CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- It’s almost back to school time again. Today, Erlanger Health Centers hosted a Back to School Bash for the community. Health screenings, giveaways and information on how to have a healthy school year were all available. Children and adults could participate in the screenings. Kellyann Woods, Erlanger Health Center’s Chief Operating Officer, says, “Even though COVID is…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) – The Unity Group of Chattanooga and the Poor People’s Campaign have teamed up to host a voter rights rally earlier this afternoon The rally focused on getting more Chattanooga’s registered to vote and letting their voices be heard. The event also focused one what the groups main goals are with this push for more voting rights :…
WALKER COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) – It’s a big day for Georgia’s medical marijuana program. On Saturday, the medical cannabis commission revealed the six companies that will be licensed to grow marijuana , convert it into cannabis oil and sell the finished product to eligible Georgia patients. Two years ago, the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 324, “Georgia’s Hope Act,” which…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly cut the ribbon! So, that means it’s official. The third and final tower of Boynton Drive is now open. Three towers and a community room have been renovated thanks to this $13 million project. Mayor Tim Kelly says, “It’s no secret that we have a shortage of housing in Chattanooga and a real…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)-Congressional candidate Nathaniel Doss says that he is committed to getting people in Hamilton County registered to vote. Doss and the Hamilton County Democratic Party want to get an additional 28,000 voters registered. Doss believes that many people have lost trust in elections, specifically in the minority community. Doss says, “There’s still some distrust of government, in our…
(lookouts.com) The Chattanooga Lookouts could not complete their comeback on superhero night at AT&T Field in their 7-6 loss to the Birmingham Barons. Tonight’s loss is the Lookouts fourth in a row to Birmingham and drops the Lookouts to second place in the North Division. In the first inning, Joe DeCarlo smacked a two-run homer off of left-hander Nick Lodolo….
After playing for a state title in 2017, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish haven’t had much fight the last two years, winning a total of three games. Time to wake up the echoes as the Irish get the 30-in-30 spotlight. For Notre Dame to play like a champion again, head coach Charles Fant knows it doesn’t take some fancy plan….
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Mocs football coach Rusty Wright threw out the first pitch at the Lookouts game on Thursday. This season UTC is making a pitch to be one of the top teams in the country. They’re currently ranked in the top 25 of several preseason polls. Said Wright:”I mean I think it just goes to show what we’re trying to do….
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Buddy Presley With Presley Law Firm said although the CDC eviction moratorium runs through the end of the month, evictions have already started back up. “There were some federal court cases that determined the CDC did not have authority to issue a moratorium nationwide,” said Presley. He said North Georgia counties including Catoosa and Walker had far fewer…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Mayor Tim Kelly and the city of Chattanooga have been awarded a very large grant to help improve health literacy within the city. Chattanooga and Memphis were the only cities in the state of Tennessee to receive the funding. The Health and Human Services Advancing Literacy Grant is a $3.4 million grant that will be used for…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – COVID cases are up across the country, and as the Delta variant continues to spread, it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. “At the end of June we were looking at how to unwind at Erlanger, some of our COVID policies, and try to get back to normal. And clearly that’s come to a screeching…
It was a very busy Friday for a number of students at the Southeast Lineman Training Center in Trenton, Georgia. Busy, and hot. And as the old saying goes, they were able to “kill two birds with one stone!” Pole climbing. It’s what students do at the Southeast Lineman Training Center. Part of a 15 week program. After graduation, they’ll…
The Tennessee Valley Authority is launching a five-episode web series to promote electric vehicles.
It’s a trick, with 20 gigantic nails, you can use science to balance them all on one nail. Our “Science Guy,” Jason Lindsey, shows us the science behind the trick.
Ridgeland gets our 30-in-30 high school football preview spotlight. The Panthers want to taste the limelight a bit more this year after going 1-9 last year. When you win only one game, some times you just want to find a safe space. Said fullback Ashton Turner”We go in there and listen to music and sit in the dark and just…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Four time Indy 500 champ Helio Castroneves made a pit stop in Chattanooga on Thursday. He was in town to check out his new two-tone blue Transcard car, which he will debut at the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville the first week of August. Castroneves met fans downtown at the Miller Park Pavillion, just a block…
(lookouts.com) The Chattanooga Lookouts struggles against the Barons continued tonight, dropping the third game of the home stand by a score of 10-5. Once again the Barons leaped out to an early lead. Tonight they scored one in the first inning and broke the game open in the second. A three-run home run by Carlos Perez highlighted the five-run second…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) – Governor Bill Lee waded into a couple of controversies that have been building this week in Tennessee. Until today, he had not commented on the pause of the vaccination information campaign or the firing of Dr. Michelle Fiscus. The Department of Health froze all information on their back to school drive in light of the vaccination…
SALE CREEK, Tennessee (WDEF) – Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger and County Commissioner Randy Fairbanks spoke to the community about the newly acquired $16 million McDonald farm. Coppinger and Fairbanks said they wanted to set the record straight after they have heard several rumors about what plans were for the farm. Coppinger told the area residents that Hamilton County had…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Money Lit founder Stephanie Pyke said budgeting money is an important life skill but she feels it’s not talked about enough with kids at a young age, “I volunteered with the 11th grade and who wants to be a millionaire program and I saw how unengaged some of the teenagers were probably because they’re teenagers. I was…
MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) – Meigs County will soon be the center of TVA’s “Grid of Tomorrow” program. Greg Hendrich says that program is all about meeting the challenges of the modern utilities industry. “TVA is poised to respond to these challenges by constructing this new state of the art, 175 thousand square feet facility on 166 acres in Meigs…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The health department announced that there has been a 200% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the last two weeks. The City of Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly had to close two separate YFD Centers yesterday for deep cleanings after a COVID case was reported at each location. County Mayor Jim Coppinger says that vaccinations are the key to…
(lookouts.com) The Chattanooga Lookouts and the Birmingham Barons combined for 26 runs in the Lookouts 17-9 loss. Birmingham jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first on five hits including a three-run homer by Craig Dedelow and an RBI triple by Tyler Neslony. Down five runs, Chattanooga cut the lead down to three in the second, but Birmingham’s offense…
Northwest Whitfield won nine games last season. Their most wins since 2013. And Northwest would love to make it double digit victories this fall. Since the Bruins return a 2,000 yard passer in Owen Brooker, guess who the coaches are leaning on this fall. Said head coach Josh Robinson:”We’ll be able to put more responsibility on Owen to read things…
