(VIDEO FROM TARIN NAGEL/NAPLES FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT) NAPLES, Florida (CBS) – Hurricane Ian covered southwest Florida with the sea as it cut across the state this afternoon. One of the most powerful storms to ever hit the U.S. knocked out power to 1.6 million people and trapped untold numbers in their homes. The Hurricane center came ashore near Cayo Costa,…
CHARLESTON, TN (WDEF) – The Wacker Corporation is a major manufacturer of silicon products for everyday life. The company is looking to expand its operations in the Tennessee Valley and has teamed up with Chattanooga State. Jim Tharp is the Senior Director of Operations at Wacker. He explains, “Wacker is an international company, and we specialize in taking silicon,…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — The Chattanooga Police Department held its latest crime update meeting this morning and discussed the past week’s crime report and further crime prevention. Overall, Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy delivered mostly positive news Wednesday morning. Murphy says there were two shootings in the city over the past week. The first occurred Sunday night, resulting in the death…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Mimi Nikkel and the rest of her organization is getting ready for the big day in October. It is “Love’s Arm’s” fourth annual Jazz and Barbeque Event. A fundraiser to be held on the 27th of next month. Love’s Arm works with women survivors of human trafficking, prostitution and addiction. Money raised will make a huge difference….
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Hamilton County leaders have worked out a deal to give a pay-raise to new deputies in the Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Austin Garrett, County Mayor Weston Wamp and Commissioner Chip Baker worked out the deal. Beginning next week, starting pay for sworn employees will be $50,000. Starting pay for sworn-certified employees will be $51,500. Current officers will also…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The scene inside the Tennessee Room at UTC’s University Center was “metal” on Wednesday morning. Blood Assurance and the university teamed up for the semi-annual “Bloodanooga” blood drive. The theme of the blood drive was 1980’s metal rock music, inspired by Eddie Munson, a popular character from the Netflix hit show “Stranger Things”. The event usually occurs…
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
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…
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…
CATOOSA COUNTY, (WDEF) – 8th Grade Social Studies can be a Middle School rite of passage. It’s a serious subject, but there is room to have a little fun. Dillon Crowder uses his keen sense of humor to bring the best out his students at Heritage Middle. Melissa Travillian is the Principal at Heritage Middle School She says, “Coach Carter makes…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — Every year, on December 17, wreaths are laid on the graves of members of the armed forces at Arlington National Cemetery and 2,500 other locations in all fifty states. Chattanooga is among those locations, and they have a special goal for 2022. Last year, 29,000 wreaths were placed on graves to honor those passed. This year, the…
Decatur, TN-(WDEF-TV) The M-O for Meigs County over the years has been a physical rushing attack. And leading the Tigers ground game this year is a running back who couldn’t run or walk last season after a terrible ATV accident. News 12’s Brian Armstrong has the comeback story. Said Tylan Kraskouskas:”It killed me and I was just like oh this…
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…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- If you travel over the Chickamauga Dam on Highway 153, be ready for some delays the next two days. TVA is conducting a routine bridge inspection of the Thrasher Bridge that goes over the dam to ensure its structural integrity. To conduct this inspection, there will be some temporary lane closures in one direction at a time….
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.
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…
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…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday the Atlanta Braves will be “forever known as the upset kings of October” for their improbable 2021 World Series win, as he welcomed the team to the White House for a victory celebration. Biden called the Braves’ drive an “unstoppable, joyful run.” The team got its White House visit in with just…
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 (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…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – It was the darkest days of the pandemic. 84 year old Pat Blankenship, a lifelong Hixson resident, had recently undergone heart surgery. Doctors said she must stay at home. The solitude was getting to be too much for Pat. She knew something had to change. Her grandson asked her…..’what do you want to do?’ “I have got to…
Wacker has announced they will be adding 200 more high paying jobs in the coming years, and the Wacker Institute at Chattanooga State Community College has a chemical engineering program that will secure your place as a Wacker employee. CSCC Dean Tre Powell said the program is taught at the state of the art $5 million pilot plant located on…
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…
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…