CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- The summer of 2022 saw pressure nationwide to ensure that public schools are assigned School Resource Officers. Now, some SRO's are facing criticism over leaked footage of physical interactions with students in the Tennessee Valley. News 12…
The Chattanooga Clergy for Justice is asking Hamilton County Schools for the immediate removal of the East Ridge SRD involved in the recent student arrest. (more…)
Chattanooga police say three suspects have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident from earlier this month. Officials say the suspects, two 16-year-old boys and a 17-year-old boy, are facing charges of First Degree Murder, Attempted First Degree Murder…
A DeKalb County, Alabama man has been arrested on a slew of sex crime related charges. 46-year-old Jerry McKee of Sylvania is facing 12 different charges. These include six counts of Sodomy, two counts of Child Abuse, and four counts…
PALMER, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Savage Gulf State Natural Area is being reclassified into the 57th Tennessee State Park. (more…)
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The arrest of a student at East Ridge High School yesterday has gone viral on social media, and sparked its share of outrage. Both the officer…
Sgt. 1st Class Giovanni DeZuani, a flight paramedic, is lowered from a UH-60 Blackhawk near Derrick Knob Shelter to rescue a hiker in distress along the Appalachian Trail, Sept. 20. The flight crew from the Tennessee…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Many people rise out of difficult circumstances to pursue a college degree. You hear stories about people working two jobs to pay tuition, raising children in between classes, and…
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Card Monroe Corporation bills itself as the world leader in tufting technology. News 12 is going beneath the surface to show you how Card Monroe is living up…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Police have released video of the arrest of a student at the Brainerd Rec Center on Wednesday afternoon (This is not the East Ridge case). Police say the SRO responded…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - It's a little slice of Americana up on Signal Mountain. And there's wood all over the place. Logs, trees.....more than one can shake a stick at.…
ATLANTA (WDEF) - A new CBS poll release today shows the Senate race in Georgia is a toss up. The new CBS Battleground Tracker poll shows U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and GOP challenger Herschel Walker are basically deadlocked. Warnock has…
GEORGETOWN, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Sheriff's Office has released some information about a fatal wreck this morning on the north end of the Hamilton County. A single vehicle crashed around 7:30 AM on Highway 60 near B & K Ranch…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Both the Sheriff and an attorney for the officer are asking the public to wait for the whole story on a controversial new arrest video in East Ridge. The videos getting passed around show an…
CHI Memorial and Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union have teamed up to bring lung cancer screenings to the community. (more…)
The Chattanooga Police Department is now holding weekly meetings to address the city's violent crime trends. The major topics this week, robberies and domestic violence, both of which rise in the winter months.…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF)- An arrest of a student at East Ridge High School on Tuesday was shared on social media and went viral causing controversy in the community. (more…)
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian last night in Cleveland. They say the pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Keith Street around 8:30 PM. The victim died from his injuries later at the…
New York’s attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
WALKER COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) -- From the state of Georgia to the Republic of Georgia and back ... Some members of the Walker County Fire Rescue…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- On Thursday night, the runoff election for District 8's City Council seat concluded with a win for previously appointed board member Marvene Noel. She was officially sworn into office at Tuesday night's city council meeting. All of…
(WDEF) - A mammogram, colonoscopy and an anxiety test. A national group is recommending that doctors add the anxiety test for their patients under 65. That's a draft recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. They would like to…
2023 SEC football schedule Alabama Sept. 2 -- Middle Tennessee Sept. 9 -- Texas Sept. 16 -- at South Florida Sept. 23 -- Ole Miss Sept. 30 -- at Mississippi State Oct. 7 -- at Texas A&M Oct. 14 --…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are looking for a bank robber who struck this afternoon in the Hamilton Place area. Police say a man held a clerk at gunpoint in the 1600 block of Gunbarrel Road before 3:30 PM. The…