New police video from Ahmaud Arbery fatal shooting

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Newly released police body camera footage shows that the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery appeared visibly upset as police arrived in the minutes after the shooting. Travis McMichael can be heard in the video telling an officer that if the 25-year-old Black man “had stopped, this wouldn’t have happened.” McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, are…

COVID-19 Vaccine delivery in the Tennessee Valley

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Nearly 3 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine began shipping across the U.S. from the drug maker’s Michigan Plant yesterday. So, when can we expect the first doses to arrive in the Tennessee Valley? Well, more than 30 cities received boxes of the vaccine this morning. Coastal Georgia was one of the places that was first on the…

CFC Doing a Documentary on First Season as a Pro Franchise

Since the CFC made the jump to professional soccer this season, the team’s marketing department wanted to do a documentary on its inaugural pro campaign. And who knew, it would also feature a global pandemic. The docu-series is called…”No Matter What..the Rise of Chattanooga FC.” It’s scheduled to air early next year. Said head coach Peter Fuller: “We’ve all watched…

The State of UTC in the year of the pandemic

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The Social Justice movement and Covid-19 have had major impacts on the UTC campus this year. So it is only natural that the topics dominated Chancellor Angle’s State of UTC address today. On the pandemic, he cited a few surprising numbers. Enrollment is up this fall. And they kept more students from the first year to second…

Ooltewah mom determined to save Halloween with Trick or Treat “Candy Luge”

OOLTEWAH, Tenn (WDEF) – An Ooltewah mom is determined to save Halloween with a trick or treat home project. With coronavirus still spreading all across the country, this holiday could become hard to celebrate this year.  Halloween enthusiast and mother , Nikki Swager has created a 6 foot socially distant candy luge.  Swagger says she wanted to find a creative…

Mocs volleyball stops Georgia State in five-set nail-biter

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UTC Athletics) — The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball program jumped out to a two-set lead before fighting off a furious Georgia State comeback effort including five match points to capture a 3-2 (25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 22-25, 24-22) victory inside Maclellan Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Chattanooga begins, and finishes, the 2020 fall season with a 1-0 record. Georgia State drops…

Tennessee commemorates ratification of 19th amendment

MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) – The State of Tennessee commemorated the ratification of the 19th amendment through a reenactment of the historic vote on its 100th anniversary at the state capitol Tuesday. “It’s really a remembrance and a recognition of the process of how we progress in our values in our nation through national consensus,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said….