Chattanooga resumes curbside recycling and leaf pickup

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The City of Chattanooga’s curbside-recycling service resumed today. Recycling carts should be at the curb no later than 7:00 am on your designated collection day. Residents should not deposit any other materials besides clean recyclable waste into their city-issued recycling bins. “Recycle collection days did not change so whenever your recycling was picked up previously we will…

What’s Right With Our Schools: Woodmore Elementary Level 5 Status

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) – In Tennessee, schools can reach Level 5 status if there is significant evidence that their students have exceeded the state growth standard. It’s a barometer for overall growth and student achievement. Woodmore Elementary has done just that, and they have the banner to prove it. Dionne Upton is the Principal at Woodmore Elementary. She says, “Well,…

Weather in the Classroom Visits Riceville Elementary

Weather in the classroom was on the road again today to Riceville Elementary in McMinn county. During these visits, we present weather related experiments, talk to students about severe weather and the different weather phenomenon’s that we face in the Tennessee Valley. The students had lots of questions about rainbows, tornadoes, and severe weather safety. “There’s tons of different weather…

Chattanooga defense pounds Paladins, 13-3

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UTC Athletics) — The Chattanooga Mocs football team controlled the ball for nearly 40 minutes and held Furman to just 157 yards of total offense to secure its third-straight Southern Conference victory, 13-3, on a rainy Homecoming Saturday afternoon inside Finley Stadium. Chattanooga nearly doubled up the Paladins in time of possession (39:48-20:12) on its way to improving…

Wings Over North Georgia Air Show Returns

ROME, Ga (WDEF) – Wings over North Georgia is an air show like nothing you’ve ever seen before. This one of a kind air show features the famous blue angels and more. It’s an experience you don’t want to miss.”  The air show officially  kicks off tomorrow and will continue through Sunday.  The show features the famous Blue Angels, the A-10…

More To The Story: “Welcome Home of Chattanooga is expanding

Dave Staley shows us how the hospice and healing center is getting bigger

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – It’s a relatively small, cozy place. But on nearly five acres of land, in a wooded area of Chattanooga. Off the beaten path if you will. It’s the new location for “Welcome Home of Chattanooga.” Buying the land…..plus the renovations so far….adds up to right around 900-thousand dollars. DAVE STALEY, NEWS 12 NOW; “There are not a…

TSA does not anticipate vaccine mandate to impact holiday travel

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)-The Federal Vaccine Mandate is less than a month away. Some travel experts think that this may affect holiday travel. Halloween is Sunday which means that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and the deadline for federal workers to get their COVID-19 vaccine is November 22nd, which is days before Thanksgiving. That means that TSA Workers who have…

Girls State Soccer Semifinal Scores

State Semifinals:   Alcoa  1 CSAS  0   Harpeth Hall   3 GPS                    2   Baylor         2 CPA              1   Murfreesboro Central Magnet  1 East Hamilton High School      0 Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: High School Soccer, Soccer

Potential COVID testing surge

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) – CEO of Vault Health Jason Feldman expects an increase in COVID testing. Not only will companies with more than 100 workers soon be required to have unvaccinated employees undergo regular testing, but increased holiday travel and school screenings will also increase testing. “If you’ve been exposed to Covid or believe that you’ve been exposed to Covid there’s a really…

BBB warns of World Series Ticket Scams

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) – Tickets to the World Series are selling out fast and everyone wants a spot to watch their favorite team.  But these kinds of events are a great opportunity for scammers to take your money.  The Better Business Bureau says it’s important to only purchase online tickets from legitimate websites and not Craigslist or Facebook.  It’s also a…

Halloween Covid-19 Guidance

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) – Do you have plans to trick or treat this Halloween weekend or perhaps you’ve decided to  host a spooky halloween party? News 12 spoke with local health officials about how you can keep your children and community safe while still getting your boo on. “ Halloween is a great opportunity to do something social and do it…

TBI has a new sex offender registry site

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- After two years of preparation, The T.B.I has updated their Tennessee Sex Offender Registry site. T.B.I. released their new and improved Tennessee Sex Offender Registry list. The new improvements make the site easier to navigate and provides clear information on offenders. Kristen Pivlik McCallie, with the Child Advocacy Center of Hamilton County, says, “The prior site had…

Juvenile charged with Bradley School threats

At least 5 threats at various schools this week, officials blame Snapchat challenge

CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) – A juvenile has been charged in connection with school threats this week in Bradley County. Sheriff Steve Lawson made the announcement this morning in an interview on Mix 104.1 radio. The Sheriff said that the juvenile is in custody. The youth will be charged with filing a false police report. The Sheriff said the juvenile screen-shot…

More To The Story: Chatsworth Braves Fan

Neil Green and his famous Braves Machine

CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) – The Braves are off to a great start in the 2021 World Series, winning game one last night in Houston. That made a lot of Braves fans in our area very happy. But none happier than a gentleman in Chatsworth, Georgia. And you’re about to meet him. News 12’s Dave Staley is just the man to introduce…

Chattanooga City Council approves the purchase of the Airport Inn Motel

City looks to repurpose the motel for low income housing

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) – On Tuesday, the Chattanooga city council unanimously approved the city’s purchase of the Airport Inn Motel. The city has big plans for this motel with hopes to turn it into an affordable housing opportunity for the community.  “Every city across the country especially in the wake of a covid pandemic is struggling to find answers of how…