TECH BYTE: Tech for Tracking MLB Playoffs
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Major League Baseball playoffs are now underway. Whether your team is part of the American or National league, technology makes it easy to…
Two deadly shootings at Grambling State in four days
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) - Officials say one person was fatally shot and seven others were wounded at Grambling State University in the second deadly shooting at the Louisiana school within four days. The university says the shooting happened around 1…
Abrams heads to Virginia ahead of governor’s election
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams was in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to urge Black churchgoers to turn out for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in next month’s Virginia governor’s election. Abrams says what happens in the most watched…
Georgia elevators due for inspections
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia newspaper reports that government regulators have no idea how many of the state's 34,000 elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks are overdue for inspections. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the problem is in a decade-old…
26 Million visitors for the Tennessee Aquarium
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Tennessee Aquarium celebrated a huge milestone today. They welcomed their 26-millionth guest to visit since the doors of the River Journey building opened on May 1, 1992. The Suttle Family from Bowling Green, Kentucky got the…
Chattanooga Firefighter for a day shows what firefighters do to save lives
16 people including City officials got first hand experience at battle challenges firefighters often face. These included putting out fire, searching a smoke filled building looking for people needing to be saved.
Moderate earthquake rocks Bali, killing at least 3
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake and an aftershock hit Indonesia’s resort island of Bali early Saturday, killing at least three people and destroying dozens of homes. The quake hit just before dawn, causing people to run outdoors…
Strike dodged with deal between film and TV crews, studios
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An 11th-hour deal was reached Saturday, averting a strike of film and television crews that would have seen some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers walk off their jobs and would have frozen productions in Hollywood and across the…
Community Haven hosts Justice rally for Grove Street
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- It's been 4 weeks since the tragic shooting on Grove Street where 7 women were shot and 2 were killed. Today, The Community Haven and other community leaders went to the Westside Softball Fields to rally for…
University offers to rehire prof acquitted of ties to China
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has offered to reinstate a professor who was acquitted of federal charges that had accused him of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving NASA research grants, a…
Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil breaks ribs in fall off stage
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil suffered broken ribs after falling off the stage at a concert Friday in Tennessee, his guitarist told the crowd in a video circulated widely on social media. In video footage…
New skyscraper lab will test elevators high above Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs. TK Elevators' 420-foot (128 meters) tower is set to become…
Chattanooga Hip Hop Week wraps up
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Hip Hop enthusiasts were wrapping up Chattanooga Hip Hop Week at Miller Park. All week long events have been happening in and around Chattanooga. Today's events included music, vendors and an outdoor conference with artists from all…
AP source: No one else in NFL cited with email violations
The NFL has found no other current team or league personnel to have sent emails containing racist, homophobic or misogynistic language similar to messages written by Jon Gruden that led to his resignation as Las Vegas Raiders coach, according…
'Lawless city?' Worry after Portland police don't stop chaos
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week – smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage – but police officers didn't stop them.…
More than 90 snakes found under Northern California home
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Al Wolf is used to clearing one or two snakes from under houses but recently was called by a woman who said she had seen rattlesnakes scurry under her Northern California house and was surprised…
Biden open to shortening length of programs in spending bill
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday he would prefer to cut the duration of programs in his big social services and climate change package rather than eliminate some entirely, as Democrats struggle to win support from…
US vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department said Friday that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August. Pentagon spokesman…
Local Shoplifting and the Pandemic-Driven Economic Crisis
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - "A lot of times, they're stealing food simply to feed themselves, to feed their kids," says Hamilton County Public Defender Boyd Patterson. A Publix in Chattanooga tells News 12 a man stole…
2021 Chattanooga Motorcar Festival off to a roaring start
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Cars, auctions, and racing, oh my! The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival is officially back. "Just being around cars and car guys, it's a great time." After a brief pandemic-induced hiatus,…
$224M Georgia Power rate hike likely for nuclear plant
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Power Co. customers will likely pay another $224 million a year for the first of two nuclear reactors near Augusta. The company says it amounts to another $4 each month for every residential customer. The unit…
Mayor Kelly Announces timeline for Chattanooga Police Chief Search
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Mayor Tim Kelly announces the timeline to select Chattanooga’s next police chief and started gathering community input as part of a process that will include a series of community…
The Phantom - a safety containment unit to put a stop to school shooting
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Gun violence continues to rise throughout the country so in response, an Ooltewah and Nashville family are teaming up to resolve school and business shootings with a brand new invention…
Tennessee Wildfire Season is here
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- It's fall and leaves are changing and falling. That means that you might have some yard work that needs to be done. Well, today's the day, it's the first day of…