NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Republican Primary for Hamilton County Mayor may not be over, after all. Even though candidates Sabrena Smedley and Matt Hullender conceded the results on election night, now Smedley is challenging them. She has filed a…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee’s highest court has ruled that Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher program does not violate the state’s constitution. The Tennessee Supreme Court’s ruled 3-2 Wednesday on the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Grove Street shooting last September opened up old wounds with a new question. Even with a new police chief, how can Chattanooga put an end to gang violence? News 12…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Amid an attempt to hire 1,000 new employees before the end of the year, Volkswagen Chattanooga has announced that all production employees, maintenance staff, and team leaders will receive a bonus of $3,000. Additionally, any employees hired…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The District Attorney General for Bradley County is addressing an issue brought up by the public in a gruesome dog abuse case. Two 16 year olds were charged with Aggravated Cruelty to Animals over a video…
ASHVILLE, North Carolina (WDEF) - Two years ago, he was considered one of the GOP's rising stars. Now the question is what will Madison Cauthorn do next? The 25 year old Congressman represented western North Carolina, including Murphy. But his…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - In the quiet setting of her living room, with her little chihuahua sound asleep on the couch, Jennifer Ownby is working. Applying her craft. Jennifer is in the…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street Wednesday as dismal results from Target renew fears that inflation is battering U.S. companies. Target lost more than a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Volkswagen Chattanooga announces pay and signing boosts for their employees. They are offering a $3000 bonus to all production and maintenance workers. The company also will give the bonus to anyone hired between May 16 and October…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A local mom chose National EMS Week to pay a visit to the first responders who saved her son's life. Last month, police, fire and EMS responded when they…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A family was woken up by a neighbor and was able to escape a house fire in Lookout Valley early Wednesday morning, May 18, 2022. (more…)
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Cheeseburgers and Americans are a love affair that dates back to when our forefathers took that first juicy bite. However, one young Texan toddler's love with cheeseburgers caught…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- News 12 anchors Andrew Harrison and Emily Cassulo stopped by Woodmore Elementary School Tuesday afternoon to give the kids some writing tips. We met with students in Laura McBride, April…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Since the department's inception in 2001, the TSA has come to look out for a litany of prohibited items in passengers' carry-on bags. But one set of prohibited items…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The new East Ridge development is called The Gateway -- it sits directly next to the Chattanooga Red Wolves' CHI Memorial Stadium. It is 110 acres consisting of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga's Chief of police is keeping a promise she made during her introduction a couple months ago. Nearly eight months after a drive-by shooting killed two women on Grove Street,…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The national group PETA is asking the Bradley County schools to take action after the video surfaced of a teen beating a dog to death with a stick. Two juveniles have actually been arrested in the…
POLK COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - You could almost predict it would happen. Officials are taking down their "Welcome to Polk County" signs to give them a new design. And now it seems that one of the old signs has gone…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has struck down Tennessee’s first-of-its-kind law requiring businesses to post special signs if they allow transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. The ruling by U.S.…
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge has temporarily delayed the execution of a Georgia man who was scheduled to die Tuesday for killing an 8-year-old girl 46 years ago. Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. killed the girl and raped her 10-year-old friend…
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis, the late country singer Keith Whitley and music executive Joe Galante will join the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lewis,…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a woman Monday afternoon at the Silverdale Detention Center. They say the 53 year old was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital, where she…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Incline Railway will be closed for a few weeks as routine maintenance is conducted. (more…)
From top left to bottom right: David Harold Windle Jr., 44 of Murphy, NC; Erika Lynn Jordan, 39 of Murphy, NC; Melodie Ann Yocom, 38 of Murphy, NC; Rex Henry Hall II, 51 of Murphy, NC (Courtesy: Cherokee County's Sheriff's…