Chattanooga, TN

Georgia State

Ringgold, GA

Ringgold High School Principal J.R. Jones and Athletic Director Lee Shell, announced Tuesday that coach Margaret Stockburger will be stepping down as the head coach of the Lady Tigers basketball program. Coach Stockburger earned her 500th win this past season in the region 6 AAA tournament and leaves a solid legacy as a basketball coach in the state of Georgia. Mr. Jones stated, “We have been truly blessed to have Coach Stockburger lead our women’s basketball program the past few years. Coach Stockburger is a legitimate legend in the field of coaching.”

Margaret Stockburger Steps Down as Ringgold’s Girls Basketball Coach

Tennessee State

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – As we mark Women’s History Month in March, UTC is getting documents that will share more information on an historical figure in Chattanooga. Dr. Tommie Brown was a professor of social work at the University from 1971-1998. She became the first African American woman to...

Dr. Tommie Brown donates papers from her career to UTC

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Hamilton County students will have a new educational opportunity moving forward. A new Future Ready Institute was announced this morning at the Early Head Start center in Avondale. It will be called One Chattanooga Institute of Early Care and Learning and be located at Tyner...

New Future Ready Institute Announced at Tyner

Jackson, TN

Signal Mountain, TN

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TN (WDEF) – Recognizing each child’s unique strengths *and* challenges is crucial to helping them become the best students they can be. Kim Lockery does that every day, with a smile. He classroom might be the coziest place at Nolan Elementary. Ashley Aldridge Wilson is the...

Golden Apple Award: Kim Lockery, Nolan Elementary

Bradley County, TN

Cleveland, TN

CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) – Bradley County deputies are looking for a pair of suspects in an overnight shooting. They say it happened just before 2 AM in the 1900 block of Lois Street SE. Deputies found a male victim in the home with a gunshot wound. He told them...

Deputies look for two suspects in overnight shooting in Bradley County

East Ridge, TN

EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF) – The city of East Ridge hopes that they will soon be able to renovate their community gym. The gym is located next to City Hall at their East Ridge Community Center. They are intending to apply for the Local Parks and Recreation Fund through...

East Ridge Looking to Renovate Gym

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Police say a drive-by shooting happened in Chattanooga this afternoon. It happened on the 4700 block of Pawnee Trail, just before 3:30 p.m. The shooter did hit one person, according to the CPD. The police department said the victim is an 18-year-old man. Officials said...

One man injured in Chattanooga drive-by shooting

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — He runs one of the world’s largest independent fashion internet sites. Yet he does all he can to help underprivileged young women. He’s been doing so since 2017, with great success. Sam Sisakhti is the owner of “UsTrendy,” one of the largest independent...

More to the Story with Staley: Donating Dresses

Dayton, TN

DAYTON, Tenn. (WDEF) — Nokian Tyres announced on Wednesday that they have begun construction on their new Dayton warehouse. It will be a finished goods warehouse, which they expect to be completed by mid-2024. The company says the new warehouse will hold up to 600,000 tires. Nokian Tyres and...

Nokian Tyres breaks ground on new Dayton warehouse

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Chattanooga’s Humane Educational Society (HES) is assisting with the rescue of roughly 200 dogs from a Korean meat market this week. On Thursday, HES staff will arrive in Chattanooga with 10 of these rescued dogs. After assessing the animals, HES will place them into...

Chattanooga Humane Society helps home 10 meat market dogs

Ohio State

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – At this week’s press briefing Wednesday, Chattanooga Police offered updates on a few incidents. One incident was a recent shooting at a Renaissance Park. Assistant Chief Harry Sommers said that a bicyclist was picking up trash when he was approached by a group of...

CPD Offers Shooting and Robbery Updates

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Starting a successful business is a monumental task. Having a great idea is only the beginning. You’ll need expert advice and plenty of it. In Chattanooga, that’s where the Small Business Deveopment Center comes in. Lynn Chesnutt is the Executive Director of TSBDC.

