. News 12 got to take a look inside of the newest affordable…
Tennessee State Department launches anti-trafficking initiative
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Tennessee State Department is launching a new program to combat human trafficking. Tennessee Businesses Against Trafficking is an initiative that aims to teach businesses across…
Locals in Sequatchie County celebrate Heritage Farm program
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Community members and county leaders gathered Friday to celebrate the Sequatchie Heritage Farm program. The program recognizes the importance of farms in Sequatchie County. These farms have been owned by the same family for 100…
National Labor Relations Board investigating Volkswagen
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A representative for the National Labor Relations Board says they are now investigating seven different charges against Volkswagen. Three of these have been added within the last week. They say this is in relation to allegations that…
Georgia is spending more than $1 billion subsidizing moviemaking. Lawmakers want some limits
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House members are moving to tighten Georgia's lucrative film tax credit, limiting the value of credits moviemakers can cash in by selling them to others and requiring them to spend more…
Tennessee man gets jail for using a spotlight to poach deer and threatening a landowner
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was sentenced to jail and barred for life from hunting in the state after he illegally killed 15 deer over more than three years and threatened a landowner with a gun while poaching…
Student faces criminal charges for Orchard Knob Middle threat
UPDATE: HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said they have found the student responsible for making threats toward Orchard Knob Middle School one week ago. One juvenile student now faces the following criminal charges. Commission of…
Murray County man charged with trafficking meth
MURRAY COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- A Murray County man has been arrested on charges of trafficking methamphetamine, the sheriff's office said. Murray County authorities arrested Joseph Lamar Henderson of Chatsworth. They said he had active felony warrants. [caption id="attachment_1659246" align="alignnone"…
Cumberland County authorities looking for man missing since 2018
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a man who has been missing since October 2018. Parker Morris, 32, went missing at…
Shaquille O'Neal's 'Big Chicken' opens Monday in Hixson
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The time has come. Big Chicken in Hixson will be opening on Monday, March 4, 2024. Big Chicken's Hixson location is at 5118 Hixson Pike, near the Northgate Mall. It will open at 11 a.m. The…
Girl Scout Cookie season ends soon
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Girl Scout Cookie season is here, but it won't be for long. The 2024 cookie season generally lasts from January through April. Locally, Girl Scouts will be…
4 Hamilton County schools receive voter registration award
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Four Hamilton County schools were honored Friday morning for their voter registration efforts. The Chattanooga School Arts and Sciences, the Chattanooga School of the…
Another old Southside Foundry is being redeveloped
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The sale has gone through to turn another of Chattanooga's old Southside foundries into a new mixed-use development. The Eureka Foundry shut down after 121 years last…
Mourners to gather for the funeral of a slain Georgia nursing student who loved caring for others
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Family, friends and classmates planned to gather Friday at a church outside Atlanta to say farewell…
Girl Scout Cookie Eating Contest on News 12
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Generations of Girl Scouts were celebrated on the first day of March as they enter prime cookie selling season. The News 12 This…
Frazier Avenue could see traffic changes by end of March
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- After a tragic wreck that killed a mother and her son on Frazier Avenue, the city implemented a new traffic calming pattern.…
Thursday Throwback: 1994 Female Pastors
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- For this week's Thursday Throwback, we continue to look at a series from 30 years ago about churches in our area. A topic they were struggling with in 1994 is still being debated in 2024: Can…
Family questions if justice served as 2019 murder suspect receives sentence
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- On September 12, 2019, 20-year-old Darrell Hill was murdered during the commission of a robbery in Cromwell Hills. Thursday, the last suspect…
Learn if your child is ready for kindergarten through survey
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Parents of young children in Hamilton County are being asked to evaluate if their kids are ready for kindergarten. This is being conducted…
Two men killed after construction collision in Cleveland
UPDATE: CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Cleveland Police Department has shared an update regarding a Thursday morning crash in Cleveland. While authorities are still investigating the incident, they identified the two people killed in the crash and the type of…
Suspect arrested in Florida over January Dalton Road Rage incident
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - On Thursday, U.S. Marshals arrested a suspect in Florida on charges from a road rage incident in North Georgia. The incident happened on West Walnut Avenue in Dalton on January 28. Investigators say two drivers were…