HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Black Friday shopping often invokes two thoughts -- saving big on gifts for loved ones at Christmas or, sometimes, watching shoppers actually fight for them. Fortunately, the…
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press A Tennessee judicial panel has upheld the state’s school voucher law, which allows public tax dollars to be given to families to pay for private schooling. Critics of vouchers argue that the law will weaken…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Today was Black Friday, the busiest in store shopping day of the year. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Google has recently agreed to a big lawsuit settlement. The search engine is paying nearly $400 million to 40 states - the third highest privacy settlement in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Despite the many hardships Americans have faced this year, a pair of local religious leaders say there's still plenty to be thankful for. Fr. David Carter of the Basilica of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga's Community Kitchen provided their annual Thanksgiving dinner for those in the city's growing homeless community today. The Chatt Foundation's Holly Reeve says guests were treated as if they were in a restaurant - being waited on…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Thousands showed up to downtown this Thanksgiving morning to burn some calories before eating them back up. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A group of runners pushed themselves at the 32-nd annual Sportsbarn Turkey Trot. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Holiday shopping has changed a lot in the last few years. Before there was Amazon, shopping by mail was a much slower process. In 1982, our reporters…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - A variety of fire agencies battled a blaze this evening along the Tennessee River near the gorge. It happened at a home at 1907 Suck Creek Road just before 8PM. A driver noticed the smoke…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - EPB's annual Holiday Windows display is not on for downtown visitors. The company flipped the switch on Wednesday evening. The display now includes windows on both the Broad and Market Street sides of the building, plus across…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee's Construction Career Center is now up and running. "We have been in action now for about two weeks…
UPDATE: Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp spoke with News 12 Thursday morning saying there is currently no "class-action lawsuit" against her. News 12 also spoke earlier this week with Attorney Charles Wright, who…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- One East Ridge resident has been walking Chattanooga's Grateful Gobbler 5K for almost 20 years. She'll be walking again tomorrow, but this time to remember a friend. Theresa Chastain will…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The six week abortion ban is going back in for Georgia. A court put the state's fetal heartbeat law on hold last week, ruling that lawmakers approved the law before last year's Roe Vs. Wade ruling…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Union Gospel Mission helped feed hundreds in our community today. (more…)
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF)- A week has passed since the Budgetel in East Ridge was shut down due to an eviction order from Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp. (more…)
FORT OGLETHORPE (WDEF) - It's adoption day at a pet store in Fort Oglethorpe. Our "fur babies" are all over the place. Check this out: eight Great Pyrenees…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Several apartment dwellers were evacuated Tuesday night because of elevated carbon monoxide levels. A tenant at the Meridian at Hamilton Place Apartments called the fire department to check the CO levels. Firefighters found elevated levels and began…
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Researchers in Tennessee say they have successfully used artificial intelligence in a group of wirelessly connected cars to help ease rush hour traffic on Interstate 24. In the experiment, 100 test…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee Valley native Lauren Alaina announced her engagement over the weekend. And she picked the Grand Ole Opry as the place to do it. The reality TV and country music star is a proud Opry member.…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- An upcoming bill in the Tennessee legislature is being viewed in a new light following the weekend's deadly shooting in Colorado Springs. The state legislation would make…
CLEVELAND, TN (WDEF) - One days she's an astronaut. The next day she's a soldier. Sonjia Norman digs deep into her costume closet to make lessons come to life for her 3rd graders…
(WDEF) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is back on Twitter, with a vengeance. She was one of the politicians whose Twitter account was reinstated by Elon Musk on Monday. Twitter suspended her personal account in January over what they deemed…