(gomocs.com) CHATTANOOGA – The Chattanooga Mocs’ softball team split day one of the Frost Classic at Frost Stadium on Friday afternoon with a 4-0 win over Southern Illinois before dropping the second contest, 6-1 to Northern Illinois. UTC moves to 6-6 this season, while Southern Illinois dropped to 4-5 and Northern Illinois improved to 2-3. The Mocs are scheduled to…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) It’s the last hurrah for Mocs senior guard David Jean Baptiste Saturday. Baptiste and the rest of the UTC seniors will be honored since Chattanooga is playing their final home game of the year. Baptiste has been a Moc for six years. He’ll leave as the school’s fourth all-time leading scorer. Baptiste admits that Saturday’s farewell won’t be easy. Said…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — Tamara Steward is Chattanooga’s first-ever Chief Equity Officer — a key role in Mayor Tim Kelly’s plans to help inclusivity thrive in both local government and the community. She’s “deeply honored” to take the job, which she says is made up of two sides. “The first side is making sure that we remove barriers of access and…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — Inflation continues to ravage the local economy here in the Tennessee Valley. 40-year highs for inflation are still impacting critical resources for Chattanoogans on everything from gasoline to food. Inflation is only expected to get worse due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis overseas and the new sanctions imposed on Russia by President Biden. However, local financial analyst Chris…
As Russia moves further into her native country, Dr. Khmelko has watched the situation progress with heartbreak. “For me personally, it’s absolutely heartbreaking, and I do feel helpless, having my family, having my friends… I could never imagine there would be tanks rolling, Russian Tanks.” Khmelko has maintained contact with her friends in Ukraine. One of them told her that…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Jon Rector has done rescue mission work for some 21 years. He’s the executive director of Chattanooga Outreach. You probably know it as the Union Gospel Mission. It’s a faith based organization that helps the homeless. And those with life controlling issues. Money comes mainly from individual donors. Next month, the mission will hold it’s first ever…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF)- According to reports, the CDC will soon advise people to still wear masks indoors in counties with high levels of meaningful COVID-19 cases such as hospitalizations and deaths as compared to the total number of cases. “We’re starting to see more and more people around the country, anyway, relaxing their Covid restrictions. In this county, we’re at…
It’s tasty on some toast, but you are not going to believe the science experiment you can do with strawberry jam.
(gomocs.com)The Chattanooga Mocs’ Women’s Basketball team dropped a 64-43 contest inside McKenzie Arena to the visiting Furman Paladins on Thursday night. With the loss, the Mocs drop to 7-21 overall and 5-8 in the league while Furman moves to 16-11, 9-4 SoCon. The Mocs were down 34-15 at the break and were unable to cut the deficit to single digits…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) The Chattanooga Red Wolves play their first match of the new year on Saturday. The Chattanooga gang will travel across the Volunteer State to face Memphis 901 in a preseason match. It’s one of four preseason matches before the Red Wolves open the regular season at home on April 2nd against Forward Madison. Head coach Jimmy Obleda is anxious…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) – One far-reaching consequence of the conflict in Ukraine is the fluctuation of local gas prices. As Russia invades its neighbor, the price of gas is expected to rise in the United States. And Tennessee is no exception. Midnight Oil owner Steve Ray predicts “I think consumers can realistically expect prices, in the next two to three days,…
RED BANK, Tennessee (WDEF) – In response to Tennessee’s risk for flooding, local elected officials, business owners, and citizens have formed the coalition Flood Ready Tennessee. According to the group, communities such as Red Bank could face serious economic and personal costs in the event of a flood. “Our main thoroughfare on Dayton Boulevard is built along and in some…
CHATSWORTH, Ga. (WDEF) — It was party time in Chatsworth Thursday. The town gathered for a big send-off for the Murray County girls basketball team. The girls boarded the bus for Augusta, where they will face Cross Creek in the next round of the state tournament. Cross Creek is the defending state champs with a 24-1 record this season. But…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Supply Chain 101 will soon be in session at Chattanooga State Community College. Trucking giant U.S. Xpress is working with Chattanooga State Community College to add a Future Ready Institute at the company’s headquarters in East Brainerd. The company is planning to convert some of its facility into a training ground for students to learn more about…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – We couldn’t pick just one star for you in tonight’s Thursday Throwback. So we came up with three. Our stars come from the fields of music, politics and the Winter Olympics 30 years ago. And they were all on our minds in February of 1992. One was Olympic skater Christopher Bowman. His father was born in Chattanooga, so…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – “We the jury find the defendant Romalace Williams not guilty.” After five hours of deliberation, a jury of 12 found Romalace Williams not guilty of rape. The rape charges stemmed from an incident that allegedly happened at Brainerd High School when Williams was 17 and the accuser was 14 in 2018. “I’ve been practicing law for over…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — On Thursday afternoon, President Biden imposed harsh economic sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. However, retired two-star Admiral Vance Fry said he believes Putin does not see Biden as a threat and that the sanctions mean “nothing” for the Russian president. “Putin senses a weak President,” Fry said. “Significant changes and penalties and…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Chattanooga Police Department has launched a new program to provide an additional tool in its belt to help serve the community. Lt. Tim Tomisek, with the Chattanooga Police Department, says the department responds to 35-45 mental health-related calls a week. C.P.D. has launched a Co-Response Unit (CCRU) to assist with mental health calls. CCRU pairs a Crisis…
Tunnel Hill, GA-(WDEF-TV) Northwest Whitfield could not hold onto a 14 point halftime lead on Wednesday as they lost to Luella 64-61 in the state tournament. The Lions turned the tide in the third quarter with their pressure defense. They out-scored NW Whitfield 27-8 in the third period. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Basketball, High School Basketball, Northwest…
Dalton, GA-(WDEF-TV) The Christian Heritage Lions saw their season come to an end on Wednesday night. They lost 56-51 to Mount Vernon in the state tournament. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Basketball, Christian Heritage School, High School Basketball
Fort Oglethorpe, GA-(WDEF-TV) The LFO girls basketball team won their state tournament opener on Wednesday. The Warriors defeated Hart Co 56-45. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Basketball, High School Basketball, Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School
LaFayette, GA-(WDEF-TV) LaFayette big man Aidan Hadaway scored 28 points as the Ramblers defeated Oconee 65-59 in the state tournament opener. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Basketball, High School Basketball, Lafayette High School
(gomocs.com) JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (February 23) — Sophomore Grant Ledford scored a career-high 25 points and knocked down seven three-pointers to help lift the Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball team to its second Southern Conference regular season title since 1994 behind an 83-77 road victory over rival ETSU on Wednesday night inside Freedom Hall. Following the win, Chattanooga improves to 23-7…
The state comptroller’s office wrapped up an investigation into the hiring and continued employment of relatives in the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office. The conclusion? D-A Neal Pinkston violated the state’s nepotism policy. When the comptroller’s report found its way to our inbox this afternoon, there were already several statements that followed: from D-A Neal Pinkston’s office to his opponent…
