Lookout Mountain Power Outage Cleanup
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GA (WDEF) - A large pine tree that fell overnight on Lookout Mountain caused a power outage that affected several locations early this morning. EPB traced the outage to…
Veteran Triumphs Through Treatment Court
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Hamilton County veteran and mother of two, Michelle Meek, is marking a major achievement as the first graduate of the county’s Veterans Treatment Court. Meek served…
National Child Savings Accounts Launch
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Federal leaders and major philanthropists are outlining a nationwide effort to create a government-backed account for children at birth. The announcement included…
Suspect Caught After Allegedly Assaulting Georgia State Trooper
A suspect wanted for assaulting a Georgia state trooper may have made his run through our area. The Marshals service was looking for Jamie Carlos Thomas. They believe he assaulted the trooper nine…
Employers have cut 1.1 million jobs this year. Here's what's behind the wave of layoffs.
Employers have cut more than 1.1 million jobs through November of this year, the most since 2020, when companies laid off 2.2 million workers during the pandemic, according to a new…
Average US long-term mortgage rate falls to 6.19%, near its low for the year
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, slipping close to its low point so far this year. The decline brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.19% from 6.23%…
A seal galumphs into a bar. The bartender says ‘Grab the salmon!’
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A seal walked into a bar. Or to use a technical term, it galumphed. The creature was apparently lost, curious and well below New Zealand ’s legal drinking age. It lodged itself under…
FBI arrests suspect in 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case, sources say
Federal authorities made their first arrest Thursday in connection with two pipe bombs that were planted outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Capitol riot on…
Get the holiday scoop with Clumpies
Ashley Bottoms with Clumpies joins News 12's Amelia Greer as the ice cream company cranks out their holiday flavors. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Get a perfect scoop of holiday cheer…
BlueCross Bowl starts today in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The BlueCross Bowl returns to Chattanooga for the next three days. The city is hosting state championship games for high school football at Finley Stadium for the fifth year in a row. 18 teams are competing for…
2 charged with trafficking 15,000 pounds of meth in blackberry containers
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - Federal prosecutors have charged two suspects in a major meth bust. One is an illegal alien from Mexico who has already served time in prison. Officers staked out a cold storage warehouse in Fulton County two…
State Leaders Award Over $600,000 to Hamilton County Cultural and Historic Organizations
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF)-State leaders visited Hamilton County this week to award eight local organizations with much-needed state funding to support recreational projects across the community. More than $600,000 in new state grants—distributed through the Tennessee State Museum—will be shared among…
MAINx24 Returns to the Southside With 24 Hours of Community Celebration
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF)-Chattanooga’s Southside is gearing up for one of its biggest days of the year as the MAINx24 Festival returns this weekend, bringing parades,…
Christmas Festivities come to Collegedale
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. -- The City of Collegedale’s Parks & Recreation Department is inviting locals to this year’s Christmas in Collegedale on December 7. From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., the event…
Toys for Tots drive-through Toy Drive
CHATTANOONGA, TN (WDEF) - The Tennessee Valley's generosity was on full display this (12/3/25) afternoon! News 12 and Scenic Community Credit Union teamed up for our first Toys for Tots…
Meigs County Jail Decertified after Emergency Meeting
UPDATE: This decertification comes on the heels of a heated debate over what the future of the Meigs County jail should look…
Shredded cheese sold in dozens of states recalled due to potential for metal fragment contamination
There is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico because of the potential for metal fragment contamination, according to the U.S. Food…
Hong Kong fire death toll climbs to 159, including a 1-year-old baby
The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex fire climbed to 159 on Wednesday, as six people were arrested on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance work at the housing complex, authorities said. The…
Finley Stadium unveils new amenities
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Finley Stadium has announced some new amenities for fans. (more…)
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
ASHLAND, Va. (AP) — The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored. The bandit was something of…
Historic Patten Parkway Facing Demolition
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A historic stretch of Patten Parkway in downtown Chattanooga could be replaced by a 12-story mixed-use development as Nashville based Evelyn Capital pursues a rezoning request for…
Reduce waste during the holidays by signing up for Chattanooga's pilot recycling program
Director of Sustainability Madison Rollings joins News 12's Amelia Greer as families celebrate the holidays and more trash piles up around the city. She wants to recruit volunteers to sign up…
Should Tennessee keep foreign language requirement for students?
NASHVILLE - This is an article written by the Professional Educators of Tennessee, not WDEF. It supports the language requirement for Tennessee high schoolers as a lawmaker has proposed ending it. A Balanced View on the Foreign Language Requirement by…
A breakdown of how many foreign-born workers we have in construction
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga relies on a lot of foreign-born workers in construction, but not as many as the national average. Construction Coverage has been comparing the workers across the country. Nationally, one in four are foreign-born. The rate in…
