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Chattanooga Police investigate 2 more shootings

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating two shootings from Thursday night. The first happened around 5 PM in the 3400 block of Campbell Street in East Chattanooga. A 22 year old male victim showed up at the hospital with…

Proposed student bathroom bill

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Tennessee lawmakers pass a new transgender student 'bathroom bill' Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill that would put public schools at risk of civil lawsuits if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or…

Earth Day trash pickup

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee- Members of the community workers led together for multiple hours to help clean up a Chattanooga creek on Earth Day. The nonprofit organization, Green steps, and other members of the community worked hard to clean out multiple garbage…

No Vaccine Requirements

The bill that opposes vaccine mandates now includes incentives for people to receive unemployment benefits if they leave their employer for refusing to get a shot.

Local restaurant owners struggling to find staff

https://youtu.be/BBCGV3gRPJ8 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Many restaurants are looking to hire more staff as the economy continues to edge towards reopening. However, owners are now saying they are having trouble filling the jobs they need to keep up with the…

Zebra Mussels: Wrecking havoc on economy and ecology

https://youtu.be/NFRpB3_vSYY CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Here in the Tennessee Valley we are aware of some invasive species like the Bighead Carp or the Silver Carp. But, how many of us have ever heard of Zebra Mussels. Well, one boater in Georgia…

Hamilton County announces school principal changes

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The annual school principal shuffle has begun at Hamilton County Schools. The system announced several changes on Thursday for next year. Crystal Sorrells at East Ridge is moving over to Brainerd. She is currently the Principal of…

Deputy charged with DUI after a wreck

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Hamilton County Sheriff's deputy has been charged with DUI. Deputy Nicholas Monroe was involved in a crash on I-75 near the East Brainerd Road exit. He was off duty at the time. Chattanooga Police charged him…

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…

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