Chattanooga firefighters have been called to a “relatively small” fire on the Delta Queen riverboat, Chattanooga Fire Department spokesman Bruce Garner said moments ago.

A state appeals court has ruled Chattanooga will have to pay for renovation of the Passage.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A lawyer for an adopted son of Jerry Sandusky says the man has told authorities the former Penn State assistant football coach abused him.

ATLANTA — Jailers in metro Atlanta have a challenge for inmates: Get past the new locks being tested on cells doors and win free food.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today unanimously threw out fines and other penalties against broadcast companies that violated the Federal Communications Commission policy regulating curse words and nudity on television airwaves.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jurors in Jerry Sandusky’s child sexual abuse case began deliberations today after prosecutors described him as a serial molester who groomed his victims, while his defense lawyer said the former Penn State assistant football coach was being victimized by an overzealous prosecution and greedy accusers.

An estimated 240,000 Tennesseans will get rebates in August on the health insurance premiums they paid last year unless the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the health care reform plan adopted by Congress two years ago.

Gov. Bill Haslam is not sure a special session is the right fix to the tuition hike increases expected to be approved by the UT board of trustees today.

Crews will begin work today to repair a sinkhole near U.S. Highway 127 in Bledsoe County’s Cold Springs community, according to officials.

A suspect has been arrested in the May theft of copper from Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Fackler, Ala., according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

A Hamilton County jury has awarded $9.25 million to the victim in a drunken-driving collision.

WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary John Bryson says he is resigning after suffering a seizure earlier this month in the Los Angeles area.

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann likes to call himself “the proven conservative” in Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District scrum, but a top anti-spending group isn’t so sure.

Officials with Blood Assurance are calling for blood donors who have O positive, O negative, A negative and B negative blood types.

A federal judge has turned down a bid by homeowners suing TVA to force the federal utility to place its tree-cutting policy on hold while the lawsuit progresses.

Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison is closing in on a purchase even lottery winners can only dream about — 98 percent of Hawaii's pineapple island, Lanai.

World stock markets and commodities were mostly lower Thursday as investors registered dismay at the path chosen by the Federal Reserve to try to invigorate the stalled U.S. recovery and a survey suggested China's manufacturing remains weak.

The New York Press Club is condemning Alec Baldwin's alleged assault of a newspaper photographer outside a marriage license bureau.

Sweden raised the security alert for the country's nuclear power plants Thursday after explosives were found on a truck at the southwestern atomic power station Ringhals. Police said they were investigating possible sabotage.

College football has always relied on polls and bowls to crown a national championship. It is an inexact science that has left many fans frustrated and wondering why they can't settle it on the field — like every other sport — with a playoff.

Twenty-five Illinois couples were prepared for a long legal fight when they joined lawsuits challenging the state's ban on gay marriage. Turns out they won't get one — at least not from the attorneys who would normally be responsible for defending the state's laws.

The economy we've got today is more or less the economy we've got for the rest of the year.

Seven women and five men poised to hear closing arguments in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial would begin jury deliberations without the benefit of having the former Penn State assistant football coach take the witness stand in his own defense.

MADISON, Wis. — An online weapons dealer who sold the handgun used in the Virginia Tech massacre and provided equipment in two other mass shootings has quietly closed up shop amid a flurry of complaints from customers who allege he failed to deliver orders after billing them.

ORLANDO, Fla. — No longer a backburner issue, immigration is roiling the presidential contest as President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney seek to court the nation’s swelling Hispanic population. The outcome could influence political battle lines and shape American politics for generations.

WASHINGTON — Setting up a potential constitutional confrontation, a Republican-controlled House panel voted Wednesday to cite Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress, just hours after President Barack Obama invoked executive privilege — for the first time — to withhold documents demanded by the committee.

KNOXVILLE -- The University of Tennessee football team nearly finished last in the Southeastern Conference on the field last fall.

The paddling Popps are adding their pop at the Whitewater World Championships next week at La Plagne, France.

Attention, inflexible people. Amy Bockmon has something to say to you: "Who cares if you can't put your foot behind your head? I can't put my foot behind my head. I don't care. It doesn't bother me.

There is no set path for becoming a professional musician. Some folks travel the country playing for anyone who will listen while others are classically trained.

Sandi Patty was in her most comfortable role last week, being a mom picking up a prescription in Target and buying snacks for her 16-year-old son's baseball team.

I once read a story about a couple who got into a passionate fight in the middle of a street in Paris. The man impulsively flew home to the United States ahead of time, while the woman, left alone on their vacation, decided to enjoy the rest of the week.

