Tasha Bates returns to court today in heat deaths of her sons
An attorney for the Cleveland, Tenn., mother charged with murder in the heat-related deaths of her two young boys says the public has yet to hear her side of the story.
An attorney for the Cleveland, Tenn., mother charged with murder in the heat-related deaths of her two young boys says the public has yet to hear her side of the story.
A special judge has ruled that East Ridge City Manager Tim Gobble "overstepped his bounds" when he disciplined several court clerks for their handling of a case in which his daughter was the victim.

A special judge has determined that East Ridge City Manager Tim Gobble "overstepped his bounds" when he disciplined several court clerks for their handling of a case in which his daughter was the victim.
The Hamilton County Commission will vote whether to adopt a nonbinding resolution to the Tennessee General Assembly requesting the state law to be amended to pave the way for liquor distillation. If accepted, the state could choose to include the county in the list of those permitted to decide for themselves whether they will allow distilleries in their borders.
* The Hamilton County seat was first located at Poe's Tavern in Soddy-Daisy in 1819, then moved to Hixson, then to Harrison and finally to Chattanooga after the Civil War.
The Hamilton County Commission meets today at 9:30 a.m. in Room 402 of the Hamilton County Courthouse at 625 Georgia Ave., Chattanooga.

An account to help Loretta Morris and her family resettle after the fire has been set up at First Tennessee Bank. For more information about how to make a donation, call 423-265-0537.
The Tennessee Coalition for Action is collecting incidents of people who had problems voting on Nov. 6. To submit, visit tnca.org/problems-voting.

Hamilton County Commission members met in a closed legal meeting on Wednesday to discuss "threatened or pending" litigation, according to the commission's attorney.
Two years after coming up short in the race for East Ridge's City Council and being passed over for a council appointment, businessman Marc Gravitt nabbed one of the city's two available council seats after a nail-biter finish against the widow of a longtime East Ridge mayor.
