Pollinator Garden Comes Into Bloom
SODDY DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A new pollinator garden is now officially open in Soddy-Daisy, the result of a community-wide effort focused on conservation, native plants, and supporting local wildlife. Keep…
Clean out your medicine cabinets for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Spring cleaning season means cleaning out those medicine cabinets and finding plenty of unused or expired medications, which is why the Hamilton County Coalition is hosting their…
Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, tsunami alert issued
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) - A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert in the region. The quake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 occurred off the…
Man kills 7 of his children plus another child in shooting in Louisiana neighborhood
By SOPHIE BATES, LEKAN OYEKANMI, GERALD HERBERT and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family Sunday morning that stretched across two…
Christian Hurd challenges Steve Tarvin for his seat in Georgia House District 2 race coming up in May
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (WDEF) - The Georgia House District 2 race is coming up in May, with Marine Corps…
East Ridge High School hosts free community Health Fair
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - East Ridge High School hosted its annual Health Fair, featuring a variety of free resources including health screenings, informational booths, and interactive…
Glass Street Block Party Brings Community Together in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)A neighborhood street in Chattanooga turned into a vibrant celebration of music, food, and community this weekend. Glass Roots, a local nonprofit, hosted its third…
Chattanooga Celebrates Music, Community at Redbud Venue Spring Event
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) Chattanooga turned up the volume this weekend as a spring celebration of music, community, and creativity took over Redbud Venue alongside Record Store Day…
Chickamauga hosts first annual crawfish festival
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (WDEF) - The City of Chickamauga hosted its first-ever Chickamauga Crawfish Festival as students also shared their thoughts on splitting access to the historic Gordon-Lee Mansion grounds for…
Mayor Wamp responds to concerns regarding incubator move
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp is defending the move of the Small Business Incubator Center on the northshore to a new Future Ready Center downtown.…
Deputy Faulkner laid to rest after procession and celebration of life
The procession carrying Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Landon Faulkner to be laid to rest at the Sequatchie County Memorial Gardens proceeding underneath an American flag held up by Dunlap and Signal Mountain firefighters on Rankin Avenue…
Local labor unions continue to voice opposition to data centers in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Local labor unions say they are concerned about recent investments in AI data centers. The unions, organizing as Jobs with Justice East Tennessee, say they…
AI "agents" can do your shopping. Should you let them?
Artificial intelligence "agents" promise to do everything from tidying up your email like Marie Kondo declutters a closet, to buying you a pair of heels based on your budget and style preferences. Yet technology experts warn that outsourcing key decisions…
Oil prices drop 9% and Wall Street rallies to a record after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days…
Trump says Iranians have "agreed to everything," including removal of enriched uranium
President Trump said in a phone interview that Iran has "agreed to everything," and will work with the U.S. to remove its enriched uranium. He insisted that doing so will not involve U.S. ground troops. But when asked who would retrieve it, he…
Oil prices drop more than 10% and US stocks soar after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices dropped more than 10% Friday, and U.S. stocks raced toward another record after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is open again for commercial tankers carrying oil from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide.…
UPS plane ordered by controller to abort landing after jet approached runway: "What are you doing?"
A UPS plane had to abort its landing after a Labcorp aircraft approached a runway at Kentucky's Louisville International Airport, the site of a deadly cargo plane crash last year. A Labcorp plane was on the taxiway…
Dozens of safety violations found at Tennessee munitions factory after last year's deadly explosion
A munitions company that handles explosives for the U.S. military is facing a fine of over $3 million after Tennessee investigators found dozens of safety violations at the company's facility where an explosion killed 16 people last…
Ford recalls nearly 1.4 million F-150 pickup trucks due to gearshift issue
Ford Motor Company is recalling nearly 1.4 million F-150 pickup trucks due to a gearshift issue that can increase the risk of a crash, according to a notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Federal regulators…
Macron and Starmer welcome Hormuz reopening and push for permanent navigation security
PARIS (AP) - The leaders of France and the U.K. on Friday welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open, but said freedom of navigation must be permanently restored to the key oil…
Oil tumbles 10% as Wall Street rallies to another record after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices are falling by more than 10% Friday, and Wall Street is rallying toward another record after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is fully open, allowing oil tankers to exit the Persian Gulf again…
Iran declares Strait of Hormuz "completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire," on its designated route
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that his country would allow all ships to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz for the duration of the ceasefire between Israel and…
Chattanooga T-Mobile to layoff 200 workers
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- T-Mobile USA, Inc. has filed an official WARN Notice with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, notifying the agency of a permanent layoff effective June 8, 2026, which…
Crime Victims' Rights Week Proclamation
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Family Justice Center hosted an event Thursday afternoon inside its auditorium and atrium as part of Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The event provided information…