UPDATE: We received affidavits from the Bledsoe County Courthouse on the incident. Detective Drake Brown was notified by Pikeville Elementary School about the incident. He reviewed video footage of what happened inside…
MEDLEY, Fla. (AP) - An explosion and fire at an industrial complex in suburban Miami has killed two people and left three others injured. Police and fire officials say the Tuesday morning explosion happened in the small suburb of Medley.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Moon River Music Festival released their lineup for the 2023 event. Headliners will include Caamp and Hozier. The festival will take place on September 9 and 10 this year. The festival is held at Coolidge…
KNOXVILLE (WDEF) - The City of Knoxville is moving ahead with plans to build what Chattanooga has had for decades, a pedestrian bridge over the Tennessee River. This week, the University will ask for the funds to buy land…
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday met with Taiwan's president, who promised to deepen military cooperation between the two sides despite objections from China, which claims the island as its…
FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, actor Alec Baldwin attends a news conference at United Nations headquarters. Experts predict a tremendous legal fallout after Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop gun while…
PLAINS, Ga. (WDEF) -- The 39th President, Jimmy Carter, is transitioning into end of life care, according to a release from the Carter Center. Carter will receive…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - These days schools throughout the Tennessee Valley are integrated, but it wasn't that long ago, when that was not the case. Notre Dame High…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Health, Education, and Housing Board approved two new low-income housing projects to move forward today. (more…)
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Collegedale Police arrested a 19-year-old man for a felony possession of marijuana. They previously arrested him with the same charge in December 2022. Gabriel Kain Goins was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga announced a new accelerated nursing program. This accelerated program will allow those with any bachelor's degree to transition into the nursing field. The…
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Soddy-Daisy will have its second Arbor Day Celebration on March 4. The nonprofit, Keep Soddy-Daisy Beautiful, is hosting the event, which it says will be twice as big as last year's. This year's celebration will…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - The Grand Ole Opry saluted the life and times of Chattanooga native Leslie Jordan on Sunday Night. The tribute drew luminaries from music, comedy and acting. The show included actors Jim Parsons, Mayim Bialik and Max Greenfield.…
FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia (WDEF) - A Virginia man is in custody in northwest Georgia following a weekend Amber Alert case. Authorities in Smythe County, Virginia reported that a 14 year…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wafting across the United States and into the attention of an alarmed national and global public, a giant Chinese balloon has changed Americans' awareness of all the stuff floating in the air and how…
By JEFF MARTIN and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Well-wishes and fond remembrances for former President Jimmy Carter were pouring in a day after he entered hospice care at his home in Georgia. Among those paying homage Sunday…
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. He was 78. Belzer…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One person has died and four are in stable condition after a shooting during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, police said Monday. The New…
(GOMOCS) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team fell 5-4 to Maine in its first game on the final day of the Chattanooga Challenge and concluded with a 4-2 loss to Indiana State in the finale. GAME ONE RECAP:…
First Baptist Church held their inaugural Mental Health Summit today. This summit was a kick-off event for First Baptist's expansion of mental health services for those in need Local Professionals came to speak and answer questions on matters of therapy…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee State Senators and Representatives honored former News 12 employee Bill Mitchell for his decades of service to the broadcast world. They presented him with a resolution for his media service. "I know you've…
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Department of Labor says one of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country. The…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- After one year of success, Food Truck Friday is back up and running for all Chattanoogans to enjoy. Not only do these efforts support local…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Senate passed a bill that would expand the voucher program to be eligible in Hamilton County. The bill would allow…