CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A fire on the third floor at Erlanger Hospital was quickly contained this evening. It broke out in a closet around 5 PM. Staff got the fire out with extinguishers before the fire department arrived. The firefighters…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The condition of Chattanooga roadways has been a topic of conversation for years. "It's a wide spread problem but if we can take care of our city and make our roads better, it's a…
HARRISON, Tennessee (WDEF) - Firefighters had to deal with several explosions in a garage fire this afternoon in Harrison. It happened on Banther Road off Highway 58 around 3 PM. Highway 58 Volunteer firefighters found a two car garage and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Health Department is hosting a back to school vaccinate and birth certificate event. The events are located at the health department and open on weekdays from 8am to 4pm. Parents or…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - After months of waiting, Lowe's has announced the locations that were chosen for their 100 Hometowns project. News 12 caught up with former Lowe’s associate and country music star, Kane Brown, who helped to…
The firing of Tennessee Department of Health's top vaccine specialist has become a political football.
ATLANTA (AP) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says her 12-hour suspension from Twitter is "a Communist-style attack on free speech.” Twitter says it imposed the timeout because some of her tweets violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga airport is finishing final touches on the newly constructed, four - story parking garage. The twenty five million project took a little over a year to complete. President/CEO of the Chattanooga airport, Terry…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Hamilton County deputy superintendent Nakia Towns was elected interim superintendent Monday. It was a 5-3 decision in favor of Towns over Zac Brown in the final vote. board member Jenny Hill voted for Towns.…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Tennessee's Department of Health has postponed their annual Immunization Summit as controversy over Covid vaccines continues to swirl around it. The Department's website announced the virtual summit was postponed until further notice. But officials are saying…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - While burglaries have been dropping in general over the last few years, that's not true for a lot of southern cities. The website Porch.com has been crunching FBI stats to find out the burglary clusters in the…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Whether you're growing a garden or a expanding a young mind, sunlight is an essential ingredient. Silverdale Baptist Academy tries to get students outside as much as possible and not just for recess.…
Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition is speaking out about the ongoing affordable housing crisis.
OOLTEWAH, TN (WDEF): Since 2008, Smith-Perry Berries has been boasting fields of sunflowers every summer. Even in the rain, you can see why. Aubie Smith with Smith-Perry Berries says, "The weather's been really wet the past month,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - If you own a smartphone, chances are you’re being spied on. “I just think it’s the norm,” argues Chattanooga attorney, Terry Olsen. But Pegasus is taking these spying capabilities to a whole new…
New numbers from this past week show that almost 60 percent of Hamilton County residents have only partial, or no vaccination protection from the coronavirus. So with that, the local "medical community" is trying everything it…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - The U.S. Department of Education announced the approval of Tennessee’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief plan. 830 million dollars from the American Rescue Plan will go toward education. It will…
5:45 UPDATE: Hamilton County School Board chooses Dr. Nakia Town over Dr. Zac Brown for interim superintendent by a 5-3 vote. ___________ 5:30 UPDATE: Hamilton County school board members were allowed to pick their top 2 of…
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Collegedale Police recovered a seven year old girl early this morning in a non-custodial kidnapping case. Witnesses say Michael Allen Vance entered the home in the Fox Trails subdivision and took his daughter. They say he…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A victim of a three vehicle crash ten days ago has died. It happened on the night of July 9th on Shallowford Road at the Vulcan quarry. Just before midnight, a Hyundai Sonata crossed the line and…
Let's looks at some of the best smartphone apps for finding concert tickets.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Chattanooga Fire Department says that a car went into a house tonight on Duncan Avenue. [su_gmap width="700" height="700" address="1800 Duncan Avenue" zoom="15" title="Car drives into house"] Three people were inside of the vehicle and people were…
Over 100 fallen EMS personnel were honored Sunday at Chattanooga State, as part of a multi-state procession. “There is no greater sacrifice and I mean this is just a small way we can honor them,” says Paul…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Reach One Teach One and Kids Art Box came together for a fish fry today in order to raise money for underserved communities in the Chattanooga area. I talked with event organizers about…