CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga is abuzz today over talk about a new Volkswagen plant in our area. In fact, local Volkswagen officials tell us right now it is just speculation at this point. The story began with a Reuters news…
UPDATE: District Attorney response to Sheriff Hammond's press conference The statement deals with the Sheriff saying that Pinkston's decision on the Collegedale arrest investigation as a "slap in the face." “It…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The suspect wanted for a shooting at a Cleveland gas station on Tuesday night, has turned himself in. Michael E. Moore faces a charge of Attempted First Degree Murder. Investigators say Moore got into an argument…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) -- 11 years ago, several communities in the Tennessee Valley and Northern Georgia were rattled by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. On April 27, 2011, 216 tornadoes touched down in the southeastern United…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Local Attorney Robin Flores is preparing a new lawsuit against the City of East Ridge and some of its police officers. Last week, News 12 reported that Flores…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - McMinn County and other agencies are still rounding up suspects in a long drug investigation. Sheriff Joe Guy says they have identified 16 suspects in a major meth operation in East Tennessee. Operation "Propane Cowboys" has…
BONAIRE, Ga. (AP) - The Georgia state income tax cut signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp could eventually total more than $2 billion. But the reductions will only happen by the target date of 2029 if state revenue holds…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - A gas station fight last night apparently ended with a shooting. Police in Cleveland report that two men got into the fight inside a Texaco on Dalton Pike SE around midnight. When police arrived, they found…
UPDATE: The Chattanooga Fire Department reports one employee was injured in the fire. It began in the X-ray room, but was already put out by the time they got there. ______ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Chattanooga VA…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Film Festival releases the first half of their lineup for June. This year's festival will once again be virtual. It is scheduled from June 23-28. This year's films include two world premieres among a slate…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - One of the last things you want to have happen is to lose one of your teeth while playing sports. Especially if that happens to a…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Roberts Mill Road project is just about done. Work crews have completed firming up the roadbed and are ready to start paving on Wednesday. The road up Walden's Ridge was shutdown in the winter…
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - The Murray County Sheriff's Office is looking for two missing children. 11 year old Emily Pressley and 13 year old Cameron Pressley were last seen walking away from their home on Maple Grove Church Road with…
(WDEF) - You can tell that boating season is ramping up in Tennessee by the TWRA incident reports. There have been two collisions since Saturday. Two personal watercraft hit each other Saturday evening on Norris Lake above Knoxville. One of…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Chattanooga Fire Department is reporting that they are battling a residential fire early this Wednesday morning, April 27, in a post to their Twitter account. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga's inaugural Youth Week entered Day 2 Tuesday and hosted a panel on sustainability. Derived from Mayor Tim Kelly's One Chattanooga strategy, Youth Week will host panels and summits on various topics such as homelessness, girls' empowerment…
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is investigating a body found near the boat ramp at Possum Creek RV Park and Campground in Soddy-Daisy. A post by the Sheriff's Office on Facebook says that the body was…
POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- One area business owner near the Whitewater Center says that neighbors are feeling a profound sense of loss. Fortunately, he says that he's spoken with local authorities and state representatives who say the area is…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- CMA Fest announced even more performers to their music lineup on Tuesday. The Country Music Association revealed who will be performing at the event's Nighttime Concerts at Ascend Amphitheater on June 10 and 11. Chris Janson…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - State athletic officials recently returned from a conference in Indianapolis, and one told News 12 that a big question that came out of it was "How do…
SODDY DAISY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County officials are conducting a death investigation now over a body found this afternoon north of Soddy Daisy. Sheriff's officers say the body was found by a fisherman in the water near the Possum…
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (WDEF) - Western North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn has been caught for the second time with a gun at an airport. The latest incident happened at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Tuesday morning. The TSA reports that…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - For those who want to spend more time outside, there's a new bicycle trail at Enterprise South. Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger presided this morning as the trail…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This week, the Delta Sigma Theta sorority is sponsoring field trips for eligible students from Tyner Academy and the Howard School to go vote early in the May 3rd election. In…