By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee’s lead investigative agency is seeking $2 million in contracts with outside labs to process 1,000 rape kits that need to be tested before the end of June. The Tennessee Bureau…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Hamilton Co. Criminal Court Judge Boyd Patterson visited the recently evicted Budgetel Inn this afternoon. News 12 was allowed to get video on the property with permission and supervision…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Members of Chattanooga Echelon sprinted into the Signal Mountain Walmart today to shop for kids on their Salvation Army Angel Tree. The organization recently raised five thousand dollars through its…
MCMINNVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI says four suspects have been charged with setting a fire at a home in McMinnville. It happened in July at a home on McGregor Road. Janice Stokes has been charged with Insurance Fraud and…
Content Warning: Some of the details in this article are disturbing. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The man accused of murdering 22 year old Jasmine Pace had his bond hearing today in Chattanooga. (more…)
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A jury convicted a Dalton man in a knife attack in 2021. 29 year old Shaquae Divine Robinson was found guilty of Aggravated Assault with Intent to Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and Use of…
COLLINSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - Investigators in Northeast Alabama have charged a man with killing his mother. Emergency officials responded a home in Collinsville (below Fort Payne) on Tuesday night and found the body of 62 year old Sandra Jelks in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A new kind of computing is in the works, thanks to EPB and Qubitekk. They're teaming up to create the first commercially available quantum network…
ATHENS, Georgia (WDEF) - The move to pay school athletes has taken some twists on Thursday. NIL has become a major player in college athletics. It's stands for Name, Image and Likeness. Basically, the NCAA approved allowing athletes to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Giving Pledge has landed a windfall for a local organization. Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott took the pledge for billionaires to give most of their wealth away to good causes. As part of that pledge, he has given…
SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - An accusation against a law enforcement officer has seemed to backfire against a man from Franklin County. The TBI was asked to investigate the allegation that a Bedford County lieutenant had sexually assaulted a victim. The…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A city zoning board passed a plan on Thursday for the first Hyatt hotel in Chattanooga. It will be one of the first Caption by Hyatt brand hotels. Developers 3H Group based in Chattanooga (Moxy Chattanooga) want…
CATOOSA COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) -- This holiday season, officials in Catoosa County are asking its residents to gift them ... with recycled plastic bags. Believe it or not, one woman in Ringgold has introduced…
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - A Rhea County man has been indicted by a grand jury on child rape charges. Brandon Henderson, who is in his 30s, is in jail on a 3-million-dollar bond. He's facing three counts of child rape.…
CARTERSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - Hyundai Motor Group and SK are teaming up for one of the largest development projects in Georgia history, according to the Governor's Office. They are planning on building a new E-V battery operation in the Cartersville…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - While we've seen a lot of rain this week in our area, it has actually been a fairly dry fall heading into winter. We've seen much worse.…
https://youtu.be/SeAgAtQVSvU PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Apparently, the Knoxville area has not been as wet as we have been this week. Dollywood has decided to cancel their Merry and Bright fireworks show for the rest of the year, due to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga firefighters had to get the driver out of a leaf-blowing truck that overturned this morning in Hixson. The wreck happened at in a neighborhood on Gadd Road. The…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The River City Company announces that Rock The Riverfront will return next spring. The month long celebration on the Chattanooga Green debuted last year with the interactive seesaw art installation, Impulse. More than 30,000 Chattanoogans came down…
POWELL, Alabama (WDEF) - Police have arrested a man in Kentucky on charges that he bought vehicles in Alabama with fake money. Christopher Gregory was taken into custody in Kentucky and charged with drug and forgery counts. Police in Powell,…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office reports a fatal stabbing Wednesday evening in East Brainerd. Deputies responded to a neighborhood on Safari Drive around 5PM. Officers found a dead victim inside, but are not releasing further…
FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia (WDEF) -- With the holidays incoming, the "Fort O" community received an early Christmas gift in the form of a farmer's market -- something they've had on their gift list…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Today marks the 81st anniversary of Pearl Harbor here in the United States -- "a day that will live in infamy." Retired Navy Capt. Mickey McCamish was born in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- More than 10,000 people work at Unum, headquartered right here in downtown Chattanooga. The multi-billion dollar insurance company also offers good salaries and benefits for those employees.…