Heritage Volleyball Improves to 24-3 After Knocking Off NW Whitfield

Ringgold, GA-(WDEF-TV) The Heritage volleyball team continued their impressive season on Tuesday night winning two matches to improve their record to 24-3 on the year. They defeated Central Carrollton 2-0 and Northwest Whitfield 2-0. The Generals are 9-0 in their region standings. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Game, heritage, local sport, NW Whitfield High School, Volleyball, Win

Mocs Hope to Get Back on Winning Track in Rail Rivalry Against ETSU

Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Mocs went off the rails a bit last week losing 31-0 to Illinois. Time to get back on that winning track with the ‘Rail Rivalry’ against ETSU. For the ‘Rail Rivalry’ , maybe the Mocs should bench-press the rail road tie trophy to prepare for the Bucs. Said linebacker Ty Boeck:”It’s heavy though. (chuckles) I picked it up after…

Syphilis cases rising in Hamilton County

Local doctor says help is available at county health department

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Dr. Stephen Miller with the Hamilton County Health Department says syphilis cases are on the rise and that case numbers are even greater right now than they were a year ago. Miller says the rise in syphilis cases isn’t just happening here in Hamilton County, it’s happening nationwide and has been steadily increasing since the…

Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Herschel Walker visits Calhoun, GA

CALHOUN, Georgia (WDEF) – Republican Candidate and American Football Star Herschel Walker made a stop at Calhoun’s City Pool this morning. The venue was strategically picked as a backdrop for Walker’s main topic of discussion, Title IX. He shared his views on President Joe Biden’s Executive Order clarifying text in Title IX to include protections for transgender athletes. “But they’re…

Mom to Mom- Acorn Donuts

Today we are making acorn donut holes, that really involves no baking, you just go to the store, get some donut holes, wax paper, pretzels, some sprinkles, some icing, and I mean, that’s a pretty simple snack.

NASA’s DART spacecraft makes contact with asteroid

Ship's 10-month journey through space ends in success

At 14,000 miles per hour somewhere in space more than seven million miles from Earth, NASA’s DART spacecraft made contact tonight with Dimorphos — a 525-foot-wide moon orbiting a 2,500-foot-wide asteroid named Didymos. And it did it all without the help of Bruce Willis and Aerosmith. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART for short, serves one purpose — not to…

What’s Right With Our Schools: Cloud Springs Elementary

Math teacher wins gift pack for her students

CLOUD SPRINGS, Georgia (WDEF) – “Ms Elkins, I’m sorry. I’m gonna have to interrupt this class for a very special new announcement. Surprise!!!” You bought a subscription to Teach Starter over the summer. And you didn’t know it then,you entered a drawing. And that drawing was for $500 worth of materials and resources. And all sorts of things. Randi: Teach…

Hamilton County 911 Center honored for efforts during “Dispatch Event of the Year”

Second and third shift receives award for coordination during the shooting between teenagers in downtown Chattanooga on May 28th

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The telecommunicators at the Hamilton County 911 Emergency Communications District were honored for their efforts during a shooting downtown in late May. The Tennessee Emergency Numbers Association honored the second and third shift workers for handling the shooting between teenagers on May 28th, calling it the “Dispatch Event of the Year.” The operators received a flood of…

Soddy Daisy HS takes on (Rachel’s) Challenge to foster inclusion among students

The challenge takes its name from Rachel Scott, the first victim of the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999

SODDY DAISY (WDEF) – Soddy Daisy High School is taking on a challenge to end bullying and exclusion at the school. It’s called Rachel’s Challenge, with the name coming from Rachel Scott, the first victim of the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. A speaker for the non-profit organization came to Soddy Daisy to challenge students to use their social…

Local teenager is known worldwide for her modeling, but she is much deeper than her beauty

AnnaKate Jolly performs despite epilepsy and being legally blind in one eye...and she's the granddaughter of former county commissioner Tim Boyd

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Try this for a scenario… You’re an 18-year-old woman from Chattanooga, and you’re known worldwide. You’re a runway model. One might think that person would have the world in her hands. But don’t let the face of AnnaKate Jolly fool you. There’s a lot more to AnnaKate than you see. “Well, I mean…there’s not too much to…

Memorial for the women killed at 2021 Westside Reunion becomes a call for information on the shooters

The one-year anniversary of the still-unsolved shooting of seven women at a local block party is Sunday

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – According to Brother Kevin Muhammad of the Grove Street Justice Fund, “Snitching is not when you see an activity as heinous as what happened here a year ago. Where women were shot and murdered. Their families (will) never see them again, unable to bring closure and you saw what happened. And you uphold injustice in your own…

Rock Climbers Rescued from Mowbray Mountain

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — First responders from several agencies had to rescue two men out rock climbing on Friday night. It happened at 6:30 p.m. at 354 Montlake Road on the foot of Mowbray Mountain. A caller told 911 a 24-year-old man fell 30 to 40 feet, and hit his head on a rock. The other climber’s injuries were…

TECH BYTE: Apple Out with New Outdoors Watch

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Apple isn’t coming out with just new iPhones. The tech company is also touting its new Apple Watch Ultra, which it calls its most rugged and capable Apple Watch ever. If you’re athletic, or into the outdoors, this watch is for you. Apple says it’s meant to take on extreme environments, elevations, and temperatures. It has…

The Grove St. shooting nears its one-year anniversary; CPD still sees it as a priority

Police Chief Celeste Murphy says "we're going to figure out who you are and we're going to hold you accountable"

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – September 25th, 2021. One block along Grove Street in Chattanooga held the Westside Reunion. A block party that turned tragic that evening after seven women were shot, and two of them were killed. Daryl Slaughter, the lead investigator on the case for the Chattanooga Police Department, says, “When they got out of their car that night, they…

Local medical personnel reflect on OTC hearing aids

FDA approved regulation for non-prescription hearing aids in August, could be sold as early as October

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Beginning this fall, residents with mild to moderate hearing loss will soon be able to purchase hearing aids over the counter at their local pharmacy. The FDA recently approved over-the-counter hearing aids to soon be sold to Americans without the need of a prescription, medical exam or fitting. Consumers can now possibly save thousands when…