Volkswagen of America Foundation today said it will donate $250,000 to the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity to assist with the disaster relief after the tornadoes in Oklahoma.
A traffic stop by a Bridgeport, Ala., police officer on Tuesday led to the discovery of 35 4.5-ounce bags of alleged marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
The Dallas Bay Volunteer Fire Department extinguished a fire this morning at 1031 Old Mill Lane.
Visitors who took whitewater rafting excursions on the Ocoee River last year pumped $43.8 million into the economies of the 30 counties that surround the river, according to an economic impact study released today.
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and East Ridge Police Department have announced they will be conducting “Sobriety Checkpoints” on May 31.
The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday night approved in a 9-0 vote a three-month extension for the 2013-14 fiscal year budget.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Chattanooga Christian's Brandt McGregor finished third in the Class A/AA state decathlon Tuesday at Middle Tennessee State University.
NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam on Tuesday named Jim Henry as the permanent head of the state's troubled Department of Children's Services.
A coalition of neighborhood groups plans to go to the Chattanooga City Council and Chattanooga-Hamilton County Transportation Planning Organization and ask those panels to stop a road project through Lincoln Park.
A 20-year-old man was shot twice while standing on a porch in Chattanooga last night, police said.
Gov. Bill Haslam today named Jim Henry as the permanent head of the state’s troubled Department of Children’s Services.
Downtown Chattanooga parking meters will not be enforced and need not be paid on Memorial Day, the Chattanooga Parking Authority said in a news release.
Chattanooga police responded to a shooting in Highland Park on Monday night.
1. Newspaper reporter — Median annual pay of $36,000 and projected job decline of 6 percent by 2020
The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. has reported that the winner of $1 million in Saturday’s record Powerball drawing bought their ticket at the Tobacco & Beer Mart at 6025 E. Brainerd Road.
Barely a week on the job, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball coach Will Wade is already making his presence felt on the Mocs roster.
Memorial Hospital has received an award for its exceptional care of heart attack patients, according to a news release.
Meredith Ruffner has been named by St. Peter’s Episcopal School to serve as interim head of school for the 2013-2014 academic year.
The man suspected in the slaying of a woman early Sunday is a twice-convicted rapist and lives at the house where the attack took place, according to the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry.
A community outreach is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday as part of Chattanooga's Public Works Week.
Crime Stoppers and Chattanooga police are seeking information on the whereabouts of James Demetrius Grayson, according to a news release.
This afternoon’s storms have downed trees and flooded streets and roads throughout the tri-state region but no severe damage had been reported as of 4 p.m.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is looking for Terry Releford in connection with a woman's suspicious death early this morning.
He has dressed up like Darth Vader. And a Roman centurion. And Santa Claus. And AC/DC’s Angus Young.
Memorable TSSAA Spring Fling performances by area athletes and teams
East Hamilton couldn't get the hits when needed and left 12 baserunners stranded in a season-ending 7-4 baseball loss at Upperman.
A Chattanooga man was stabbed to death late Friday after arguing with another man, police said Saturday.
A Chattanooga man was stabbed to death late Friday after arguing with another man, police said.
The Tennessee Valley Authority celebrated its 80th birthday on Friday, but officials insist America’s biggest government utility shouldn’t be retired or sold off yet even though President Obama has suggested studying the idea.
Soddy-Daisy's Ivy Academy was one of 64 schools in the nation and among two Tennessee schools to win a Green Ribbon School Award from the U.S. Department of Education this year.
A full-scale emergency exercise, including employee evacuation, will take place Wednesday at the Chattanooga Mail Processing and Distribution Center on Shallowford Road.
The Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the third annual "Get Out and Go Night" from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Tennessee Riverpark.
Republican senators from Georgia and South Carolina have called on the Obama administration to continue funding a program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel, saying that slowing or ending the project would harm international and domestic relationships.
Today: Chattanooga Cactus and Succulent Society, 3 p.m., 3005 Plum Nelly Road, Rising Fawn, Ga. Mark and Stan Hall will show their collection of cactus and succulents.
Chattanooga Police Chief Bobby Dodd will remain in his current position, Mayor Andy Berke said today.
NASHVILLE — Top Safety Department officials led a special memorial service today honoring Tennessee state troopers and other law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty to commemorate National Police Week.
Baggett Road between Poplar Springs and Boyton Drive will be resurfaced next week, weather permitting, according to an announcement by Catoosa County officials.
ATLANTA — Powerball now has the highest jackpot in the game’s history. Georgia Lottery officials announced today that strong sales have bumped Saturday’s Powerball jackpot from an estimated $550 million to an estimated $600 million.
NASHVILLE — State House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, and another top chamber leader, GOP Caucus Chairman Glen Casada of Franklin, are encouraging fellow House Republicans to back state Rep. Joe Carr’s 4th Congressional District bid.
A full-scale emergency exercise, including employee evacuation, will take place Wednesday at the Chattanooga Mail Processing and Distribution Center on Shallowford Road.
The Cleveland Civitan Club has decided to cancel the Special Olympics scheduled for Saturday, May 18, at Cleveland High School because of the forecast adverse weather conditions.
NASHVILLE — Suck Creek Road will be closed between 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday for state road maintenance workers to repair a slide area, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said in a news release.
The circle at the end of Tremont Street, south of River Street, will be closed Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for the Public Works Week Touch-a-Truck Event.
Joseph “Nick” D. Decosimo, managing principal of the Chattanooga accounting firm of Joseph Decosimo and Co., will join the board of the recently recapitalized First Security Group, Inc., pending regulatory approval.
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Chattanooga and Pensacola needed extra innings for a third straight night, with the Lookouts prevailing 8-2 with a big 10th-inning eruption after coming up short the previous two games.
Marcia Kling, a longtime local television personality at WTVC-NewsChannel 9, announced Thursday she will retire May 30, according to a news release from the station.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars — even if the nation's largest public utility is never sold.
