LAPLACE, La. (AP) — Giant trees knocked sideways. Homes boarded up with plywood. Off-kilter street signs. Less than a week after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast, President Joe Biden walked the streets of a hardhit Louisiana neighborhood on Friday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday directed the declassification of certain documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a supportive gesture to victims' families who have long sought the records in hopes of implicating the Saudi…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Power should be restored to New Orleans by the middle of next week, utility officials said Friday, and sheriff's deputies warned people returning to communities outside the city to come equipped like survivalists because of the…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia prosecutor was indicted Thursday on misconduct charges alleging she used her position to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery from being charged with crimes immediately after the shootings. A grand…
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer. The problem, health leaders say, is twofold:…
ROSSVLLE (WDEF)- During the last two weeks of September people can get a taco for just two dollars and fifty cents from seven different restaurants including Miss G’s. "It’s a great…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee from allowing parents to opt out of school mask requirements in Shelby County, the state’s largest county that includes Memphis. U.S. District…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - Catoosa County detectives have arrested a suspect in the murder of a therapist this week in Ringgold. The suspect is 36 year old Cameron Gravitt of Chattanooga. Investigators say Glenn Fraser was found stabbed…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - Mask mandates are in effect, or going into effect in many parts of the country. Add the Cleveland city school system to that list. As News 12's…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Police believe a confrontation over some disputed property lead to a shooting Thursday night in Bonny Oaks. The incident happened after 9 PM at a home on Stockton Drive off of Bonny Oaks. They say…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A jury in Chattanooga this week convicted a man of unlawfully distributing prescription opioids. 64- year old Mark Daniel Allen was a nurse practitioner at a clinic in Manchester that he owned. Prosecutors say he…
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio (AP) — The longtime tour production manager for country star Keith Urban has died after falling from a stage before an Ohio concert. Randy “Baja” Fletcher, 72, died on Aug. 27 at a hospital after falling the previous…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The terminated vaccine director in Tennessee has sued the state in federal court and says she wants to clear her name. Michelle Fiscus was fired after Republican lawmakers objected to her promoting COVID-19 vaccinations for teenagers.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he has no plans to introduce anti-abortion legislation similar to what Texas adopted earlier this year. Lee told reporters on Thursday that the state is awaiting a ruling on the state's…
DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department reports their chief has been hospitalized with covid 19 complications. Chief Norman Hatfield was admitted on Wednesday. The post says doctors are treating him for a lung infection. It says he…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department’s newest firefighters are getting ready to graduate from their six-month-long fire academy and all of the skills they’ve been learning have been put to the test…
(Video is story from 8/20/2018 on the original crime) CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Michael McElrath pleads guilty to murdering his 15 year old son. Dylan McElerath was a sophomore at Hixson High. In August of 2018, 46 year old Michael McElrath…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The severity of the surge can clearly be seen in America’s Hospitals - where the number of covid patients is the highest it's been since last winter -…
The huge California wildfire near Lake Tahoe resort communities has calmed down significantly and was growing at the smallest rate in two weeks.
At least 48 people in five states died as storm water cascaded into people's homes and engulfed automobiles, overwhelming urban drainage systems never meant to handle so much rain in such a short time.
TELLICO PLAINS, Tennessee (WDEF) - The U.S. Forest Service announces that the project to build a new bridge at Bald River Falls is getting postponed again. This time they are blaming "challenges in the contracting marketplace." Some road and trail…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- National Preparedness Month is observed during September to stress the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time. "Do you know of evacuation routes? If…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - When it comes to your local pharmacy, the people on staff are almost assuredly just as busy as anybody else working in the medical profession. And they say it's all COVID-related.…
JACKSON, Tennessee (WDEF) - A West Tennessee woman will face a grand jury after a visit from a drug task force to her farm this week. The 15th Drug Task Force in Jackson says they have been investigating the case…