Indianapolis, Ind. (UTC Athletics) — The Chattanooga Mocs softball team was selected to participate in the Tuscaloosa Regional, hosted by Alabama, to kickoff play in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, the NCAA league offices announced Sunday evening. The Mocs earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after a thrilling come-from-behind win in the title game of the Southern Conference Championship…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-May is Foster Care Awareness month and Youth Villages uses this month to not only bring awareness to the kids in need but recognize the work done by foster parents, including a single dad from Cleveland winning foster care parent of the year. “I was surprised that I could do it. I was so worried that as a…
GREENSBORO, N.C. (UTC Athletics) – The Chattanooga Mocs softball team won its 15th Southern Conference Tournament Championship in improbable fashion Saturday afternoon at top-seeded UNC Greensboro. The ladies came back from a 7-2 deficit with a five-run seventh and then won it in the eighth to claim a 9-7 final tally. Chattanooga will advance to its 12th NCAA Tournament. The…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Two home runs from fan-favorite Byrd Tenerowicz and a stunning 12 strike-out night from starter Andrew Abbott made a Chattanooga Lookouts win look easy Saturday night against the Mississippi Braves. Looks and Braves will be back again Sunday afternoon at AT&T Field to finish the six game series. Categories: Sports, Sports – ATL Braves, Sports –…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Press Release) — The Red Wolves welcomed USL League One newcomers Central Valley Fuego to CHI Memorial Stadium Saturday night in the first ever match-up between two of the best attacking sides in the league. The match started in flying fashion for the Red Wolves after winning a corner, the ball was cleared out to Aaron Lombardi who…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — Recent analysis from a national non-profit shows that Chattanooga is the second-highest city in America for gun theft from cars. These numbers have been on the rise for the past decade. Using FBI crime data, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund’s research shows that “at least one gun is stolen from a car every 15 minutes, on…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Not counting weekends, Dr. Justin Robertson has been in the superintendent’s office for 20 weeks. 100 days. But he isn’t touting any of the successes Hamilton County Schools has seen in his short tenure. Robertson is looking at the challenges he’s seen in school board meetings, and taking that head-on. Robertson: “One change, and something we’re talking…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Carnell is enjoying life. We should be envious! Carnell can whack down a can of cheese whiz in no time. He loves to swim. He spends as much time in the water as he possibly can. And if you have a tire in your yard, he’ll take a crack at that as well. Carnell does all of this…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — “Creating a community of belonging.” This is the culture that Hamilton County Schools wants to create for its students. Dr. Marsha Drake was one of three women tonight who spoke on the concern of bullying in school at Thursday night’s board meeting. She says that, among others, she is “committed” to the “just cause” of keeping equity…
News 12’s Angela Moryan is putting on her dancing shoes and will be one of the featured dancers for Dancing with the Stars in Cleveland Friday. Support the Boys and Girls Club of the Ocoee Region by buying tickets and donating with the links below. TICKETS DONATIONS There will also be a live stream of the event. Follow Angela on…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Chattanooga State Lady Tigers are on a tear, with a 16-game win streak and some championship bling already in hand. A combination of ace pitching from Samantha Ryan and hot hitting put Chatt State on top of Walters State in Thursday’s TJCCAA championship game, 5-0. Ryan allowed just three hits while striking out six. Next…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Fans have flooded the stands at AT&T Field this week, but it’s not all in support of the Chattanooga Lookouts. The Mississippi Braves are in town, which means Atlanta’s hottest prospect Michael Harris II is in town. Harris is the only player in Double-A ball to reach base in every single game this season. His 3-0-3…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — Eleven weeks ago today, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting a war that would cost the lives of thousands. Like the rest of us, Chattanooga Police Sergeant Jeremiah Cook looked to the conflict and saw a tragedy, but he also saw an opportunity to serve. “I really felt a burden on my heart to try to use some of…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) – Police are looking for the person who robbed a Dollar General store in East Ridge at gunpoint. It happened at around 9:30 Monday night at the Dollar General in the 39-hundred block of Ringgold Road. The suspect is described as thin. He stands about 6 feet tall. Chief Stan Allen East Ridge PD Police Chief: “After…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Is Friday the 13th really the right day to try something new? The date has become linked to bad luck, like walking under ladders or crossing the path of a black cat. On Friday, March 13, 1992 we put the superstitions to the test. Our reporter found people who started weightlifting, started a new job and started…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — It’s an understatement to say that, right now, the folks at Volkswagen have been busy here in Chattanooga. Speculations have begun to develop that an additional corporate plant could be coming to the Scenic City. While this still isn’t confirmed, the company’s upcoming hiring fair this Saturday may add some fire to those rumors. On Saturday, May…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — Boats and brainiacs took to Lake Buccaneer Wednesday afternoon at Boyd Buchanan School for the Annual Physics Boat Day race. Students designed and raced homemade boats out of cardboard, duct tape and paint. Some were reduced to mere scraps, but one stood taller than the rest. The vessel’s name? The Jolly Roger. The champions say the event…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Walters State played like the number one team in the country on Wednesday beating Chattanooga State 11-1 in the winner’s bracket of their region tournament. The Senators scored five runs in the first inning and never looked back. Chatt State managed only three hits on the day. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Baseball, Chattanooga State Community College,…
(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…