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Hiring event for 150 Volkswagen jobs

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Volkswagen is looking for another 150 production workers in Chattanooga. The pay starts at $15.50 an hour and up. They need experienced machine operation, warehouse or logistics workers in the production of their Passat, Volkswagen Atlas and…

High School bookkeeper charged with stealing school funds

FAYETTEVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - A grand jury has indicted the former bookkeeper at Highland Rim School in Fayetteville, Tennessee, to our west. Investigators were called in when school officials discovered their accounts were running low on money. Auditors found the…

Sen. Blackburn condemns Sen. Warnock on Georgia voting law

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn talked exclusively with News 12 in a Zoom interview this morning in which she touched on a wide range of policy issues, including Georgia’s new voter ID law. Georgia Senator Reverend Raphael…

Biggest "relationship" question Tennesseans ask

(WDEF) - The folks at CenturyLinkQuote have been prying into our love lives again. For the third year in a row, they have been researching relationship questions we ask Google. And in the year of the pandemic, Tennesseans Googled "When…

Blood Assurance in Critical Need of Blood Donors

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Blood Assurance and blood banks across the nation are seeing the lowest donor turnout since the pandemic began.  Volunteer blood donors are in critical need  in our communities to help replenish the blood supply to save patient's…

North Carolina lifting Covid restrictions on June 1st

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA (WDEF) - North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has announced his timeline for lifting Covid restrictions in the state. He anticipates ending mandatory social distancing, capacity and mass gathering rules by the first of June. Gov. Cooper will…

Tennessee Senate approves fetus burial bill

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Tennessee Senate on Wednesday went along with the House in passing a bill requiring the burial of aborted fetuses. The House passed their version two days ago. The Senate passed it by a vote of…

Health Dept. adds 4,500 Pfizer vaccine appointments

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Health Department now has a major new shipment of Covid-19 vaccines. They are scheduling appointments for 4,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. But you'll have to wait a few weeks. These appointments are for…

'Cookies with Cops'

CLEVELAND, Tennessee- Numerous sheriff deputies and the Bradley County sheriff were outside of a chick fil a, today but it was for a good reason. Bradley County Sheriff's office teamed up with the Chick-Fil-a on Pail Huff parkway in Cleveland…

Golden Apple: Lorie Bowen, Boyd Buchanan

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Students and parents agree that Lori Bowen goes above and beyond to make sure the children in her class are successful learners. The Boyd Buchanan teacher was known to drop off supplies to…

Mother with 6 children loses home in overnight fire

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - An East Chattanooga home burned in a fire around midnight. It happened in the 1100 block of North Hawthorne Street. Chattanooga firefighters found the wood frame fire with heavy smoke coming from the front and flames coming…

Cleveland Schools Statement on gun on campus event

CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Cleveland City Schools issued this statement on Tuesday afternoon about a handgun found in a student vehicle at Cleveland High: Earlier today, a tip was turned into school administration that a student may have illegal…

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