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How Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike unfolded, minute-by-minute
Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting.
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School bus monitor arrested on felony child enticement charge in Whitfield County
The Whitfield County Sheriff's Office arrested a school bus monitor Thursday after investigators accused her of enticing a child for indecent purposes and failure to report suspected child abuse, officials said.
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Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, her lawyers say
Christa Pike was in critical condition Thursday and receiving “lifesaving care” at a hospital, her lawyers said, a day after a failed attempt to execute her pushed Tennessee’s governor to halt further executions this year and order an independent review.
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Catoosa County jury reaches mixed verdict in deadly birthday party shooting trial
A Catoosa County jury Wednesday acquitted two men of malice murder while convicting them of aggravated assault and firearms charges in connection with a deadly 2025 birthday party shooting.
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Trenton man charged with murder after shooting prompted Dade County manhunt, schools closure
A Trenton, Georgia, man now faces a murder charge after authorities accused him of shooting two people, prompting an hourslong manhunt Tuesday and the closure Wednesday of Dade County schools.
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Sheriff’s Office: Loaded AR-15 found in student’s vehicle at Tyner Middle High Academy
Authorities found a loaded AR-15 in a student's vehicle Wednesday morning at Tyner Middle High Academy, according to a Hamilton County Sheriff's Office press release.
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Former Athens city attorney enters guilty plea to forgery
The city attorney for Athens, Tennessee, has entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of forgery, stemming from his signing another person's name on a legal document in 2023, in exchange for a diverted sentence.
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US Supreme Court clears way for Christa Gail Pike’s execution in Tennessee to go forward
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Tennessee to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday, overturning a last-minute stay that stalled the state’s first execution of a woman in at least 200 years.
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Hamilton County Juvenile Court unveils roughly $2.2M lobby, reception area renovation
Hamilton County Juvenile Court unveiled a roughly $2.2 million renovation Tuesday that officials said improves security, accessibility and privacy at the nearly 40-year-old Courthouse.
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‘It is sick’: Catoosa jury deliberates murder charges tied to deadly birthday party shooting
Catoosa County jurors ended a second day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict in the trial of two men accused in a deadly birthday party shooting.
