From The Archives: 1988 Heat & Drought
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - On Tuesday, the temperature hit 99 degrees. Patrick tells us that's the hottest day we've seen since 2019. So is it unusual for temperatures to get…
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CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - On Tuesday, the temperature hit 99 degrees. Patrick tells us that's the hottest day we've seen since 2019. So is it unusual for temperatures to get…
(CHATTANOOGA) - Ten years ago, the Riverbend scored a big homecoming show to close out that year's festival. Country singer Lauren Alaina was just starting her professional…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - If you are watching CBS this week, you may notice the new promos for their summer daytime lineup. The campaign is an homage to their…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Ten years ago this week, hundreds of Chattanoogans came out to watch actor Chadwick Boseman do his thing. But they also hoped to get into his movie.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Modern Chattanoogans may take it for granted that people want to move to the Southside, Riverfront and North Shore. But it wasn't always that way. 30 years…
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…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Police arrests caught on video are all over the news these days. But controversial arrests are nothing new. Thirty years ago, the most infamous case of all…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This weekend, the Tennessee Aquarium celebrates their 30th birthday. "On May 1, 1992, Chattanooga came together as the Tennessee Aquarium opened its doors, igniting the 'Renaissance on the River.'" So they are holding a Riverfront Celebration all…
COLLEGEDALE, Tennessee (WDEF) - An Easter tradition is returning to Collegedale on Saturday after a two year break for Covid. The SonRise Resurrection Pageant begins at 9 AM…
RAINSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - Rainsville, Alabama isn't really their hometown, but it was close enough in 1982. County music fans in our area should be able to tell…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - If you visit Knoxville these days, pay a visit to World's Fair Park. It's a greenway and public performance area downtown. The park is built…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - We couldn't pick just one star for you in tonight's Thursday Throwback. So we came up with three. Our stars come from the fields of music, politics…
NOBLE, Georgia (WDEF) - We are marking the 20th anniversary this week of one of the most bizarre stories ever in our area. This week, authorities had just begun to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Our Valentine's Day traditions haven't changed all that much over the years. For our Thursday Throwback, we're going back 30 years to celebrate in 1992. The technology…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga leaders like to talk about how far we've come as a green city. The main evidence comes from our history with air pollution. When the city…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - These days, you can find a cooking show just about every where you turn. But 40 years ago, chefs had to hit the road to reach…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - This is the week we usually spend reflecting back on the previous year. Ten years ago, it was obvious what was the biggest story of the year here…
RAINSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) - Each year, we get a new bundle of holiday songs. Some last, some don't. Which takes us to a seasonal hit from 30 years…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The problem with more online Christmas shopping is where will people go to sit on Santa's lap? For generations, parents took their kids to visit Santa while…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Tivoli Foundation is at a crossroads these days. They are still trying to survive the pandemic, while pushing a major expansion to the Tivoli…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - One of the most famous veterans from the Tennessee Valley is buried at the National Cemetery. Desmond Doss was born in Virginia and moved to our area later…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Before buses took over the job of moving Chattanoogans around town, the city had a thriving streetcar system. Streetcars used electricity to power them instead of combustion engines.…
A year after the terror attack in Chattanooga on July 16, 2015, reporter Erik Avanier recreates just what happened and when.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Imagine getting a call on your honeymoon saying that your wedding was really legal! It happened to a pair of couples in Chattanooga back in 1991. And one of them was radio personality Parker…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga will hold its 72nd Armed Forces Day Parade on Friday. The parade starts at 10:30 AM at the intersection of MLK Boulevard and Market Street. It will then proceed up Market to the…
It was 10 years ago on this day when a deadly tornado outbreak rocked the Chattanooga region to its core, in what was among the deadliest outbreaks in modern history. We endured dozens of confirmed tornadoes that…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - On this Good Friday, we're taking a look back at Easter services from our past. We're going back 40 years. Our story takes us from Rome to Chattanooga's National Cemetery. We'll see Easter Bonnets and singing crosses.…
This story originally aired in 1991 on WDEF TV
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Cold Case investigators have uncovered new information in a double murder from more than four years ago. A five year old was in the home when his parents were gunned down and he had to call 911.…
Chattanoogans rally at interstate overpasses to cheer troops headed to the Persian Gulf
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) - There won't be any big celebration this year, but this is the 95th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. During this week back in 1925, the nation was reading about what was going on in a…
Watch our special report on the 1997 March 29th tornado that hit the same areas of East Brainerd
"Realize.. these are really significant potential problems."
This story originally aired on WDEF TV in March of 1990.
Watch our story from 1990 when Harold Wayne Nichols took the stand
See our story from 1978, the year he passed "The Copeland Cap" that has forced politicians to balance Tennessee's budget ever since.
This story from the UTC campus ran during Spring Break of 1994.
An Atlanta stylist gives us a demonstration of the changing hair in 1991 From The Archives.
Stories from Christmas trees to Christmas parties and hot toys, plus dreaming of a White Christmas 30 years ago.
See how President George H.W. Bush looked and sounded at a couple of campaign stops in our area in 1992.
How many of these toys did you get, or stand in line to buy for your kids? (Plus a bonus video of Luther & the Cabbage Patch Kid)
Let's take a look back at the history of our station, which has been a longtime staple here in the Scenic City.
Visits from the past from Barack Obama, both George Bush's, Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt.
We look back into our archives for when Donald Trump attended a Northwest Whitfield football game.
The history of traditions surrounding the Pride of the Southland Band in this story from 1983.
Watch a story that we aired in 1993 on student issues like cheating and drinking.
In 1988, we checked in to see how rival malls were fairing a year after Hamilton Place opened.
Watch an early version of the play at the Rhea County courthouse where the Scopes Trial took place.
This story from the summer of 1978 tackles the rumor going around that
The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in Chattanooga in 1988