Athens, Tennessee, city manager resigns as new council takes office
After the mayor and vice mayor of Athens, Tennessee, were voted out of office last week, the town's city manager resigned Monday.
Delivery driver for Franklin County elementary school arrested with suspected pot, fentanyl, gun and cash
A produce driver making a delivery to Sewanee Elementary School was busted by a Franklin County, Tennessee, school resource officer after he smelled what he believed to be marijuana as the truck drove passed by last week, authorities there said.
Tennessee boating fatalities near 26-year high mark
Deaths for 2022 at 27 and counting
Chattanooga area is home to three sites that tell story of Native Americans
Home to indigenous cultures for thousands of years, three of the seven sites in Tennessee that tell the story of Native Americans are in the Chattanooga area, according to the Tennessee Department of Tourism.
Clingman descendants: Cost of renaming peak would be worth it
If the U.S. Board on Geographic Names approves a proposal to change what is now named Clingmans Dome to its Cherokee name, Kuwohi, one of the effects below the surface would seemingly be financial as every guidepost, brochure, map, sign and website bearing information on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park landmark would have to be updated.
Cleveland man partners with conservation groups to protect 620-acre Custard Hollow on Cumberland Plateau
A Cleveland, Tennessee, man partnered with conservation groups to conserve 620 acres of Cumberland Plateau forest in Franklin County where it will add to work already underway or completed.
Tropical depression Nicole brings relief to Chattanooga region but doesn’t break drought
Despite Thursday night and Friday's deluge across the Tennessee Valley, the rain from tropical depression Nicole might not bust the drought gripping Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia, but it did help settle the dust, according to weather experts.
Longtime mayor, vice mayor defeated in nine-way race for Athens, Tennessee, city council
A nine-way race on Tuesday's ballot in Athens, Tennessee, for three open seats on the City Council ended with the town's mayor and vice mayor defeated as voters chose a newcomer, a former contender and a longtime incumbent.
Cherokee Cultural Celebration set this weekend at Red Clay
A cultural celebration is planned for Saturday and Sunday at Red Clay State Historic Park in southern Bradley County, Tennessee, the site where Cherokee leaders met for the last time before being marched on the Trail of Tears in the wake of enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Nephew speaks about Whitwell, Tennessee, woman identified in 1974 Massachusetts cold case
Former Whitwell, Tennessee, resident Ruth Marie Terry is nearly as much a mystery to most folks in her home county as she was as an unidentified Jane Doe in a 1974 Massachusetts cold case.
