Chip's Good Word: Making Hot Slaw
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Cleveland holds a new festival on Saturday dedicated to a local dish. The Hot Slaw festival honors the tradition of slaw with a peppy kick. …
More To The Story: Teaching our Teens to "Rise Up"
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Sandy Pricer is a busy woman! Sandy is a wife and mother. Mother of six kids. And she's a working mother. You see, Sandy started the…
Deputy gets fentanyl poisoning at over-dose scene
GRUETLI-LAAGER, Tennessee (WDEF) - You've seen stories of first responders stocking their vehicles with Narcan to protect them from overdoses. The Grundy County Sheriff shares a story about why. Last night, deputies responded to an overdose in Gruetli-Laager.…
Fire on the back porch
HARRISON, Tennessee (WDEF) - An explosive fire this afternoon claimed a home in the Harrison community. Highway 58 firefighters got the call to a home on Darlene Lane near the Booker T. Washington State Park after 1PM. The call…
2022 CMT Music Awards to Air on CBS Monday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- It's almost time for country music's only awards show where the fans vote for all the winners. The 2022 CMT Music Awards is happening Monday night, airing on CBS for…
Walker County supports CHI Memorial's new hospital plan on Battlefield Parkway
ROCK SPRING, Georgia (WDEF) - Walker County government is supporting CHI Memorial's plans to build a new hospital in neighboring Catoosa County. Their leaders attended the announcement by CHI Memorial of their plans to replace their existing facility on…
Police release information on Brainerd Shooting
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police released information on Friday about Thursday's daylight shooting in Brainerd. They say the 32 year old male who was shot did die from his injuries. It happened just after noon. Police responded…
Sexual Assault Awareness month
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- April is also Sexual Assault Awareness month and Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults spoke of the importance of spreading sexual assault awareness. Partnership provided statistics about how they aided hundreds of people who were sexually assaulted. They…
Re-Entry for Second Chance Month
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-"A lot of times men and women do not understand the social services that are available on the outside," said Re-Entry supervisor Wendy Harris. April is Second Chance Month and focuses on prevention, re-entry, and social support opportunities…
TBI drug roundup in Grundy County
ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI arrests 24 suspects in a year-long drug investigation in Grundy County. Agents have been making undercover drug purchases in the county since early 2021. They bought meth, heroin, fentanyl and prescription pills.…
Musk says Tesla will build vehicle designed to be a robotaxi
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will build an electric vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi.
Old Hixson Pike Bridge Reopened After Nine Months of Repairs
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- After a long nine month wait for Hixson commuters, the bridge on the 5500 block of Old Hixson Pike has reopened to traffic. (more…)
Board of Election Forum held in McMinn County
McMINN COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- McMinn County Neighbors was formed in January after the local controversy of "Maus's" sudden removal from the EL curriculum went national. Following the…
Mom arrested over threat against child's Elementary School
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - A Cleveland mother has been charged with making threats against her child's school. Blythe Bower Elementary was put on a soft lockdown today after officials got threatening phone message at the County Juvenile Center. …
Why are new cars so expensive in Chattanooga?
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A study from I-SEE-CARS-DOT-COM says that the average cost of a new car in Chattanooga is 13% over M-S-R-P. According to the study, the price hike is a result of supply…
Smart Factory Institute, EPB Talk Electric Cars, Supply Chain Issues
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Today, EPB presented an electronic vehicle battery innovations conference at the TDOT Administration building. Industry manufacturers and innovators were brought together to discuss developments in electric vehicle technology and solutions…
Tennessee honors Bessie Smith
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tennessee Music Pathways program celebrates the musical heritage of the state. Since 2018, they have been placing markers in the hometowns of artists across…
EPB charging stations
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Many vehicle and car Experts believe electrical vehicles are the way of the future. Now with EPB's help, the Gig city is getting EV ready. As gas prices remain…
"Iso" - The new designer drug that has law enforcement on high alert
(Photo courtesy: National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators) CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - On Wednesday, News 12 was in LaFayette doing a story on the amount of fentanyl overdoses there were in Walker County and the surrounding…
FBI not releasing details on Mountain Shadows raid
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The FBI is not saying much about a raid they conducted in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in East Brainerd. We counted at least 16 vehicles at the raid…
The Trooper Pitch has paid off with 11 new officers from other states
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - In the middle of a nationwide trooper shortage, Governor Lee made a recruiting video to snipe officers from other states. The Governor pitched pay…
Dalton murder suspect arrested in Chattanooga
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Dalton Police have made an arrest in a murder from a week ago. 62 year old Kenneth Townsend was shot to death at his apartment on Selvidge Street around 3 AM on March 31st. …
N Germantown Rd Shooting
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Chattanooga Police Department is investigating a shooting resulting in a man being taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries according to CPD. Chattanooga Police and investigators are working on a shooting…
US Navy intends to decommission some of its newest warships
The U.S. Navy now wants to retire nine recently built littoral combat ships, which cost about $4.5 billion to build.