Early on a December morning nearly two years ago, Robert Allen Atwood decided he was going to show his friend what his 1995 Camaro could do.
A group of Lincoln County, Tenn., men have been sentenced in an ongoing methamphetamine conspiracy to federal prison terms ranging from six to 14 years.
A federal civil lawsuit claims that Dr. Raymond Sean Brown, of Cleveland, Tenn., has committed money laundering, wire, mail and Medicare fraud.
Despite her years behind the bench watching lost causes transform into new people, even Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern shook her head when she heard his name two years ago — Jonas Richardson Jr.
Federal agents have seized nearly $6.8 million from bank accounts held by Cleveland, Tenn., Dr.. Raymond Sean Brown as part of Medicare fraud allegations.
RESACA, Ga. — Events surrounding the Battle of Resaca, Ga., re-enactment began Saturday not with cannon fire but with a prayer.
A 31-year-old Atlanta man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he trafficked at least one woman to Tennessee for paid sex.
More than 75 workers and military veteran supporters took a short walk Wednesday to bring attention to two problems for veterans — physical fitness and homelessness.
Two men who work at the Brainerd Road Army Store now have a trial date of July 16 set in federal court for charges they sold goods to be used to make methamphetamine.
A recent ruling in a federal civil lawsuit by a retired Chattanooga Fire Department captain could mean the city will have to start paying captains overtime.
The day that one-time payday lending millionaire Toby McKenzie died, an appeals court judge 600 miles away had a simple question for attorneys enmeshed in the man's protracted bankruptcy.
After more than 30 minutes of back-and-forth questioning between a local federal judge and a Washington, D.C.-based prosecutor, the judge made a suggestion.
On Thursday afternoon, a standing-room-only crowd of men and women in collared shirts and colorful blouses sat on wooden benches and listened to a black-robed man speak somber words that gave federal court the feel of a church.
Three men convicted on charges of illegal gun sales were sentenced in federal court today.
Today’s hearing in which former South Pittsburg Mayor Mike Killian was postponed until Aug. 22 when the federal judge found numerous inconsistencies in the plea agreement.
A federal judge offered three options Wednesday for how a potential $27 million lawsuit by 10 area 911 districts against BellSouth could proceed.
A 44-year-old Palmer, Tenn., man was sentenced to a quarter century in prison Monday by a federal judge for making child pornography.
A 44-year-old Palmer, Tenn. man was sentenced to a quarter century in prison this morning by a federal judge for making child pornography..
RISING FAWN, Ga. — A pastoral slice of Dade County continues to offer the promise of rustic homes and beautiful views despite being mired in bankruptcy, fraud and delinquent taxes for the past three years.
They came, they marched, they saluted and they left.
The son of a man who was killed in a grisly incident at a local manufacturing company last year filed a $3 million wrongful death lawsuit Friday against the company.
A family member of a 54-year-old man who died in a gruesome incident at TAG Manufacturing last year has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the company.
Few may see them or know what they do, but nearly every day U.S. Coast Guard service members cruise the Tennessee River, keeping buoys serviceable and helping the waterway's navigation.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander told a personal and very public story Wednesday to illustrate the importance of lawyers and their work.
As the $50 million federal police beating lawsuit against Chattanooga, Erlanger hospital and some of the city's police officers moves through the court, more names are being added to the list of defendants.
An amended court document filed by a man suing Chattanooga police for a beating that broke his leg lists 23 new names of police officers a defense attorney alleges were connected to the 2012 incident at the Salvation Army.
Police have evidence that Langdon Strickland borrowed a silver Nissan Sentra on the morning a 29-year-old Chattanooga man was shot and killed.
Sit-in Sessions Court Judge Kevin Wilson has sent homicide, weapons and assault charges against a 29-year-old Chattanooga man to the grand jury.
Two women arrested on April 24 in an alleged prostitution scheme at a local hypnosis clinic now have new court dates.
The crowd inside Hamilton County Juvenile Court swelled to more than 75 people Monday afternoon.
Inside the darkened high school gymnasium, all faces are on the stage.
The Hamilton County grand jury's report comes out every four months and sounds pretty much the same as it has for years — recommendations to spend more on recidivism programs, enhance DUI penalties and so on.
A Chattanooga man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2009 home invasion shooting death of a local rapper was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Three weeks ago a federal judge wasn't happy with the progress of an alleged pill mill case headed to trial in December. On Friday she got some good news.
A 43-year-old man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a sentence of 15 years rather than face a second trial in the 2009 slaying of local rapper Robert "Brikk" Brown.
Ronnie Boyd leans back in his kayak and lays his paddle across his lap. His eyes closed, he smiles while the rest of the group splashes their kayaks downstream.
In the weeks after the first shots were fired in the Spanish-American War in 1898, war fever swept the nation.
Weeks after his cousin pleaded guilty to murder charges, Brendan Barnes admitted his role in the 2010 beating and stabbing death of pastor David Strong.
Two men who sold plots of land in a $45 million Dade County, Ga., real estate development deal face decades in prison after their convictions Tuesday for conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.
The second defendant in the 2010 brutal beating death of a local pastor pleaded guilty to facilitation of second-degree murder this morning in Hamilton County Criminal Court.
A federal jury found two Marion County men guilty of fraud and money laundering in a $45 million land development in Dade County, Ga.
A 23-year-old Chattanooga woman was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison for a 2010 homicide near the intersection of Main and Willow streets.
Quinisha Brabson was sentenced in Hamilton County Criminal Court this morning to 16 years for her conviction in the 2010 murder of Timothy Nichols.
After 20 witnesses, more than 100 documents and seven days of a federal trial, jurors now will decide whether two Marion County men purposely defrauded investors in a Dade County, Ga., land deal or if the men were developing the site legitimately.
A 40-year-old Marion County man testified in his federal fraud trial this week that he only collected paperwork for loans and had no authority to approve or deny applications that prosecutors say are evidence of a conspiracy.
At least 14 people have so far been arrested in an alleged methamphetamine trafficking ring in East Tennessee, North Georgia and Western North Carolina, the head federal prosecutor here said.
Amy Harpole and other family members visited her mother, Jane Stokes, for a fun weekend of sharing memories and cookouts.
The federal judge overseeing a complex alleged Medicare fraud case against Life Care Centers of America had a simple question to begin Wednesday's meeting.
A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty this morning in Hamilton County Criminal Court to vehicular homicide in an Aug. 16, 2012, fatal crash.
