From The Archives: 1980 Parking Garage
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga turned off the parking meters to attract holiday shoppers downtown through Saturday. There is a long history of trying to improve the parking situation for downtown stores.…
Hamilton Place opens to safe, strong Black Friday
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Black Friday shopping often invokes two thoughts -- saving big on gifts for loved ones at Christmas or, sometimes, watching shoppers actually fight for them. Fortunately, the…
Tennessee judges uphold contentious school voucher law
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press A Tennessee judicial panel has upheld the state’s school voucher law, which allows public tax dollars to be given to families to pay for private schooling. Critics of vouchers argue that the law will weaken…
Shoppers Flock to Stores for Black Friday Deals
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Today was Black Friday, the busiest in store shopping day of the year. (more…)
TECH BYTE: Google Lawsuit Settlement
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Google has recently agreed to a big lawsuit settlement. The search engine is paying nearly $400 million to 40 states - the third highest privacy settlement in…
Faith leaders encourage thankfulness despite tough year
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Despite the many hardships Americans have faced this year, a pair of local religious leaders say there's still plenty to be thankful for. Fr. David Carter of the Basilica of…
Chatt Foundation provides annual Thanksgiving meals
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga's Community Kitchen provided their annual Thanksgiving dinner for those in the city's growing homeless community today. The Chatt Foundation's Holly Reeve says guests were treated as if they were in a restaurant - being waited on…
Grateful Gobbler Walk Raises Thousands for Homeless Shelter
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Thousands showed up to downtown this Thanksgiving morning to burn some calories before eating them back up. (more…)
Sportsbarn Turkey Trot Held in Brainerd
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A group of runners pushed themselves at the 32-nd annual Sportsbarn Turkey Trot. (more…)
From The Archives: 1982 Catalogue Shopping
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Holiday shopping has changed a lot in the last few years. Before there was Amazon, shopping by mail was a much slower process. In 1982, our reporters…
Firefighters draw water from Tennessee River to battle Suck Creek Road flames
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - A variety of fire agencies battled a blaze this evening along the Tennessee River near the gorge. It happened at a home at 1907 Suck Creek Road just before 8PM. A driver noticed the smoke…
EPB Holiday Windows Display debuts
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - EPB's annual Holiday Windows display is not on for downtown visitors. The company flipped the switch on Wednesday evening. The display now includes windows on both the Broad and Market Street sides of the building, plus across…
Driving Our Economy Forward: AGC Construction Career Center Opens
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee's Construction Career Center is now up and running. "We have been in action now for about two weeks…
Budgetel family speaks out on recent eviction
UPDATE: Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp spoke with News 12 Thursday morning saying there is currently no "class-action lawsuit" against her. News 12 also spoke earlier this week with Attorney Charles Wright, who…
East Ridge resident to honor friend at Grateful Gobbler
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- One East Ridge resident has been walking Chattanooga's Grateful Gobbler 5K for almost 20 years. She'll be walking again tomorrow, but this time to remember a friend. Theresa Chastain will…
Georgia Supreme Court re-instates fetal heartbeat abortion ban
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The six week abortion ban is going back in for Georgia. A court put the state's fetal heartbeat law on hold last week, ruling that lawmakers approved the law before last year's Roe Vs. Wade ruling…
Union Gospel Holds Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Union Gospel Mission helped feed hundreds in our community today. (more…)
Organization Helping Evicted Budgetel Families
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF)- A week has passed since the Budgetel in East Ridge was shut down due to an eviction order from Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp. (more…)
More To The Story: The story behind the Lumberjack Calendar
FORT OGLETHORPE (WDEF) - It's adoption day at a pet store in Fort Oglethorpe. Our "fur babies" are all over the place. Check this out: eight Great Pyrenees…
Carbon Monoxide levels force apartment evacuations
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Several apartment dwellers were evacuated Tuesday night because of elevated carbon monoxide levels. A tenant at the Meridian at Hamilton Place Apartments called the fire department to check the CO levels. Firefighters found elevated levels and began…
Researchers: AI in connected cars eased rush hour congestion
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Researchers in Tennessee say they have successfully used artificial intelligence in a group of wirelessly connected cars to help ease rush hour traffic on Interstate 24. In the experiment, 100 test…
Lauren Alaina announces her engagement from Opry stage
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee Valley native Lauren Alaina announced her engagement over the weekend. And she picked the Grand Ole Opry as the place to do it. The reality TV and country music star is a proud Opry member.…
Hamilton County political leaders discuss drag show bill
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- An upcoming bill in the Tennessee legislature is being viewed in a new light following the weekend's deadly shooting in Colorado Springs. The state legislation would make…
Golden Apple Award: Sonjia Norman, Blythe Bower Elementary School
CLEVELAND, TN (WDEF) - One days she's an astronaut. The next day she's a soldier. Sonjia Norman digs deep into her costume closet to make lessons come to life for her 3rd graders…