Mobile Learning Lab Rocks HCS

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee – (WDEF) – There are many ways a youngster can learn subjects such as math and science. The Hamilton County Schools System has come up with a very unique way to teach the kids. It’s the first-ever Hamilton County Schools Mobile Learning Van. In a sense, it’s self explanatory. The first stop of the season was East Ridge…

Planned Parenthood’s plans in Chattanooga

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) – Planned Parenthood said they wanted to answer the questions being asks as they feel there is some misinformation going around Chattanooga. At Wednesday’s meeting community organizer Kamari Sharard, and public health educator Chequita Webb spoke about how they are the only two people representing planned parenthood in Chattanooga. They said they are here to provide education to…

Reaction to more charges at the Baptiste Group migrant shelter

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – The Baptiste Group’s involvement in a local church housing migrant children has elicited both state and national attention. “They are making this more of a political effort than one of in regards to what happens with the children,” says Representative Yusuf Hakeem, responding to a state committee’s efforts to investigate the travel of unaccompanied migrant children…

Chattanooga Fire Department Hands Over Volkswagen Fire Investigation to Volkswagen

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Volkswagen investigators are investigating the fire that took place on their property, a fire that resulted in the evacuation of over four thousand people from their 4.2 million square foot facility in minutes. Employees tell News 12 the on-staff fire department tried to fight the fire for 20 minutes before calling for back up. “It takes at…

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health Officials concerned about the Delta Variant in the U.S.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) – Now that nearly 50% of Americans are fully vaccinated, Health Experts from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health gathered today to discuss how the delta variant could impact the nation’s Covid-19 recovery process and if long haul symptoms could play a role in halting our progress. With Covid-19 transmission in the U.S. at its lowest level since…

Red Wolves Assistant Kevin Sawchak Was Forced Into Head Coaching Role For Match Against Omaha

East Ridge, TN-(WDEF) Two weeks ago in the Chattanooga Red Wolves match against Greenville, head coach Jimmy Obleda was ejected after getting a red card. That meant Obleda had to sit out the Red Wolves next match, which happened to be on the road against the top team in the league in Omaha. Welcome to the big time assistant Kevin…

Judge dismisses Roy Moore suit over Sacha Baron Cohen stunt

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed Roy Moore’s $95 million lawsuit against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Judge John Cronan dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday. Moore said he was tricked into an interview that ended up lampooning sexual misconduct accusations against him. Cronan said Moore signed a clear disclosure agreement that prohibited any legal claims over the appearance. He…

Local tax experts answer questions on expanded child tax credit

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The newly expanded child tax credit is one of the largest expansions in the country’s history. Val Palmer with Urban League explains what it might mean for you and your family. “That’s going to be a lot of money that they can use toward rent, groceries, electricity. And it’s going to help bring children out of poverty,”…

Cause of Volkswagen Plant Fire is under investigation

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant was evacuated this morning during a fire in the body shop. A conveyor belt caught fire in a confined space. The machinery in the area was very hot at the time. Volkswagen’s own Fire Department plus the Chattanooga Fire department fought heavy smoke and the flames. The sprinklers helped suppress it. They got it…

Chattanooga artist chosen to create Thaddeus Stevens Monument

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) – A Chattanooga artist is making history by creating the second sculpture in the nation of the historical figure Thaddeus Stevens. Artist Alex Paul Loza was chosen to complete this project from a nationwide search by the Thaddeus Stevens Society in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Stevens was a U.S. congressman known for playing a part in the creation of the…

Incentives to donating blood to Blood Assurance during shortage

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) – “Blood Assurance says every donation can save up to Three lives but right now not enough people are doing this,” said Brian Armstrong “When you donate with Blood Assurance it stays local. We are the sole supplier to the Chattanooga area hospitals. So when you give with blood assurance it’s going directly to helping patients in need,”…

Defense Team for Convicted Murderer Miranda Cheatham Requests New Trial

BRADLEY COUNTY (WDEF) – The defense team for Miranda Cheatham believes justice wasn’t served and wants a new trial following her 2019 sentence for murdering her husband James “Tooter” Cheatham in 2016. The victim’s brother John Loach secretly recorded the victim’s sister Dana Cheatham Pritchard admitting she had an affair with the District Attorney whose office prosecuted Miranda Cheatham. The…