CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Mayor Tim Kelly and the city of Chattanooga have been awarded a very large grant to help improve health literacy within the city. Chattanooga and Memphis were the only cities in the state of…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - COVID cases are up across the country, and as the Delta variant continues to spread, it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. “At the end of June we were looking at how…
It was a very busy Friday for a number of students at the Southeast Lineman Training Center in Trenton, Georgia. Busy, and hot. And as the old saying goes, they were able to "kill two birds…
The Tennessee Valley Authority is launching a five-episode web series to promote electric vehicles.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey says it's time to start blaming the unvaccinated for the recent rise in new COVID-19 cases in Alabama.
The Nathan Bedford Forrest bust was removed from the state Capitol building Friday morning.
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The project has been slow in materializing but the Forest Service is moving ahead with a replacement bridge for Bald River Falls. The Falls are a major attraction along the Tellico River in Monroe County. But…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee waded into a couple of controversies that have been building this week in Tennessee. Until today, he had not commented on the pause of the vaccination information campaign or the…
SALE CREEK, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger and County Commissioner Randy Fairbanks spoke to the community about the newly acquired $16 million McDonald farm. Coppinger and Fairbanks said they wanted to set the record…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Money Lit founder Stephanie Pyke said budgeting money is an important life skill but she feels it’s not talked about enough with kids at a young age, "I volunteered with the 11th grade and…
ATLANTA (AP) - A jury has convicted Georgia’s suspended insurance commissioner of all 37 charges against him at his trial. Jurors returned guilty verdicts Thursday against Jim Beck on wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering and tax fraud charges. He…
MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Meigs County will soon be the center of TVA’s “Grid of Tomorrow” program. Greg Hendrich says that program is all about meeting the challenges of the modern utilities industry. “TVA is poised…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - It seemed like the state was dragging its feet to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Capitol. But the removal jumped into action today. The State Building Commission voted four months ago to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Rescue squads got a happy ending this afternoon in the search for two missing girls on the water. A mother said her 7 and 14 year old daughters were on South Chickamauga Creek at Audubon Acres, but…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The health department announced that there has been a 200% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the last two weeks. The City of Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly had to close two separate YFD Centers yesterday…
Tennessee State Parks will have electric car charging stations at all 56 parks in the state within the next year.
A flower whose aroma is described as that of a rotting corpse is set to bloom for the first time since arriving at The University of Tennessee at Knoxville two decades ago.
The book marks the 200th anniversary of the office.
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) - Law enforcement put a new twist of protect and serve Wednesday. Chattanooga law enforcement served dinner at a Chuy’s restaurant to raise money for the Special Olympics. Jennifer McAfee with the special Olympics said…
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - This past year has been challenging especially for our local school systems but despite all the challenges, the Bradley County School System has continued to advocate for the education of their students by…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County School Board has named Deputy Superintendent Dr. Nakia Towns as the Interim Superintendent in light of Dr. Bryan Johnson stepping down in August. But the school board's policy states she will…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia’s House speaker says he will seek $75 million in the state budget to give each police officer and sheriff’s deputy a $1,000 bonus, increase salaries for prosecutors and public defenders and bolster the capacity of the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Hamilton County Health officials say they are concerned now about rising Covid cases and hospitalizations in our area. Both have jumped more than 200% in the last two weeks. And they are seeing more…
UPDATE: Later in the afternoon, Mayor Kelly ordered a second community center to be closed for cleaning. The Frances B. Wyatt Community Center will also be temporarily shutdown so crews and can sanitize the facility after another case there. Health…