OAK RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Seven years after a man was fatally shot in Oak Ridge, investigators have now charged his wife with shooting him. In December of 2014, 29 year old Thomas Steven Thrasher Jr. was shot and killed…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - Sheriff Steve Wilson of Walker County announced they have added a new K-9 officer to their team. Rudie is a two year old Dutch Shepherd. They got him with a grant to cover the costs of…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Whitfield County Firefighters saved a 71 year old man last Friday when his mobile home caught on fire. He was disabled and trapped inside the burning home…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A wild chase on Sunday started with a suspect throwing a drink on a clerk and ended with a police dog chasing down a suspect. The incident started around 10:30 AM at a Mapco on Rossville…
Janet Hinds was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the hit and run death of Chattanooga Police Officer Nicholas Galinger.
A Biden administration task force on organized labor on Monday issued a set of recommendations that could make it easier for federal workers and contractors to unionize. (more…)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Losing a loved one is tough, but what happens if you need to access something on their phone after they've passed away? Apple has…
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Collegedale Police Officers took some time out their day for 'coco with the popo.' Around a dozen police officers and number plus kids enjoyed hot chocolate together at…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-Hamilton County Marine Rescue might not be an organization you’ve heard of very often or at all. However, they are some of the people who perform water rescues…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-The highway 58 Volunteer Fire Department hosted a blood drive to aid in the blood shortage. Blood assurance blood donation bus was outside Fire Station One accepting blood donors this afternoon. Highway 58 volunteer Fire department wanted to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-A family fun boat show is still underway at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Roughly a third of the boats on display this weekend were made in eastern…
Catoosa County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating a shooting that has claimed the life of a man who was found shot inside a vehicle early Saturday morning.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The city of Chattanooga is warning residents that personnel may come to your street looking at the trees in the next week weeks. The Department of Public works has scheduled their Tree Inventory of the city over…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The organizers of Jfest announce that the Christian music festival will return this year after a Covid break. The date is May 21st at the Tennessee Riverpark. The co-headliners include Grammy winner Zach Williams and American Idol…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Today is National Wear Red Day. And though it's a day of fun, wearing red and taking pictures, it's also to raise awareness of some pretty sobering numbers about heart…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Crossville Police Department is investigating the death of a woman at a local motel. They were called to the Village Inn on Friday morning where medical personnel pronounced her dead. They do not have an…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "I can't stop cancer," says Chad Ehlers during a Tik Tok video that has gone viral. Mia Ehlers was diagnosed with leukemia before she was even two years old in July…
A 17-year-old Chickamauga girl with autism that has been missing since January 19th has been found safe. The Chickamauga Police Department tells News 12 Talyn Kernea was found in Charlotte, North Carolina around 3 this afternoon. Her family is on…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's a new outreach program being rolled out by Minor League Baseball. It's called "The Nine." Honoring all of the great Black players that have made such an impact…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hundreds of women and men met at the Westin Chattanooga to address policies that impact women in Tennessee. "It's important for women across the state to understand the policies that affect…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- A Chattanooga surgeon is using intense cold therapy as a means to help patients with pain and decrease the use of opioids. "I want to get off opioids as…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) -- For the first time in city history, Chattanooga is augmenting the pay of Head Start and Early Head Start employees. Head Start workers receive their pay…
SODDY-DAISY, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County officials say a wreck near the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant this afternoon has killed a juvenile. The single vehicle crash happened around 2:35 PM in the 9900 block of Hixson Pike above Lake Site. The…
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) - A Police dog in Murphy, NC has died after being run over by a vehicle. K-9 Deputy Bane was hit by the vehicle on Thursday. The Sheriff's Office says Bane died moments after the incident.…