CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — For 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II served as an inspiration to many throughout both England and the world. Her Majesty passed away Thursday at the age of 96. The mood suddenly turned somber for many residents once the news made its way across the pond to the Tennessee Valley. Long-time Chattanooga radio personality Richard Winham was born…
What a bummer for the Titans. The week before their season opener against the New York Giants, and veteran pass rusher Harold Landry is out for the year after suffering a knee injury in practice. Landry was a Pro Bowler last year, who Titan’ed Up with 12 sacks last season. Said head coach Mike Vrabel:”It’s unfortunate. It’s disappointing. Feel terrible…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Mocs hit the road Saturday against Eastern Illinois. Chattanooga beat the Panthers back in 20-19 in the season opener. Marked the debut of head coach Rusty Wright. Totally new team Mocs will obviously face this time. When the words physical and challenge are echoed about the Panthers, you know this year’s game should be a dog fight. Said Wright:”They’re…
FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia (WDEF) – U.S. Marshals and Chattanooga Police found their suspect this afternoon across the boarder in north Georgia. They wanted Gregory Lamar Gillespie for a carjacking three days ago on E. 21st Street. They found him on Barnhardt Circle in Fort Oglethrope, where they found the stolen vehicle along with another stolen one. Police say Gillespie also…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Can parents really relate to the trouble school kids face today? School shootings, sexting, meth and fentanyl, and the devaluation of a college degree are all fairly new obstacles for the modern student to overcome. But their parents faced many of the same issues in schools that their kids now face, too. 30 years ago, we did…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The news of the queen’s passing has, of course, reached local residents here in Chattanooga. News 12 spoke with long-time radio personality Richard Winham about the queen’s passing. Winham was born and raised across the pond in England and said Queen Elizabeth felt like a part of his family. He says others felt the same. “They told me…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — On Friday, September 2, Eliza Fletcher was in the middle of her regular early morning jog when she was abducted off the streets of Memphis. One day later, Cleotha Henderson would be arrested in connection with the crime. Fletcher’s body would be found the following Monday, after an unrelenting search. In her memory, several jogs have been…
Harrison, TN-(WDEF-TV) The annual City Prep golf tournament went down Wednesday at Bear Trace. McCallie won the boys title after finishing at 8-under, three ahead of Baylor. Signal Mountain’s Peyton Ogle won the individual title at 6-under. Baylor won the girls crown with Red Raider Carlee Rogers leading the way with a 66. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags:…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Spencer Strider overcame a rough start, Vaughn Grissom and Dansby Swanson homered and the Atlanta Braves won their seventh in a row, beating the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Wednesday. Robbie Grossman, Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuña Jr. also drove in runs for Atlanta, which beat Oakland for the 11th straight time dating to 2008. The…
When you step into a high school press box, it’s like stepping back in time. Most of them are old, small, and smell like pop corn. In other words, guaranteed fun if you’re trying to broadcast a game from there. We caught up with three veteran Chattanooga broadcasters who know the perils of doing a game from a high school…
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) — The new bivalent Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are now available to residents in the Tennessee Valley and North Georgia. As always, local officials are encouraging residents to receive them, especially headed into fall. The updated booster shots can now target newer strands of the coronavirus, such as the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants. Medical officials…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – It’s Patti Sanders. Running the board at Sunny 92.3. She is “The Queen” of the radio station. An iconic voice in the long history of Chattanooga radio. Simply put, one of the best! But Patti and her co-workers will soon be zeroing in on Christmas music. Sooner than one might think. You see, Sunny 92.3 is pretty…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) – Bradley County investigators have charged three people with a drive by shooting back in June. They say that the shots were fired into a home in Rolling Brook around 1 AM when five people, including children, were inside. None of them were hit. Sheriff’s officers and Cleveland Police have now located the three suspects and arrested…
Summerville, GA (WDEF) – Wednesday morning in Summerville, Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp toured the areas that he declared to be in a state of emergency on Monday after they received 12 plus inches of rain in the 24 hour period in an event that the National Weather Service is calling a 500 year flood. “I know this has been, you…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — From the outside, not much has changed at the Hamilton County Courthouse. But things are different in the County Commission’s Chambers, where a new slate of elected officials met for their first public meeting this morning. With a new mayor and six new faces on the dais, the commission spent most of their first meeting thanking their…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – A 13 year old has been charged in a spree of fires in the Woodmore area. Investigators accuse the minor of setting fire to two homes, a trash can, two cars, plus an attempt to burn a third on. It all happened on Tuesday night. Firefighters were first called to a vehicle fire. Then neighbors told them…
Ringgold, GA-(WDEF-TV) The weather held off for Ringgold and Heritage softball on Tuesday, allowing Heritage to pick up a 7-4 home win over their cross-town rival. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: heritage softball, Ringgold, rival teams, Softball, softball game
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Chattanooga shut-out Wofford 31-0 in their season opener over the weekend. When you keep a fellow SoCon team out of the end zone, that’s a shut-out worthy of a shout-out. Said defensive back CaMiron Smith:”We wanted to come out and just make a statement.” Statement delivered. The Mocs shut-out marked the first time in six years one SoCon team…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) – The Bradley County Medical Examiner has now identified the victims in Monday night’s plane crash. They were Dr. William Edward Gist and his wife, Beth Ann. The Gists were living in Black Mountain, North Carolina and Dr. Gist practiced in Asheville. But they moved there from our area. Dr. Gist had a private practice in Fort…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — While many Chattanoogans may have fall on their minds, one nonprofit is already thinking about winter. Its founder says he truly loves the city’s homeless population and encourages others to love them, as well. The volunteers behind PawPaw’s Homeless Ministry have been working to “bring hope” to the city’s homeless population since 2019. When someone asked Founder…
SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) – The water is going down but the need is still great in northwest Georgia from this weekend’s flooding. Governor Kemp and his wife will visit Summerville Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, water, food and shelter provisions continues to head to the flood zone. You can make donations to the flood relief at the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation finally closed the case today of a woman whose body was found in Rising Fawn, Georgia in 1988. They identified a truck driver and stunt driver from North Carolina as her killed. “Hoss” Wise has since died himself. For years, we didn’t know the identify of the woman whose body was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — College football season is officially underway. One university is using tech to study concussions, and help players. Virtual reality isn’t just for playing video games. It’s being used to help student athletes. Graduate athletic training professor Gary Wilkerson with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is studying why more players who’ve gotten concussions, are also getting…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-When attending the Chattanooga zoo you expect to see animals. What you don’t often see if the work that goes on behind the scenes. Chattanooga Exterminators works provides pesticide control while making sure the animals are safe. Just trying to maintain a healthy atmosphere for the animals, for visitors. We wanna make sure that everything we’re doing out…