Confined to his wheelchair, his 510-pound body drooping around him, Jimmy Allmond thinks often of things his weight won't allow him to do.

A former ROTC instructor at Brainerd High School has been arrested and accused of having sex with a student.

East Ridge officials, after seeing a decline in the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimation, are determined to get an accurate representation in the 2010 count that begins in six weeks.

Of all the farm animals out there, ducks might not be considered lovable or even full of personality.

The frequent rain and freezing temperatures across the region are causing all sorts of headaches.

Road maintenance crews face an unenviable job this weekend — patching potholes in wet weather.

The state representative of Polk County, where a Nov. 10 rock slide still blocks a major east-west highway, will ask his colleagues to show support for an alternate route that could cost $1 billion.

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond says he does not believe merging county and city police forces is what the people want, but if it does happen, he should be the leader of any countywide law enforcement entity.

Responding to remarks by Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond today said he does not believe merging county and city police forces to be the will of the people, but if it does happen, he should be the leader of any countywide law enforcement entity.

The long, winding drive along U.S. Highway 64 from Dr. Mahmood Saddiqui's Cleveland, Tenn., home to eastern Polk County is a commute he's cursed many times during his 16 years practicing medicine.