Joy Lukachick covers crime in North Georgia for the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
She started working at the paper in July 2009 as an intern.
Raised near the Bayou, Joy’s hometown is along the outskirts of Baton Rouge, La. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Joy was a staff writer for the Daily Reveille.
When Joy isn't chasing down stories, she is a full-time supporter of the LSU Tigers and the New Orleans Saints. She also loves cooking Cajun food.
Contact joy at 423-757-6659 or jlukachick@timesfreepress.com
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RINGGOLD, Ga. — For several months, angry customers walked up and down the halls in Kendall Marshall's business, complaining that they couldn't get their computer equipment back from a shop a few doors down.
A Pennsylvania couple faces charges of 60 counts of identity theft after authorities said they found dozens of stolen driver's licenses, Social Security cards and W-2 forms in their car.
When the bodies started to pile up, Tim Mason wrestled with panic and disbelief. He wanted to believe that his parents' bodies weren't among those thrown out, exposed to the elements and left to rot in the backyard of a crematory in the unincorporated town of Noble, Ga.
Questions linger about why 10 years have passed without a promised memorial being erected to honor the hundreds of people whose bodies were discarded and left to rot at Tri-State Crematory in Noble, Ga.
Freddie Roden, a lifelong Walker County resident and a current Catoosa County Sheriff's Office investigator, has announced he will run for Walker sheriff against incumbent Steve Wilson.
Christopher Heaton was proud of his two young sons, always showing off photos of them. “He was always bragging about them,” said Chris York, who worked with 25-year-old Heaton at Advance Auto in Jasper, Tenn.
Authorities say the Tennessee River's current was swift when 25-year-old Christopher Heaton jumped in the water to rescue his girlfriend.
A Chattanooga man accused of emptying his revolver into his estranged wife and mother-in-law in a hospital waiting room last month may face the death penalty, prosecutors said.
A Chattanooga man accused of unloading his gun on his estranged wife and mother-in-law in a hospital waiting room has been indicted on multiple murder charges this week.
Lookout Mountain Drug Task Force Commander Larry C. Black is among the three candidates who have announced they will run for Catoosa County sheriff.
