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The first Chattanooga MotorCar Festival

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - It's a classic car lovers' dream weekend. What separates the inaugural Chattanooga MotorCar Festival from other car shows is the diversity of its program. News 12's Taylor Bishop has our story. The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival is the…

Wildfires break out in California amid power outage

Last Updated Oct 10, 2019 7:14 PM EDT Despite an unprecedented effort to prevent wildfires, at least three of them erupted in Southern California on Thursday afternoon fueled by strong winds and dry conditions. Fifty miles east of Los Angeles,…

Columbus Ships open despite road closures

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Captains with Columbus Ships say the Motorcar Festival is blocking their entrance. They want to let people know that despite road closures, they are still open for business. Visitors can see replicas of Christopher Columbus' ships,…

GM strike has already cost automaker more than $1 billion

With the strike at General Motors stretching into a fourth week, the automaker's financial losses are piling up. GM will have lost out on $1.1 billion in income if the labor dispute continues through this weekend, Anderson Economic Group estimates…

2 Giuliani associates who helped him with Ukraine probe arrested

Two foreign-born men who aided Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, in his efforts to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden have been arrested on campaign-finance charges. The men, Ukrainian-born Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, originally from Belarus, have been…

TSSAA upholds Red Bank coach's suspension

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Red Bank coach Chris Brown says he will not be allowed on campus for Friday night's game against Rhea County. The TSSAA suspended Brown after he went onto the field of play during last Friday's game…

Social Security benefits to rise by $24 a month

Almost 70 million retirees will see a 1.6% cost-of-living increase from Social Security in 2020, an uptick with potential political consequences in an election year when Democrats are pushing for more protection from inflation. The increase amounts to $24 a…

Evacuations ordered as wildfire spreads in Bay Area town

October 10, 2019 / 7:36 AM / CBS/AP Moraga, Calif. – Police have ordered evacuations as a fast-moving wildfire spreads in the hills of a San Francisco Bay Area community. Moraga-Orinda firefighters responded to the scene near the St. Mary's…

U.S. and China restart trade talks amid modest hopes

Washington — U.S. and Chinese negotiators are set to kick off the latest round of talks aimed at ending a trade war that has dented the countries' economies and rattled investors. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will lead a delegation…

City takes action against Coyote Jacks

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - City officials say they issued a letter to Bankable Holdings, LLC. It says the city learned that the State of Tennessee dissolved the company. And because of that they have no valid permit to sell alcohol…

Superpower Dogs movie coming to IMAX

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Positively Paw-er-ful Pups movie is coming to the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Theater. News 12's Taylor Bishop has our story. Superpower Dogs 3D will introduce audiences to a group of extraordinary canines whose amazing abilities will surprise…

U.S. accused of abandoning Kurds to face Turkish onslaught

Erbil, Iraq — Turkish forces are bombarding territory held by America's Kurdish allies in northern Syria. President Trump has called the Turkish offensive "a bad idea," but it comes just days after his administration pulled back U.S. troops from the border…

Georgia State Trooper arrested in Dalton

DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - GBI agents arrested a former state trooper on Wednesday in Dalton. The Dalton Police Department asked the GBI to get involved back in September. That's when their officers were called to a Dalton home about a…

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