Tim Omarzu covers Catoosa and Walker counties for the Times Free Press.
Omarzu is a longtime journalist who has worked as a reporter and editor at daily and weekly newspapers in Michigan, Nevada and California.
Stories he's covered include crime in blighted parts of metro Detroit and Reno, Nev.; environmental activists tree-sitting in California's Sierra Nevada foothills; attempts by the Michigan Militia to take over a township¹s government in northern Michigan.
A native of Michigan, Omarzu graduated from the University of Michigan with bachelor's degree in English. Omarzu comes to Chattanooga from Sonoma Valley, which is in California's Wine Country, just west of Napa.
Contact Tim Omarzu at timomarzu@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6651.
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Ernest Pursley's father was a Republican in the 1950s when that was a lonely thing to be in Catoosa County, Ga.
Catoosa County Manager Mike Helton has begun an unpaid leave of absence so he can campaign full time for county sheriff.
Layoffs and reduced hours are likely at North Georgia's Cherokee Regional Library System, which has branches in Trenton, LaFayette, Chickamauga and Rossville.
Herman McDaniel grew up in Murray County, Ga., and is an expert on its history. For the past eight years, he's run the Murray County Museum, which only exists online and has "Heritage in Cyberspace" as its motto.
RINGGOLD, Ga. -- A legacy of the civil rights movement has put a few wrinkles in Catoosa County's decision to assign 200 residents to a different voting district.
Rossville is ticketing trashy-looking yards. Four property owners faced $141 fines Monday night in City Court because they didn't comply with cleanup letters sent by the city's Better Housing Commission.
ROSSVILLE — John Coffman is so impressed with Inner-City Aquaponics that he’s been volunteering full-time for the past six weeks at the fish farm and garden that’s taking shape behind the vacant Rossville Middle School.
A 2009 bill that froze property tax assessments in Georgia has expired, but area residents shouldn't expect a shock when assessment notices arrive soon in the mail.
The Lookout Mountain United Methodist Church is not for sale.
The Lookout Mountain, Ga., City Council adopted a timeline at its meeting Thursday night to seek developers' proposals to create a new "town center" -- and hasn't ruled out any ideas.
