CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Neighborhood veteran lawn service’s Bryant Ellis use to be homeless living in tent city. Now he runs a lawn mowing service that gives back to the homeless. "I have 4 to 6 people that work with me…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- President and CEO of the Pursuit of Happiness Michael Gordon and Board Member Troy Rodgers braved the freezing temperatures last night and spent the night in tent city. "The freezing temperature.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-The Chattanooga Fire Department worked a residential structure fire in the 4800 block of Ranger Lane Saturday morning. C.F.D.responded to the call at 11 AM. Smoke detectors alerted the occupants to a fire in the kitchen and they…
The indictment of 38-year-old Melissa Blair gives a timeline of her alleged sexual escapades with eight students at McMinn Central High School. The details show Blair as the aggressor, leading to 18 counts of statutory rape and four counts of…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of one of their top ten most wanted fugitives. Devon Beckham was wanted for assaulting her roommate with a frying pan a couple of months ago. The 74…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Two UTC faculty members are using a one-point-five-million dollar grant from the Tennessee Department of Health to work with faith-based communities in the state to create INDEED -- an Intrastate Network to Deliver Equity and Eliminate Disparities.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - News 12 receives multiple calls a month on our tipline from family members of inmates who say their relative has been assaulted at Silverdale Detention Center. "When we see crime happen,…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- Chattanooga became Con Nooga once again, as hundreds of friends and families gathered inside to enjoy a day ripe with numerous events, amazing cosplays and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Last December, John McCecil was given a reference to Notre Dame High School to direct the musical, "Godspell." Only a month into working on the play, he received a phone…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Chattanooga will begin to automatically reroute emergency services and commenter traffic when a train is present at a Hixson railroad crossing. "It’s going to be an interconnected signaling device…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The long delays at a train crossing in Hixson has been quite a community issue. Now Chattanooga has a tech solution to ease the problem using their fiber network. The crossing…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - STEP Studio in Dalton is getting ready to premiere its first ever piece of work. STEP stands for students,team, entertainment and production. Jacob Poag is the president,…
DAHLONEGA, Ga. (AP) - A $10,000 reward is being offered in hopes of finding a man who stormed into a north Georgia gold mine and made off with about $100,000 worth of gold, cellphones, money and jewelry from the mine's…
ALTAMONT, Tennessee (WDEF) - Grundy County authorities say they have new leads in an old case. Tim White has been missing since September 15, 1999. Now Sheriff Clint Shrum says his office and the TBI have fresh leads on the…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright was sentenced Friday to two years in prison, a penalty below state guidelines after the judge found mitigating…
The tagline for the Hamilton County School District is "experience the future without limits.” One group of students at Ooltewah High School say the removal of the school's international baccalaureate program…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga beer board is suspending one bar's beer license for four weeks. Blue Light club Owner Brian Joyce says he's being unfairly targeted for playing hip hop…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - The Georgia State Patrol reports that a crash between an ATV and a dog proved fatal for the driver. It happened on Bethel Church Road outside of Dalton on Tuesday evening. Troopers say 36 year old…
DADE COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - A wildfire in Dade County is fully contained but not before it destroyed 136 acres, according to forest firefighters. Georgia Forestry says the fire started yesterday afternoon around…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - February is Black history Month, and Chattanooga's Bethlehem Center celebrated the month today by partnering with Lil' Mama's Chicago Style Hoagie restaurant. "We're so excited to be here, today,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-"Very safe. Everyone’s masked up, everyone’s complaint just about we’re on Royal Caribbean and we feel safer there than we do at home. People around here don’t wear a mask when you go…
NOBLE, Georgia (WDEF) - We are marking the 20th anniversary this week of one of the most bizarre stories ever in our area. This week, authorities had just begun to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is hosting a job fair this evening. The virtual job fair is Thursday night from 6:30 until 7:30 and people who want to work for Hamilton County can attend the virtual interview to…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) - A jury in Summerville has found 38 year old Robert Anthony Swearinger guilty of arson, family violence and cruelty to animals. It took them just 20 minutes of deliberation. He was living with his girlfriend last…