A Maine man has been arrested on child pornography and other charges after he talked a McMinn County girl into sending him nude or sexually explicit images of herself, the TBI said in a news release.

Garrett Willis, who sometimes plays the top PGA tours and worked briefly in the Chattanooga area after his outstanding college golf career at East Tennessee State, has led the first two rounds of the SunTrust State Open Championship at Nashville's Gaylord Springs Golf Links.

A gunman who wounded an 18-year-old last year outside the Eastdale Recreation Center was shot twice Monday night while he was standing on a porch in the 1900 block of Walker Street, according to Chattanooga police.

Derek Rende, who played golf for Soddy-Daisy High School and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is tied for third in the Tennessee State Open after the first day at Gaylord Springs in Nashville.

Arianas Book Business, various locations, Chattanooga, Ariana Lopez-Valentin The Chosen Feather Boutique, 9926 Penneywood Lane, Ooltewah, Chastity D. Fryar

Gov. Nathan Deal says he believes in the right of atheist groups to donate literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks just as Bibles are allowed.

A group of former Atlanta Falcons stars and coach Leeman Bennett will be in Chattanooga on Thursday for dinner and "Locker Room Conversation" at Blue Water Grill.

Lee University junior Matt Emery from Frankin, Tenn., is an NAIA men's golf first-team All-American for the second straight year, and fellow Lee junior Hunter Vest from Walker Valley High School made the 2013 second team.

Blockbuster will close its last remaining store in Chattanooga next month, but the movie rental chain will continue to operate stores in Cleveland and Athens, Tenn.

Former McCallie School standout Sean Ryan from Hixson followed up his second-place 10-kilometer finish Friday at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships in California with a close third-place 5k finish Sunday.