Soddy Daisy Baseball Gets 10-0 Win Over Sale Creek

Soddy Daisy, TN-(WDEF-TV) Soddy Daisy baseball picked up a 10-0 win over Sale Creek on Friday night at Soddy Daisy high school. Noah Ferguson got a two RBI single in the first inning, and the Trojans never looked back in getting the victory. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Baseball, High School Baseball, Sale Creek Middle High School, Soddy…

Barons Down the Chattanooga Lookouts 8-3

The Chattanooga Lookouts lost to Birmingham 8-3 on Friday night at AT&T Field . Barons went up 5-0 and never looked back. Matthew McClain had a double and triple for the Lookouts while T.J. Hopkins enjoyed a solo home run. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Baseball, Birmingham Barons, Chattanooga Lookouts

Inflation Impacts Already High Truck Driver Turnover Rate

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — It’s commonly reported that America’s ten point four trillion dollar trucking industry is facing a driver shortage, but according to Sharae Moore of SHE trucking, the real issue is driver retention. “The CDL training at mega carriers, which are your big companies that have over a hundred trucks, they are not properly training the drivers,” said Moore….

Good Friday outreach for the homeless

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Hilary Colorado and Meghan Godfrey have different stories but both used to be homeless. “Two years ago, actually this past week, I lost my house in a tornado and we didn’t have insurance. We were homeless for five months, our whole family,” said Colorado. “After I had my daughter, I started having seizures and I was able…

Riverbend Park: Whitfield County’s Newest Park Will Further Solidify Dalton as the Soccer Capital

A new park decades in the making is finally opened to the public

Decades ago a promise of a new park was made to the city of of Dalton. Now, that promise has been fulfilled.The new Whitfield County park “Riverbend” is complete with a community center, basketball courts, volleyball nets and softball fields. However, what Whitfield County Commissioner Jevin Jensen believes will get the most traction is the FIFA standard field. “Yeah, I…

More To The Story With Staley: The Museum you didn’t know we had

Everlasting Nation Museum in Hixson tells the story of Israel and the Jewish faith

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – It’s a facility that sits just off of Highway 153 and Hamil Road in Hixson. It’s been here since 2019. It’s called the “Everlasting Nation Museum.” Many folks might not realize it’s even here. But yes, it’s a museum. It’s a museum that takes you through the history of Israel. And the biblical history of the Jewish faith….

60 Minutes this week comes to Chattanooga to talk Volkswagen

Leslie Stahl interviews CEO Herbert Diess at the Chattanooga plant

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The CBS News program 60 Minutes will air a segment this Sunday shot here in Chattanooga.   They are looking at how Volkswagen is coping with rising gas prices, supply chain issues, climate change and the war in Ukraine.   Leslie Stahl sits down with Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess in which he talks about the company goal…

State lawmaker & local Jewish leader react to Sen. Niceley’s Hitler/homelessness comment

The state Senator's comment came two days before Passover was to start

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – When the Tennessee state senate debated the homelessness bill on the floor Wednesday, it didn’t take long for people to forget about the actual bill. In only 31 seconds, Senator Frank Niceley of Strawberry Plains equated homelessness with one of the most ruthless people in world history. Making matters worse, Friday marks the beginning of a Jewish…

Gubernatorial Candidate David Perdue speaks in Catoosa County

Perdue vows to remove state income tax, fix voting system, if elected

CATOOSA COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) — Former Georgia Senator David Perdue received a standing ovation from local voters Thursday afternoon at a meet-and-greet in Catoosa County. In his discussion, Perdue was critical of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on several regards, including illegal immigrants and safety in the state. “We have more illegal immigrants in Georgia today than Arizona,” Perdue said. “Murders…

From The Archives: 1987 Sunrise Service

We look back at an Easter morning tradition from 35 years ago

  COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) – An Easter tradition is returning to Collegedale on Saturday after a two year break for Covid. The SonRise Resurrection Pageant begins at 9 AM and continues til 3 PM. But the tickets have already been distributed online. The Pageant is a one mile walk depicting the final days of Christ before the crucifixion. The case…

Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten?

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — According to a survey from virtual private network company NordVPN, forty-seven percent of those polled would stop using the internet, if they could. To see how this is reflected in Chattanooga, News 12 asked social media users at UTC about their habits. “I know a lot of people who have issues with some content that they see…

Middle class being outpriced in housing market

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-Vicki Trapp is a managing broker with Crye Leike. She says the median house price in the Chattanooga area is almost $350,000 which is pricing more people out of being able to afford a home. “That’s what the problem is, those are the people who are not able to buy at this point. Those in your first-time homebuyers…

Woman who filed suit against deputy over baptism found dead at her home

Shandele Marie Riley filed a federal lawsuit against the deputy who pulled her over 3 years ago

SODDY DAISY, Tennessee (WDEF) – A woman who had an active lawsuit going against a Hamilton County Deputy was found dead at her home in Soddy Daisy last night. Shandele Marie Riley was involved in the infamous “baptizing” case against Deputy Daniel Wilkey in 2019. No one is saying how she died at this point. The TBI says the Hamilton…

Stuff-The-Truck To Help The Chattanooga Community Kitchen

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-The Chattanooga Community Kitchen is getting some aid from the community through a stuff the truck campaign. Crown Subaru is completing its stuff a truck with all the donations going to assist the Chattanooga community kitchen. The Chattanooga community kitchen provided a list of items that they were in critical need of including 5-pound bags of grits, sports…

Catoosa County residents respond to new permitless carry bill

Law signed into effect by Governor Brian Kemp on Tuesday

CATOOSA COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) — On Tuesday, April 12, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 319 into law, allowing Georgians to immediately exercise permitless gun carry in the state. This makes Georgia the tenth state to legalize a concealed carry law in the past two years. Governor Kemp said the bill “makes sure that law-abiding Georgians can protect themselves…

More To The Story: The bird mural

Dave finds out why they are painting birds on the outside of a building at Reflection Riding

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – It’s an old building with a new look. The bright mural on the side of the Motus Tracking Station at the Reflection Riding Nature Center was unveiled just days ago. The tracking station itself has been here for awhile now. In a nutshell, the station tracks birds. Bird banding has been around since the 1800’s. As we…

TDOT celebrates National Work Zone Awareness Week

Department hopes to spread awareness of safety for work zone personnel to state's motorists

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — TDOT told us that there were 4,034 crashes in work zones throughout the state’s roads last year. In the past, numerous TDOT employees have been severely injured or killed due to distracted or negligent driving. This week, the state department is hoping to reach out to Tennessee drivers to reduce accidents and increase safety awareness. National Work…

State senate passes bill to exclude transgender females from competing in athletics

SB2153 was amended to expand to collegiate athletics and intramurals

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The state senate is making things harder for transgender females to participate in college athletics. Two bills were passed yesterday, specifically because of a transgender swimmer’s win just a couple weeks ago. Lia Thomas’s historic win in the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA Swimming Championships in Atlanta a couple weeks ago set off a firestorm of controversy….

Inflation Soars to 39-Year High

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States’s inflation rate is eight point five percent higher than it was one year ago. “The eight point five percent increase in year over year prices is the highest rate of inflation in forty years,” said Financial Analyst Chris Hopkins. According to Hopkins, there are three primary reasons why this is…