A birthday party turned wrong Saturday afternoon after a deck holding 40 people collapsed at Zoi’s Restaurant on Harbor Lights Marina. Eleven people were transported to the hospital, two of them with critical injuries. Blood Assurance is asking for donations…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF)- Runners laced up their sneakers for a good cause today. Karen Lawrence and her family started a run in 1979 for Karen's Leukemia treatments. Now-- the family has named Ronald McDonald House Charities…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga police are looking for a North Carolina man that went missing in Chattanooga. John Little was last seen Saturday morning at the Super 8 motel on McCutcheon Road. [su_gmap width="700" height="700" address="Super 8 7024 McCutcheon Rd…
Community members and employees gathered for a rally and prayer service to support the Smoke House family.
Saturday was the last call for some yummy Girl Scout Cookies in Chattanooga.
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF)- The Mack Gaston Community Center in Dalton was used a little differently today. The North Georgia Health District partnered with the DEO Clinic to host a Walk in COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic today. No appointment was needed. Participants…
SODDY DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF)- A birthday party at Zoi's Restaurant at Harbor Lights Marina turned tragic this afternoon. [su_gmap width="700" height="700" address="Zoi's Restaurant at Harbor Lights Marina" zoom="15" title="Deck Collapse"] More than 40 people were on the…
SALE CREEK, Tenn. (WDEF)- TWRA says that a kayaker was pronounced dead after he was found unconscious this afternoon. TWRA Officers responded to the call near the Patterson Road Access Area of Sale Creek, on Chickamauga Lake. [su_gmap width="700" height="700"…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Disneyland has reopened after a 13-month closure. The iconic theme park in Southern California that was closed under the state's strict virus rules swung open its gates Friday, and some visitors came in cheering and screaming…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials are moving forward with a plan to map out just where hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans without access to high-speed Internet live. The plan follows the lead of other states that no longer rely…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government is extending the requirement that travelers wear face masks on planes, trains and buses. The rule was set to expire May 11, but the Transportation Security Administration said Friday that it will extend the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Riverfront nights series returns to downtown Chattanooga for its 13th year after being postponed last Summer due to the pandemic. Chattanooga's Friends of the Festival have 10 shows planned for Ross's Landing. They…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee- Under previous city mayor Andy Burke the Chattanooga Fire Department had an independent study was done that showed they were significantly underpaid compared to cities like Huntsville, Nashville, and Memphis. "We also need to make sure…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Health Department has announced that starting May 4th, no appointment will be necessary to receive your COVID-19 vaccine at the Tennessee Riverpark for anyone aged sixteen and older. “They can just show up,…
WEST BROW, Georgia (WDEF) - Rescue squads were called to this afternoon to save a hang glider off Lookout Mountain. The pilot landed in a tree, about 60 feet off of the ground. They used ropes to get the pilot…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Over the last year, Chattanooga’s Housing market has continued to boom despite an ongoing pandemic. Home values have increased nearly 15% compared to last year's pre-pandemic prices, realtors suggest that this may be a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County investigators have now made arrests in the rash of stabbings at the Silverdale Detention Center last weekend. Seven inmates have now been charged with the first incident that happened Friday night just before 8PM. An…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - The Walker County Sheriff says a teenager has been charged with bringing an unloaded gun to a pair of schools. Sheriff Steve Wilson says it happened on Wednesday. A 14 year old former student at Chattanooga…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A 29 year old woman was killed in a one car crash on Bailey avenue in Chattanooga Thursday night. 32-year old Christopher Patterson was driving the car. He is charged with DUI and vehicular homicide. Police say he…
It's a mystery more than 150 years in the making. Some UTC students and a professor may have finally found the U.S.S. Chattanooga.
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF)- The Catoosa-Dade-Walker Vaccination Station at the Colonnade in Ringgold is currently offer appointment free COVID-19 vaccinations. There was a long line of cars out through the parking lot out to the road full of people ready to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- If you've noticed empty chicken wing coolers in your local grocery store, you aren't alone. In the last year or so, consumers have seen a shortage of Lysol, toilet paper, lumber and now chicken…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's a mile maker, if you will, in the I 24/75 project in Chattanooga. The goals of the whole project are replacing old bridges and interstate structures that date back to the 1950's. And to completely change…
CHATTOOGA COUNTY, Ga (WDEF) - The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit announced they will be forming their very own cold case unit to help work on some unsolved cases in the area. “We will never forget our victims. We…
