AMID NATIONWIDE OUTBREAK, FIRST MEASLES CASE DETECTED IN TENNESSEE
The Tennessee Department of Health says the State Public Health Laboratory has recorded the state’s first case of measles in the recent nationwide outbreak of the disease. The case was confirmed in an ...
TWO COMPANIES RELOCATING TO CHATTANOOGA’S RIVERFRONT, ALONG WITH 200+ JOBS
Micronics Engineered Filtration Group and Team Title Services have announced plans to move their respective operations to Chattanooga. The two companies are relocating to 1201 Riverfront Parkway, the ...
PROTESTERS REMOVED FROM GOVERNORS OFFICE DEMANDING REP. BYRD’S REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Activists with the Enough is Enough Tennessee campaign held a sit-in at Governor Lee's office to demand the resignation of Representative David Byrd. Allegations of sexual assault surfaced last y ...
LOCAL STUDENTS INITIATED INTO PHI KAPPA PHI COLLEGIATE HONOR SOCIETY
Nearly a dozen area students attending Tennessee Technological University were recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. T ...
RESCUE ONGOING FOR MAN TRAPPED IN GAINESBORO, TENNESSEE, CAVE
Emergency services personnel in Gainesboro are trying to reach a man trapped in a Jackson County, Tennessee cave. According to the Jackson County Emergency Management Office, a man is trapped in a ca ...
NINE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE CHARGED IN FEDERAL OPIOID BUST
As part of a federal indictment, following a four-month investigation, nine Middle Tennessee medical professionals were charged this morning for alleged involvement in illegal opioid prescription and ...
BREAKING: TAZEWELL MAN FOUND GUILTY OF CHILD RAPE
Today, after a two-day trial a Claiborne County jury found Bobby Lovin, of Tazewell, Tennessee, guilty of two counts of rape of a child. Claiborne County Criminal Court Judge E. Shayne Sexton revoked ...
BILL BANNING HAND-HELD PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING ADVANCES IN STATE HOUSE
The Tennessee House of Representatives has passed legislation that would ban motorists from using hand-held cellphones while driving. Lawmakers voted 53-38 Wednesday after lengthy debate. Supporters ...
PROTESTERS DEMAND STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID BYRD’S RESIGNATION, OR WANT GOVERNOR TO GET HIM OUT
Activists with the Enough is Enough Tennessee campaign held a sit-in at Governor Lee's office to demand the resignation of Representative David Byrd. Allegations of sexual assault surfaced last year. ...
CHATTANOOGA IS GOING TO OUTLAW ANYTHING THAT SMELLS BAD
Chattanooga is taking a stand to fight bad smells. The City Council took a final vote Tuesday night. The ordinance changes existing city law and among the changes defines an odor a nuisance when one ...
RENTABLE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS COMING TO CHATTANOOGA
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Rentable electric scooters are one step closer to coming to the Scenic City.At Tuesday night's meeting, the Chattanooga City Council took up the issue. Representatives of the Lime ...
GETTING YOUR RECORD CLEARED MAY BE FREE WHEN GOVERNOR SIGNS IT INTO LAW
State expungement fees could soon be eliminated because of a bill that's passed both houses of the legislature. Currently, it costs $450 in many cases for someone to have their criminal record cleared ...