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Alex Volz, of California, rode Chattanooga's shuttle with his niece last week to get around downtown.

UTC students may come back this fall with a higher tuition sticker price and a wide array of fee increases.

An idea popularized in recent years is that Americans in poor neighborhoods have woefully limited access to nutritious foods because of a lack of supermarkets.

Investigators loaded boxes of medical records from a pain management clinic into a moving truck Wednesday morning after a raid at Skyview of Chattanooga Pain Management.

The Chattanooga City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to approve the use of city's first Tax Increment Financing plan for a multimillion road up Aetna Mountain.

With President Obama's unilateral granting of amnesty to roughly 1 million illegal aliens, he has made his contempt for the rule of law undeniable.

Seventy-seven days, 67 games and 18,500 miles into their self-proclaimed "A Minor League Season," Matt and Carolyn LaWell found themselves in Nashville's Greer Stadium on Wednesday night about to watch a Sounds game.

Two people who sued Hamilton County commissioners in federal court for holding regular Christian prayers during meetings led a small rally Wednesday morning and later addressed commissioners.

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond’s $275,000 deficit might be closer to $675,000.

The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, elected the first African-American president in its 167-year history on Tuesday.

The creators of the HBO series "Game of Thrones" assured the world recently that it was purely non-political when a likeness of President George W. Bush's head was shown severed and mounted on a stick in the show.

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The three-day break between the first and second halves of the Southern League season is often a time for big-league organizations to perform a slew of player transactions within their farm systems.

All 20 sports at Georgia were well above the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate cutoff score, with 10 recording their best scores in the seven years since the APR was instituted.

Jim Higgins unknowingly began building the groundwork for his new career as head wrestling coach at Soddy-Daisy High School more than a decade ago when he competed for Steve Henry, his coach and now his coaching predecessor.

Families can save money on gasoline prices just by riding a CARTA bus.

There is no set path for becoming a professional musician. Some folks travel the country playing for anyone who will listen while others are classically trained.

DETROIT -- Lexus makes the best-quality cars in the U.S., and automakers overall are much better at eliminating problems that land vehicles in the repair shop, according to a new survey of car owners. Toyota's luxury br

The rural credit company that made it through recessions and fought off attempted takeovers for 68 years soon will lose its independence.

Q. I just started my first job and my paycheck is less than I expected. Why am I paying for retirement benefits when I have a lifetime to live before retirement? A. Besides being required by law, you are securing your own financial future through the pa

A local federal judge will decide in the next month whether a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by 10 Tennessee 911 districts against telecommunications company BellSouth will move forward or be dismissed.

Ray Debarge, owner of newly opened DeBarge Winery in Chattanooga, says there's a wine for every meal, mood and mindset, for every person and for every palette.

A woman who claims she shot her husband in self-defense has a trial date on murder charges.

Soddy-Daisy's Kelsey Nunley was selected most valuable player of the Tennessee-Georgia high school all-star game Wednesday at Frost Stadium, and perhaps as much for her hitting in the first game of the doubleheader as the pitching for which she's renown.

All 17 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic programs have an Academic Progress Rate four-year average of 915 or higher. In addition, 11 sports posted perfect scores of 1,000 for the 2010-11 academic year.

As the high school baseball season rolled by, Hunter Hudson was beginning to have doubts.

Mobile home owners owe $781,525 in back property taxes in Walker County, according to county Tax Commissioner Carolyn Walker.

The Chattanooga Bar Association and the Chattanooga Times Free Press will sponsor a forum for candidates running for General Sessions Court judge, Division 5, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at UTC.

NASHVILLE — Senate and House Democrats have called on Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to call a special legislative session and use state surpluses to offset college tuition hikes and further reduce the sales tax on groceries.

Mayor Ron Littlefield's administration proposed Wednesday that no salary increases be given to police officers after a police union representative made some comments about the raises during a City Council meeting.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Bradley County emergency service officials are worried about current and future budgets on the eve of the new fiscal year.

Bradley County General Sessions Judge Sheridan Randolph has been publicly reprimanded for involving himself in the case of a man suspected of burglarizing the judge's office.

North Georgia Health District officials say six people in Dalton are undergoing treatment after having contact with a horse diagnosed with rabies.

For Chattanooga's newest school administrator, many important educational moments don't happen in a classroom.

The Hamilton County Board of Education will consider changes to the school lunch program, funding two school resource officers and budget amendments today.