Good principals play a vital role in assembling a caring and professional staff for the school. Lake Forest Middle School Principal Ritchie Stevenson checks those boxes and many more earning him a Golden Apple Award.
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge on Monday ruled that a group of Georgia voters can proceed with legal efforts seeking to disqualify U.S Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection to Congress, citing her role in the deadly…
Undated (WDEF) - After the ruling by a Federal Court in Florida on Monday, the travel industry is changing their mask requirements. Uber and Lyft are dropping their mask requirements for both drivers and passengers. Many airline passengers…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Sheriff in Bradley County has named a new Chief Deputy. Sheriff Steve Lawson is promoting 25 year veteran John Stone for the post. Stone started as a deputy, became a detective and headed…
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - Police have made an arrest from a neighborhood shooting last week. Several homes and a vehicle were hit by shots late Thursday night on Cool Springs Street, but no one was injured. Investigators…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Following a Florida federal judge's ruling to strike down mask mandates on public transport, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has announced that customers will no longer be required to wear masks. CHA's…
KABUL, Afghanstan (AP) - An Afghan police spokesman says explosions targeting educational institutions in Kabul have killed at least six civilians and injured 11 others. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Two local hospital companies are showing off expansions in the our area. Parkridge East Hospital (East Ridge) has complete their expansion project of its women's services unit. The Birth Place at Parkridge East Hospital offers 23 postpartum…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The state of Tennessee is posting a broadband map online to get your feedback on the availability in your area. TNECD is asking for public comment through May 30. They have collected data from…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - For students about to graduate high school, knowing what the possibilities are for what college can offer is extremely valuable. See how students from Howard gained some of…
ATHENS, Tennessee (WDEF) - The city manager of Athens, Tennessee is making the interim Police Chief his permanent choice. Fred Schultz took over after Cliff Couch was abruptly fire last October. Couch felt the firing was over concerns he raised…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- An online search by News 12 Now shows several Zelle payment app users were scammed out of thousands of dollars. Victims report they believed cyber thieves behind the scams were…
UPDATE: Response from Chattanooga Metro Airport officials this evening. "There are no policy changes at the moment." _______ UPDATE: Officials with the TSA say they won't enforce the mask mandate after today's ruling. _______ ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (WDEF)…
PALMER, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Grundy County Sheriff's Office and other agencies are investigating after a man detonated a pipe bomb on his property. Deputies responded to a home on Stagecoach…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - Dekalb County authorities arrested a Fort Payne man last week with child sexual abuse. They began investigating information on 38 year old Carey Lynn Joseph Koss in Marhc. Last Thursday, they charged him with…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Australian Rules Football is by far and away the most popular team sport "Down Under." It's been around since the mid 1800's. But only an organized sport here in the…
https://youtu.be/j0UyYQvp-20 A man in East Ridge was tased during a felony traffic stop last Wednesday. This has prompted the NAACP to release a statement questioning how many times a taser should be…
RED BANK, Tennessee (WDEF) - Police say a break-in at a gas station over the weekend targeted vape cartridges. It happened Saturday night after 11 PM at the Gas N' Go on Dayton Boulevard in Red Bank. An…
PALMER, Tennessee (WDEF) - Grundy County officials release information on a pipe bomb case from over the weekend. On Saturday night, 33 year old Carl James Arnold showed up at an emergency room in Dunlap with wounds consistent…
Infowars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
Law enforcement officers say three sheriff's deputies were shot and a suspect was killed during a confrontation in central Kansas.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Gas Prices are beginning to fall slightly from the excruciating highs of the past few months in the Chattanooga area. (more…)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP)- Ukraine’s state security service has posted a video of a Ukrainian politician held on a treason charge offering himself in exchange for the…
Many people use wearable devices to track their steps each day but some of these devices can even track your heartbeat to make sure it's healthy. Fitbit wants to take tracking both your steps and heart health to the next level.