In an expression of support for McCallie School, parents of Chinese students who are McCallie boarding students have shipped several thousand protective masks, including some N95 masks, to the school, according to a school news release.
A child died after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday night, according to a Chattanooga Police Department news release.
James Henry Cheeks has been found Wednesday night and he is safe. He has been taken to a local medical facility for review as a precaution.
If you think you might have a respiratory illness, call your primary care physician and get checked out to make sure you don't have the COVID-19 virus, according to a news release from Whitfield County.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday that federal emergency aid has been made available for the state of Tennessee to supplement state, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the coronavirus pandemic beginning on Jan. 20 and continuing, according to a news release from FEMA.
Elected officials from Whitfield County, Dalton, Cohutta, Tunnel Hill and Varnell voted Wednesday to approve a resolution expanding the list of local businesses closed to the public through April 30 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release from Mitch Talley, Whitfield County director of communications.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office responded to a suspicious person call Wednesday at the 9800 Block of East Brainerd Road where a suspect had left a suspicious package in a store and left, according to a department news release.
Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday joined Department of Children's Services Commissioner Jennifer Nichols to call on all Tennesseans to pay extra attention to the children in their lives and in their communities as the response to stop the spread of COVID-19 could lead to an increase in child abuse and neglect and a decrease in reported allegations.
Five groups of elected officials from Whitfield County, Dalton, Cohutta, Tunnel Hill, and Varnell will meet Wednesday to consider a resolution that would expand the list of local businesses closed to the public through April 30, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A 21-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with several suspicious fires in Hamilton County, according to a Hamilton County Sheriff's Office news release.
