(lookouts.com) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Byrd Tenerowicz walked it off and the Chattanooga Lookouts took game two of the series, 5-4, in extras on Wednesday night over the Mississippi Braves from AT&T Field. Hendrick Clementina got the scoring started with a two-run blast in the sixth to give the Braves the early lead. Chattanooga (15-14) answered with an RBI double by…
(gomocs.com) FRANKLIN—It was a disappointing day in the Chattanooga Mocs women’s golf homelands today. Juniors Dorota Zalewska and Esme Hamilton both fell shy of the NCAA Tournament cutline to advance to the finals in Scottsdale, Ariz., in nine days. Despite the near miss in Franklin and tough few days in Albuquerque, there’s a lot of positives to bring home to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The Vietnam War. A tough period of time for our country. We lost over 58,000 Americans in that conflict. For those who made it back home alive, there were many challenges. And for a long while, the United States really didn’t treat our Vietnam vets with the respect they deserved. That’s well documented. But those Vietnam vets…
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly introduced his proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 budget for the city of Chattanooga. The proposed operating budget projects $317 million in revenue and expects to spend $350 million in expenses. Of the $350 million in expenses, nearly half of the expenses is projected to be spent on public…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Chattanooga State outlasted rival Cleveland State 12-9 in the winner’s bracket of their region tournament on Tuesday. The two teams combined for 22 hits. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Baseball, Chattanooga State Community College, Cleveland State Community College, College Baseball
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — Next week is National Police Week in the United States, but Tuesday night in downtown Chattanooga, local officers who lost their lives in the line of duty were honored as heroes during the city’s annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony. On Market Street, family, friends and fellow officers all paid their tributes to the fallen. In his decades…
(lookouts.com) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Chattanooga Lookouts dropped the opening game of the series to the Mississippi Braves, 5-3, on Tuesday night from AT&T Field. Mississippi (12-16) got on the board first with an RBI single from Luke Waddell to take an early, 1-0, lead. The Lookouts answered putting up three runs in the bottom of the third with a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Tuesday marked the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This day serves as a time of remembrance of those lost to fentanyl and to raise awareness of resources. Resources like Narcan and the newly decriminalized fentanyl test strips. Tennessee joined Alabama in a decision make the testing strips legal. Debra Clark is an overdose specialist with the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — The Hamilton County School Board has passed their budget for the upcoming school year. The budget creates funding for new 25.5 new positions, allocates six million dollars to address learning loss, and provides five million dollars for facility improvements and repairs. But Board Chairman Tucker McClendon stood alone as he voted against the budget, describing the state…
Former Signal Mountain head football coach Bill Price is returning to his old stomping grounds. Signal Mountain head coach Josh Roberts has announced that Price is returning to the Eagles to be their offensive and defensive line coach. Price started up the Eagles program when the school opened in 2008, and he eventually won a state title there. Price stepped…
Central high school cross country runner Zane Ferrying was named the News 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year. The award was sponsored by Wholesale Supply Group. Ferrying was presented a $500 scholarship from Wholesale Supply Group on Tuesday at Central High School. Ferrying plans to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point and major in nuclear engineering. Categories:…
IA_Final_Report (Redacted) CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) – A captain for the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office has resigned in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him. Captain Jerry Johnson left the force earlier this year, before the investigation into the harassment allegations wrapped up. The Bradley investigator’s report cites multiple examples of Johnson’s conduct with a nurse at the county jail…
EVANSVILLE, Indiana (WDEF) – The Sheriff of Vanderburgh County in Indiana is sharing more details on the end of the 10 day manhunt for Casey White and Vicky White. He says as officers were chasing them down, they were prepared for a high-powered shootout. The sheriff shared photos of some of the weapons they were carrying, including an AR-15 rifle….
TUNNEL HILL, Georgia (WDEF) – One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash this morning in Catoosa County. It happened on Highway 41 near I-75 around 8:30 AM. Three vehicles were involved, including a National Guard vehicle. Georgia State Troopers say a Ford Fiesta pulled onto the highway from a business and was hit by the military…
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Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Cleveland State upset 15th ranked Dyersburg 10-9 in the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII tournament going down at Chattanooga State. The Cougars scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th to go up 10-6. Dyesburg scored twice in the bottom of the 8th. They may have gotten more if not for two nice catches from Bryce Burkey and Ringgold grad…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Hamilton Board of Education met tonight to approve its next fiscal budget, but a different conversation tonight that took over the meeting. It’s never easy to ask for money, but this is exactly what Chairman Tucker McClendon proposed in tonight’s meeting. To him, Hamilton County’s schools are falling apart, but he believes the County…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WDEF) – The Republican Party’s group in Hamilton County, the Pachyderm Club, held its first meeting since last Tuesday’s election. What was said in the meeting was last week’s results were just a start. This is where the real races begin. Weston Wamp defeated two challengers for the nomination for County Mayor. His sister Coty beat incumbent…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — A report from Datasembly shows that 31 percent of baby formula was out of stock last month, a shortage driven by the same global supply chain issues that have inflated prices at the grocery store. The issue is compounded by the recall of certain big name products. Back in February, the FDA found that certain batches of…
UPDATE: Indiana officials now say that Vicky White has died from her self-inflicted gunshot wound as officer closed in on her and Casey White earlier today. EVANSVILLE, Indiana (WDEF) – Officials say the manhunt for Casey and Vicky White has ended in Indiana. They say the escaped murder suspect is now in custody. And the prison official suspected of…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – In political news, the Pachyderm Club held its first meeting after the Hamilton County elections today. They are the leaders of the Republican Party in the county. State Representative Greg Martin was the keynote speaker. He mentioned that the party needs to get into the hearts and minds of younger people, and the father of Coty and…
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Officials say samples extracted from three tourists from Tennessee and Florida who died at a resort in the Bahamas under mysterious circumstances have been sent to a U.S. lab to expedite results and help authorities understand what happened. Bahamas Police Commissioner Paul Rolle said Monday that officials also collected…
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) – The World Series of Robotics is going on in Dallas, and a team from Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts is competing! Win or lose, it’s a great learning and networking opportunity. Scott Rosenow is the Lead Robotic Trainer for Hamilton County Schools. He explains, “May 3rd begins VEX World’s 2022; the largest robotics competition in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-According to a survey, conducted by GasBuddy, prices have risen by 17 cents per gallon in the past week. This is $1.35 a gallon higher than this time last year. “Global demand has been going out for crude oil and now, at the same time, we’re taking Russia’s oil out of the global market,” “I think back about…