CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A jury convicted 29 year old Iesha Ariona Jones of killing a man in a drug deal that went badly. Prosecutors say Jones and her husband went to the apartment of Norman Sullivan to get drugs from…
U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., center, speaks with the media outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Fortenberry was convicted Thursday of charges that he lied to federal authorities about an…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teachers…
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to RUSNANO CEO Anatoly Chubais in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. The resignation of Chubais, who was Putin's envoy to international organizations…
FILE - A proposed ban on transgender athletes playing female school sports in Utah would affect transgender girls like this 12-year-old swimmer seen at a pool in Utah on Feb. 22, 2021. She and her…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Administrators at Central High School in Harrison were notified of a potential suspicious package on the campus early Thursday afternoon. (more…)
DALTON, GA (WDEF) -- An "Asset" to the Dalton community caught fire this afternoon, prompting officials and firefighters from Whitfield County to report to the scene. The call came in to the Whitfield County Fire Department around 1 p.m. Friday…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- On Friday, March 25, Pope Francis will deliver a prayer of peace for the war overseas. The prayer is called the Act of Consecration…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) -- Gov. Bill Lee has not pulled the trigger on a suspension of the state's gas tax yet. However, he did announce a proposal to suspend the state's grocery tax for 30 days. The proposal was announced Thursday…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Due to the challenge of refrigerating milk, many food pantries just don't have enough storage to hold all the milk they need. News 12s Brian Armstrong joins us with how Mayfield…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hazardous Materials crews were part of the response this afternoon in Cleveland to a tanker truck wreck. The truck failed to make the turn on a small Dockery Lane onto Blue Springs Road. The tanker…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The White House has removed Dr. Mahomet Oz - best known as daytime TV’s host of “The Dr. Oz Show” - and former football star Herschel Walker from the President’s Council on Sports, Nutrition and Fitness…
ATLANTA (AP) - A group of Georgia voters is challenging U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s eligibility to run for reelection, saying she helped facilitate the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. The challenge filed Thursday…
TRENTON, Ga -- On December 16, 1988, a woman's body was found on the side of the road in Dade County. "It was off I-59 northbound, just inside of Dade County,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-"Been a very interesting year, to say the least for both housing prices and rent prices," said Carberry. Chattanooga's rent cost is lower than the national average but still higher than the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Former Chattanooga Police Chief Freeman Cooper has died at the age of 70. He had been battling lung cancer. Cooper was a 25 year veteran of…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF)-There are a lot less political campaign signs up in East Ridge due to what the city is calling an ordinance violation. East Ridge City Manager Chris Dorsey said…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - While Tennessee lawmakers are been luke-warm at best to the idea of suspending the state gas tax, they have an alternative. On Thursday, Governor Bill Lee proposed a food tax suspension instead. Tennessee would lift both…
TRENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - 33 years later, investigators have finally identified a young woman whose body was dumped along the interstate in Dade County. Now they can renew their search for her killer. GBI officials say the victim was 19…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has proposed a 30-day suspension of state and local grocery sales tax.
A ballot drop boxes used in Douglas County, Kansas, sits in storage in a warehouse in Lawrence, Kan., on Monday, March 21, 2022. Republican lawmakers across the U.S. have questioned the security of such drop boxes.…
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — A house full of unsupervised children in Virginia were given sleeping pills by another child, causing them to be hospitalized Wednesday evening, police said. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.- A student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was found dead in their dorm room on Wednesday. According to the university, the student was discovered unconscious by a staff member during a routine room safety check at…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- On March 15, the Senate unanimously passed a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent in America year-round. Dr. Anuj Chandra, the founder of the…