DUNLAP (WDEF) - A car fire interrupted two firefighters on the way to a benefit for Cagle Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert Rude. The two firefighters are Dunlap volunteers Jonathan Snyder and Captain Bryan Hobbs. After arriving at the benefit,…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a fire Sunday afternoon at the Rustic Village Apartments in the 500 block of Central Drive. The department got the call a little…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Police Department needs your help to find out what led to a fatal shooting this afternoon. According to the release, police got a call from Erlanger East hospital that a shooting victim showed up and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - City officials are refuting one source and telling News 12 that the size of the Lookouts Stadium tax increment financing district hasn't 'grown' from 120 acres to 470. It was always that larger size. According to the…
DALTON (WDEF) - On Friday, we told you about an accident that happened at a car show and auction at the Dalton Convention Center, where a man was pinned underneath a car. Today, we went to see if any changes…
DALTON (WDEF) - Seven people were hurt in a freak accident at the Moonshine Cruise-In Car Show and Auction this afternoon in Dalton. Three of them were hospitalized - one of them at Erlanger. Woody Bramlett was the man sitting…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating their second shooting of the day. This time three victims were shot on Wisdom Street in East Chattanooga. All three went to the hospital, but police describe the wounds as non-life-threatening. Witnesses say…
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - We've learned more about the death of a Georgia man last night in Walker County. His body wasn't found until a G-DOT crew spotted it while mowing. They found his…
UPDATE: Police are investigating reports of another shooting this evening on the other side of the ridge. This one is at 3215 Dodson Avenue around 6:45 PM. _____________ CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A man suffered serious injuries from an afternoon shooting…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Volkswagen Chattanooga has completed its roll-out of the ID-4, V-W's first all-electric vehicle. The car runs on a four hundred volt lithium ion battery, which offers up to 260 miles of range…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) - Investigators on Friday say a fatal incident at Gatlinburg chairlift last night was an apparent suicide. A woman's body was found under the chairlift. The state is inspecting the chairlift to make sure there is no…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, JAMES POLLARD and GABE STERN Associated Press Across the U.S., state lottery systems use that revenue to boost education, tourism, transportation and much more. Now that the giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot has ballooned to more than…
8:30 PM UPDATE: All victims have now been released from the hospital. _______________ UPDATE: Officials now say 4 people were taken to the hospital. 3 to Hamilton Medical Center, 1 to Erlanger. ______________…
A local mail carrier that has gone above and beyond his job description for over 32 years and received an…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A 43 year old man was shot in Chattanooga on Thursday evening, July 28. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Mayor Tim Kelly revealed the "Roadmap to End Gun Violence in Chattanooga" program Thursday. The new initiative will serve to curb gun violence in the community. After the horrific mass shootings that took place earlier this summer, the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Today's the 10-year anniversary of Bike Chattanooga. It provides residents with pay-to-ride bicycles all over the city. The program launched in 2012 with 300 bikes and 30 bike stations. Now Bike Chattanooga…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A 7-year-old girl died when a tree fell on a tent at Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Wednesday. The park did not identify the girl, who was from Georgia. The child’s father and two siblings…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- District Six County Commissioner David Sharpe is requesting a series of emails rumored to have been exchanged between Weston Wamp and the Chattanooga Lookouts. Sharpe hasn't addressed Wamp by name, but…
Gun Violence Prevention Roadmap 7.27 CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga's Mayor released a plan on Thursday to deal with the shootings in the city. Mayor Kelly's Roadmap to End Gun Violence in Chattanooga is built as a framework for coordinating responses…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- For the fourth time this year, The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates again, leading some to fear a recession is imminent. According to CBS News, today's increase brings…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Forest System announces that the Ocoee River warning system is back in operation. The strobe and siren warning system was damaged by the fire at the Ocoee Whitewater Center in April. Now TVA crews have…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chemical Company Wacker currently employs seven hundred people at its Charleston, Tennessee facility. But soon that site is going to expand, adding several new silicone production facilities. The expansion is being…
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - Brandon Neil Wiseman chose a plea deal over a trial for a fatal shooting in Chatsworth the day after Christmas. Wiseman admitted to police that he killed Joshua Dewayne Petty in the driveway of the victim's…