OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF)- Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's help identifying a man who was hit by a vehicle on Interstate 75 near Ooltewah, Tennessee, early Sunday morning. Deputies were called to the scene on I-75 northbound…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-When you hear the term ‘The Ides of March,” it usually refers to the 74th day of the calendar year. It roughly translates to about March 15th. Today, in Renaissance…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF)- Smoke coming from Signal Mountain. News 12 just spoke with a person who said he was driving up and down the mountain and it looked like a California…
(gomocs.com) CHATTANOOGA---It was a great day for the Chattanooga Mocs athletics family. Despite chilly weather compared to the glorious start to spring this week, the front of McKenzie…
FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia (WDEF) - The 6th Cavalry Museum in Fort Oglethrope came to being back in 1981. Until this week, there was no virtual experience TO the museum. But when…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Gas prices are on their way down, but some people across America are already fed up with gas, and are looking for electric vehicles. They're learning that the cost of getting…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Whitfield County Fire Department has been battling a blaze at a local plant The fire began at Asset Recycling on Cross Plains Boulevard off of Highway 41,…
DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - 75% of the water system in Dunlap has been down today because of a water main break. The city reports that a 16" main was "disrupted." The repairs should be completed by 5:30-6:00 PM. But their…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Ooltewah resident Alexander Bormotov has traveled to Poland to help refugees from his native country of Ukraine. "I'm at the center where they help around 400 refugees,…
ROSSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, has signed a bill that will deliver additional income tax refunds due to the state's budget surplus. It will go to those who filed taxes…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- National Medal of Honor Day began as the sun rose at the National Cemetery in Chattanooga. Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center offered two for…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A jury convicted a Catoosa County man of rape this week. It took them less than an hour to find 28 year old Lon Taylor Willbanks guilty of raping his former girlfriend. It happened on the…
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - A north Georgia driver has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in a horrendous crash last summer. It happened on Smyrna-Ramurst Road south of Chatsworth. Adam Lamar Harrington and James Aubrey Martin were at the home of…
WDEF - Tennessee's state veterinarian says restrictions have been lifted for avian influenza in a county bordering where Kentucky saw a recent outbreak at a commercial chicken facility. In a news release, state veterinarian Dr. Samantha Beaty says avian influenza…
It's quickly becoming a "virtual world" in which we live in! Whether you're playing a video game or checking out the facilities at an out-of-town hotel, everything is right before your eyes with the "click" of a mouse pad. One…
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…