The County School Board on Thursday night voted 7-2 to join in talks with the State Department of Education leading to a Partnership Zone for five low-performing schools. Joe Smith and David Testerman voted against the plan. Other board members said the only alternative was for the state to take over several low-performing schools under the Achievement School District in which the schools are "reconstituted." No board member spoke ... (click for more)
A Criminal Court jury on Thursday was told about an incident behind the Food Lion on Brown's Ferry Road that authorities say was the motive for an April 9, 2014, massacre at a Lookout Valley trailer park. Brandon Jackson said the incident five days earlier involved Derek Morse, who is standing ... (click for more)
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his intent to nominate Jeffrey Smith of Tennessee, Kenneth E. Allen of Kentucky, James R. Thompson III of Alabama and A.D. Frazier of Georgia to serve as members of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors. Senator ... (click for more)
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Here is the latest jail booking report from Hamilton County: ADAMS, JAMYRA DESHAE 3307 TAYLOR STREET CHATTANOOGA, 37406 Age at Arrest: 24 years old Arresting Agency: Hamilton ... (click for more)
The County School Board voted Thursday night to hire two contract school bus drivers, though they failed to disclose past convictions. Karitsa Jones and Kathy Lennon abstained. Officials ... (click for more)
The Westin Hotel at 801 Pine St. in downtown Chattanooga is close to opening. The hotel that is built in the repurposed "Gold Building" has local owners who are invested in the city, said General ... (click for more)
Should the city and county give $100,000 each toward a memorial at the Walnut Street Bridge to Ed Johnson, who was lynched and is believed to have been innocent of rape ?
