Courtesy: Mayor Tim Kelly TAMPA, Fla. (WDEF)- Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly is currently attending a major conference for North American mayors. He is one of two hundred mayors at the United States Conference of Mayors in Tampa, Florida. This conference is held twice a year to allow mayors to come together to discuss how to…… MORE
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – It’s being called summer camp for movie lovers, and it’s back and bigger than ever. The 2025 Chattanooga Film Festival is underway, offering a weeklong celebration of strange, stylish, and offbeat cinema. This year’s fest features a record-breaking lineup with nearly 50 feature films and over 130 short films, making it…… MORE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) — A planned increase in TWRA fees next month will not happen. The agency pulled the request during a session of the Joint Government Operations Committee of the Tennessee Legislature. The TWRA was to increase boating fees by 22 percent, hunting slash fishing licenses by 28 percent, and Sportsman slash lifetime licenses by…… MORE
MGN WHITWELL, Tenn. (WDEF) — A Whitwell woman was arrested June 19, 2025 after taking a child out of state without permission, triggering an Amber Alert. Police say Frankie Kay Robinson had been babysitting a child for a friend, Stacy Childress, since June 16. Childress contacted police after losing contact with Robinson for more than…… MORE
WDEF-TV News 12 Tennessee River Valley weather forecast Friday: Mostly sunny, hot. Highs: low 90’s. Winds: L&V. Overnight: Mostly clear, mild. Lows: low 70’s. Winds: L&V. Saturday: Mostly sunny, hot. Highs: low 90’s. Winds: L&V Overnight: Mostly clear, mild. Lows: low 70’s. Winds: L&V. Sunday: Mostly sunny, hot. Highs: low/mid 90’s. Winds: L&V Overnight: Mostly…… MORE
Payton Corbitt JACKSON COUNTY, Al. (WDEF) — A Bridgeport man has been arrested for displaying child sex abuse material. On June 17, 2025, local and state authorities arrested Payton Dean Corbitt. Corbit was booked into the Jackson County Jail on three counts of Dissemination or Public Display of Child Sexual Abuse Material. According to the…… MORE
Shadrick McGill SCOTTSBORO, Al. (WDEF) — A former state senator in Alabama faces criminal charges in Scottsboro. Shadrack McGill left office more than a decade ago. But he made news by defeating powerful Alabama politician Lowell Baron. Scottsboro Police say he was involved in a domestic incident in which property was damaged. He was charged…… MORE
MGN CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) is investigating a self-defense claim in relation to a homicide on Dodson Avenue. On June 19, 2025, around 6:00 p.m., officers were dispatched to a person shot call in the 2700 block of Dodson Avenue. Upon arrival, officers located two men with life threatening injuries.…… MORE
MGN Image GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Grundy County is now eligible for federal help after devastating storms and tornadoes swept through the region in early April. On Thursday, April 19, 2025, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that President Trump approved a Major Disaster Declaration for areas impacted by the severe weather. Nine counties…… MORE
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) — A woman from Dalton was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Friday morning on I-75 northbound. The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) said troopers responded around 6:44 a.m. on June 20, 2025 to the crash near mile marker 331 in Whitfield County. A preliminary investigation found that a 2023 Jeep Grand…… MORE
