The Hamilton County Health Department reported 245 new COVID-19 infections and 115 hospitalizations with the virus on Wednesday, both record highs in recent months as the delta variant continues to cause a surge in Southeast Tennessee.

Increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Bradley County are disturbing the county's mayor and led to a call for renewed vigilance against the virus.

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton says he will ask Gov. Bill Lee, a fellow Republican, to call lawmakers into special session if local school districts impose mask mandates, segregate students based on vaccination status or close schools amid a state surge in coronavirus infections.

The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia, the White House announced Tuesday.

Coty Wamp, the general counsel to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, is running to be the district attorney general for Hamilton County.

The Hamilton County Health Department reported 245 new COVID-19 infections and 115 hospitalizations with the virus on Wednesday, both record highs in recent months as the delta variant continues to cause a surge in Southeast Tennessee.

The Hamilton County Commission approved a lower certified tax rate on Wednesday, but some taxpayers will still see an increase due to property values.

Three-fourths of the "Fred the Show" daily program on WPLZ-FM 92.7, NoogaRadio, are leaving the station as of Friday, Aug. 6 over a dispute with station ownership about the direction of the station, according to a news release from general manager and on-air personality Jen Lambert.

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said that investors need more protection in the cryptocurrency market, which he said is "rife with fraud, scams and abuse."

Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo with a new owner?

Two shows this weekend can help Chattanooga-area Deadheads mark a significant week, the Walker Theatre will flicker back to life with a rock 'n' roll legend and the World's Longest Yard Sale will draw carloads of shoppers in search of bargains.

A North Georgia teacher will be thanked by her former-student-turned-country-music-star on Friday's episode of "Secret Celebrity Renovation" (CBS, 8 p.m. Eastern).

Chattanooga area farmers markets have adapted to various restrictions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain growing interest in local food and businesses. The first week of August marks National Farmers Market Week, and many in-person markets remain open for the summer and fall seasons.

There was a time when McClendon Curtis maybe didn't foresee himself as a college graduate.

Tennessee senior cornerback Alontae Taylor admits he wasn't exactly aces at Volunteer State geography as a youngster growing up in Manchester, the county seat of Coffee County.

Tennessee redshirt freshman Dee Beckwith has been a running back for nearly a year now, and the plan is to keep it that way.

While still living in my hometown, Wilmington, N.C., I designed T-shirts with the caption WECYCLE.

We could pretty much guarantee that Tennessee student test scores would be off for the 2020-2021 school year.

The words "what we expected" for the drop in scores of Tennessee students on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) tests between the 2018-2019 and the 2020-2021 school years may be accurate, but they're far from comforting.