SWEETWATER, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A suspect has been arrested in connection to an arson incident at a Dollar General in Sweetwater. Officers with the Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) responded to 844 N Main Street for an alarm activation on…
ROME, Ga. (WDEF) -- A traffic accident involving a Rome Police Officer claimed the life of one motorist Monday. According to CNN, the officer…
MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Two former Monroe County corrections officers are facing misconduct charges after an investigation Caleb Kirkland / Monroe County…
ROME, Ga. (WDEF) -- One individual is dead and another injured after two water and sewer employees became trapped while doing repairs. According to Atlanta News First, the two were in a trench repairing…
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A suspicious suspect on the campus of Cumberland County High School (CCHS) was arrested yesterday. The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) stated at approximately…
Months after Hurricane Helene made landfall, a cold snap is gripping the Southeastern portion of the U.S., including in Asheville, North Carolina, where people still displaced by the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the News 12 viewing area, with many local towns and counties hosting their Christmas parades soon. Listed below are the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Governor Bill Lee has announced a new program aimed at reducing the cost of the private adoption process for Tennessee families. The Home Study Reimbursement Grant Program will begin January 1,…
UPDATE: (11/22/2024): The escapee from Franklin County has been captured. Tony Jameson Sweeton was caught in Coffee…
A judge has convicted the man on trial for the killing of Laken Riley, a nursing student in Georgia whose death…
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press Abstract: A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Jose Ibarra was charged with murder and other crimes in Riley’s February death, and the guilty verdict…
Georgia nursing student Laken Riley texted and called her mom as she headed out for a run to see whether she had time…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man who faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and left three people dead and three others wounded will face…
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Stone Memorial High School teacher was arrested after threatening a student with a knife. Thursday, November 14, 2024, a student told their School Resource Officer (SRO) that James Green had threatened a student the previous…
GORDON COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) -- The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is reducing a portion of I-75 down to one lane in Gordon County for repairs. GDOT stated the closure…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man on Tuesday waived his right to a jury trial in the killing of a Georgia nursing student, a case that became a flashpoint in the national immigration debate. Jose Ibarra was…
UPDATE (11/15/2024): Nicholas Wayne Hamlett was extradited back to Tennessee late last night. Hamlett is facing First-Degree Murder charges for the death of Steven Douglas Lloyd near the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Secretary of State, Tre Hargett, wants to warn Tennessee voters of a scam going around through text. Tennessee voter election scam text / Tennessee Secretary…
MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The victim in the Monroe County, Cherohala Skyway homicide has been identified. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) said in a release, the victim is Steven Douglas Lloyd…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A man from Jackson, Tennessee, has been arrested in connection with a violent home invasion that occurred nearly four years ago. Travien Cenar Reddick, 23, was taken into custody…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee's Secretary of State, Tre Hargett, wants to remind voters of the Election Day Hotline ahead of tomorrow. Voters can call the Election Day Hotline at 1-877-850-4959 or text "TN" to 45995. These call or text…
NORTHEAST, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Food City and the Eastman Foundation presented a check worth $2,131,703.37 to the United Ways…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) -- 'Stranger Things' fans can get an immersed experience in the world of the hit Netflix series with a stay at an iconic filming location. The house that the Byers family stayed at during seasons one,…
MURPHY, Nc. (WDEF) -- Chef Gordon Ramsay is set to bring Ramsay’s Kitchen to North Carolina for…