Driving our Economy Forward: Small Business Development Center

Spring City, TN

SPRING CITY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Real estate investment firms have bought the Spring City Resort and Marina for $2.2 million. Along with the acquisition, the firms have planned a four-phased development plan. Ridges Capital and Yonah Capital, based in Hiawassee, Georgia, announced the join acquisition. They plan to add...

Investment firms buy Spring City Resort with plans of growth

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – We’re learning of a hickup that could, at least, delay the completion of the Chickamauga Lock project. The Army Corps of Engineers has been working to build a new lock for the aging Chickamauga Dam for several years now (The lock shuttles river traffic from the Tennessee River to Chickamauga Lake).

Funding cut could delay Chickamauga Lock completion

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — A fire caused significant damage to a Chattanooga home on Tuesday night, according to fire officials. The home was on the 2400 block of North Chamberlain Avenue. The Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD) received reports of the fire shortly after 7 p.m. Someone reported possible entrapment...

Family safely evacuates significant Chattanooga house fire

Collegedale, TN

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Collegedale Police Department is hosting their annual Easter Egg Hunt next weekend. The egg hunt will take place at the ballfield on Little Debbie Parkway in Collegedale. It will be on Sunday, April 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. Volunteer reserve officers of the...

Collegedale Police Dept. to host annual Easter Egg Hunt

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Siskin Hospital held their 20th annual Possibilities Luncheon today at the Convention Center. Victoria Arlen was the keynote speaker of the event. She shared her inspiring story of how she overcame a four-year vegetative state and regained the ability to speak, see, eat and walk.

Siskin Hospital raises money to help uninsured patients

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – A group of residents in a Chattanooga Southside neighborhood are raising concerns about a dog kennel business. GoDog opened a few months ago on 20th Street as a one stop shop for dog boarding, daycare, and even providing a social setting with a dog park and bar.

Neighbors Upset with Excessive Barking at Dog Kennel Business

Tunnel Hill, GA

CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) — A Catoosa County jury convicted a Tunnel Hill man on Wednesday of molesting his daughter. Officials said they are charging Michael Shane Cramer with two counts of child molestation and one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes. The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit...

Tunnel Hill man sentenced for child molestation

Dekalb County, AL

Henagar, AL

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WDEF) — Police have arrested a man that they say shot a woman in DeKalb County on Thursday. They have identified the suspect as 62-year-old Joseph Earl Cobb. A caller told the Henagar Police Department that a woman was shot at 131 Kelly Drive. It happened...

Henagar man arrested for shooting woman in home

Alabama State

Stevenson, AL

HOLLYWOOD, Ala. (WDEF) — After a six-month-long investigation, the Hollywood Police Department busted a large-scale drug operation. An extensive amount of drug activity was coming from one residence in Stevenson, Alabama. Officials said the residence was distributing to most of Jackson County, as well as surrounding areas. Investigators obtained...

Alabama police bust drug distribution after 6-month investigation

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Someone called the Chattanooga Police Department this morning to report that a vehicle struck an unknown object on I-24. The caller said a vehicle hit an object on I-24 Westbound shortly after 4 a.m. on Friday morning. The police department said a dead deer was...

Dead deer found near crash on I-24, pedestrian struck

EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) – East Ridge Police are still looking for a suspect who escaped as he was heading to jail on Thursday. Police tell us they stopped Joseph Osterlund for a traffic violation and found he had warrants out from Bradley County. They say they also found...

East Ridge looking for suspect who fled from police station after arrest

Ridgeside, TN

Rossville, GA

Red Bank, TN

Lookout Mountain, TN

Lookout Mountain, GA

Lupton City, TN

Flintstone, GA

Fort Oglethorpe, GA

Hixson, TN

Wildwood, GA

Walden, TN

Whiteside, TN

Harrison, TN

Graysville, GA

Chickamauga, GA

Ooltewah, TN

Powells Crossroads, TN

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Baylor Has Seven Athletes Sign on National Signing Day

Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Balyor had a big signing party as well as seven kids inked scholarships….mostly football. Dalton...

Baylor Has Seven Athletes Sign on National Signing Day

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