CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - Since its launch, Tik Tok has taken the social media world by storm and a local UTC student proves Tik Tok can be beneficial. Student Eli Salley (@elisalley) now has over 600 thousand followers on the Tik…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - It's a question many of us will face this fall and winter...is it Covid-19 or is it the flu? Both the Influenza and Covid-19 are highly infectious respiratory illnesses. Health department officials say that both sicknesses have…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Election Commission discussed voting security during a meeting this morning. The state of Tennessee provided Hamilton County funding to cyber security to prevent voter fraud and misinterpreted votes. The county's election commission will utilize…
SPRING CITY, Tennessee (WDEF) - TVA has a major moving project this week. They have a 195,000 pound turbine rotor to move. It is headed from the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Rhea County down the river to a new…
(AP) - Several boats docked at a pier in Pensacola, Florida, have sunk as Sally moved over the Gulf Coast. Pensacola police spokesperson Mike Wood also said Wednesday he doesn’t know the whereabouts of a replica of one of the…
ATLANTA (AP) — Leading congressional Democrats are reacting furiously to lightly-substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies. In a complaint filed Monday, a nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed…
Less than five weeks after the conference announced it would push football and other fall sports to spring because of the pandemic, the conference changed course.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - On Tuesday, Chattanooga City Council Members held a hearing on multiple proposed budget amendments. One of them, if approved, appropriates 1.5 million dollars from reserves to EPB for the EdConnect initiative. It's an effort to get…
"I'm confident that we're going to have a well run election."
The record for hugging a tree non-stop is 8 hours and one local woman plans to set a new mark.
"It includes improving access to U.S. 27. It includes widening U.S. 27. It includes straightening it out. Bringing the road up to today's current design standard" said Flynn.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - It's been 5 months since tornadoes hit Hamilton County on Easter Sunday. But there are many who are still struggling to clean up and rebuild their damaged or destroyed homes. “There are individuals who did not…
"we really urge parents to continue to keep childhood vaccinations up to date and to schedule back to school physicals, even if kids are doing school back at home."
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have charged a 13 year old male with shooting an 11 year old. The incident happened two weeks ago at a home on Grand Avenue in Alton Park. The victim was taken to the hospital…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - A Texas company has chosen Catoosa County for their newest facility in our region. Panel Truss Texas Inc., as the name implies, builds trusses for the construction industry. They say about 85% of their business…
ORLANDO, Florida (WDEF) - The chicken tenders market is already fiercely contested in the Chattanooga market. But a new player is looking to move in. Florida's Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders is expanding into our area. The company has announced franchises…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The most recent traffic issue from the Highway 27 project downtown has come to an end. Contractors had closed the 4th Street ramp near the river for the last three weeks to work on the bridge. The…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - 24 year old Lizarrius Rice from Chattanooga was shot to death over the weekend in Knoxville. Two men were shot Saturday night at some apartments in the downtown area. Rice was shot multiple times and succumbed…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) - "You don't go into somebody's yard because you don't like something or you do like something and just take it," East Ridge resident Amanda Arp said. Arp shared with News 12 security videos which she…
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Bradley County Schools has been awarded a new grant from the Department of Justice COPS office. The school system says they have received a grant for over $442, 436. School officials say this grant money will…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) -Seven months into the Coronavirus pandemic, schools are back in session and trying to create some normalcy. But some say they are having trouble finding substitute teachers when a teacher is absent. Walker County Association of Educators…
"I think these guys are professionals, I don't think its just some stupid kids running around."
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) - Park officials at the Great Smoky Mountains on Monday identified a man who died at campsite 83 at Hazel Creek Trail. He was 43 year old Patrick Madura from Illinois. Friday night, rangers found a bear…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The American Battlefield Trust has committed the money to save an historic building in Lookout Valley. Brown's Tavern is one of the oldest structures in the Chattanooga area. Its history includes chapters in the Civil War and…