Foresters contain 5-acre brush fire
Residents of the 8500 block of Ooltewah-Georgetown Road reported a five-acre fire in a nearby field Sunday night.
Hamilton County firefighters responded and controlled the fire to protect nearby structures. Officials called in the Tennessee Forestry Division to bulldoze a line around the fire to keep it from spreading further.
Man arrested in mall stabbing
Andrew Morgan Hall, age 30, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and theft in connection with the stabbing of two JCPenney loss prevention officers on Thursday.Chattanooga police have arrested the man they say stabbed two JCPenney employees Thursday while trying to shoplift blue jeans at Hamilton Place mall.
Andrew Morgan Hall, 30, is charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault and theft of property under $500, according to a police news release.
The police report states that Hall was trying to walk out of the store with four to five pairs of blue jeans. Loss-prevention officers Heath Hoskins and Keith Langley tried to stop him at the door.