NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - 3,045,401 Tennesseans voted in this year's Presidential election. That is 68% of registered voters. The total includes early voting, absentee voting and in-person voting on November 3rd. The number easily beat the previous high voter turnout…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic now exceeds 3,000 as both cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations continue rising. The Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that 3,006 people had died since the start of the…
ATLANTA (AP) — As the vote counting continued Wednesday, people across the nation watched to see whether Georgia would finally become the swing state that Democrats have long hoped for. The Associated Press has not declared a winner in Georgia’s…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Tennessee Republicans are celebrating their continued lock on the state legislature. The party maintained their supermajority in both houses on election day... that is a 2/3 majority in both the House and Senate. Despite talk of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating an afternoon shooting at an apartment complex. Police say it happened at the Parc Apartments on Gunbarrel Road, shortly after noon. Investigators say a man was shot, and his injuries are life threatening.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Health Department has issued a Covid-19 exposure notice at the Texas Roadhouse near the Hamilton Place exit on I 75. The restaurant is on Amin Drive, right off of Shallowford Road, across the interstate…
DALTON, Georgia- Election Day has passed but Georgia voters will have another election to participate in. There will be a Senate race January runoff between Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock. Georgia was the only state to have 2…
The Thompson Engineering Foundation wrote a check to STEM School Chattanooga for improvement in their labs. The check was for three thousand dollars and will provide enhancements on equipment. The school's FAB LAB was established in 2014 and was the…
A house fire in LaFayette Wednesday morning is the fifth fire in Walker County within the last six days.
Bradley County numbers still may not be fully counted.
Republicans appear to have narrowly held onto a Senate seat with a comeback by Sen. Thom Tillis.
Trump defeats Biden in Alabama,
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Democrat Raphael Warnock are headed to a Jan. 5 runoff in the special election for Loeffler’s U.S. Senate seat. They’re the top two finishers in a crowded field that also…
House Latest: QAnon supporter wins House race in Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories, has won a House seat in Georgia. President Donald Trump boosted Greene’s candidacy, calling her a “future…
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WDEF) - President Donald Trump has won the deeply red state of Alabama against Democrat Joe Biden and claimed nine electoral votes. The GOP has easily won Alabama in every presidential election since 1976, when Jimmy Carter from…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump has won Tennessee against Democrat Joe Biden, claiming the state’s 11 electoral votes. Trump’s win continued a string of GOP victories in the Volunteer State. Republicans currently hold every statewide office and control…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Bill Hagerty has won the U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee being vacated by retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander. The former U.S. ambassador to Japan under President Donald Trump rode the president’s endorsement to a win against…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - 2020 has been a very stressful year . From the Coronavirus pandemic to severe tornado damage and now a very closely contested election with voting concluding tonight. news 12 now's Brian Armstrong finds out how people are getting…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republicans in Alabama are looking to reclaim a U.S. Senate seat the Democrats won three years ago in the reliably red state. Democratic Sen. Doug Jones is hoping to beat former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville,…
ATLANTA (AP) — Voting in Georgia has gotten off to a mostly smooth start, despite some technical problems. People lined up outside before polling places opened at 7 a.m., but average waits were 12 minutes roughly an hour later, according…
Tuesday, the election commission is hosting a drive through voting system for residents who have or experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. A long line of cars showed up at the commission site to cast their votes safely. "It's actually my first…
The Hamilton County Election Commission is hoping to have the results from the county in by tonight. Polls opened in Hamilton county at 8 AM Tuesday morning. That's also when mail in ballots started being counted. "With a board of…
An officer in Jackson, Tennessee was shot while helping to serve an arrest warrant, leading to a four-hour standoff.
A 27 year old male was shot Monday afternoon on Joiner Road.