DALTON, Ga. -- Standing in the glaring sun Friday outside the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office, two families wept as the sheriff stressed the urgency of finding the man suspected of killing his own wife and her grandfather.

East Ridge's budget is now in limbo.

An ongoing dilemma over garbage bills has two Hamilton County cities toying with different strategies to keep their revenues up.

Soddy-Daisy residents will not see a tax hike this year, but city employees could see an across-the-board raise after the City Commission passed the first reading of its $10 million budget.

For Mary Dennis’ 7th graders at East Hamilton Middle High School, geography is much more than maps.

Friday may have been the first day in a five-month marathon to November elections in Hamilton County, but for Marc Gravitt it was the day to get out of the gate early.

Potential candidates for Hamilton County municipal elections are beginning to throw their names into the hat.

Five Signal Mountain Middle/High School staff members disciplined for drinking alcohol on a senior trip may appeal to the state to keep their teaching licenses after the Tennessee State Board of Education recommended their licenses be suspended for one year.

The day after the licenses of five Signal Mountain Middle/High staff members were flagged by the state for alcohol-related incidents, Principal Tom McCullough announced he would retire from a job he called "one of the most difficult" and "most rewarding."

Five Signal Mountain Middle-High School staff members have had their licenses flagged by the Tennessee State Board of Education after being suspended for drinking while chaperoning a senior class trip.