Top 10 local news stories of 2011
YEAR IN REVIEW
Two new officers join K-9 force
CANINE SQUAD
Dalton crime rates up, but police solving cases
BY THE NUMBERS
Crime Stoppers: Artifact theft caught on tape
With his spectacles, flat cap and neatly trimmed gray beard, the man who walked into the Battles for Chattanooga Museum an hour before closing time could have passed as a high school history teacher doing research.
Dalton woman charged in death of friend after DUI
A Dalton, Ga., woman has been charged with vehicular homicide after a Whitfield County grand jury stated she was intoxicated at the wheel when a near-wreck took her friend's life.
Cellphone videos aid in fighting crime
A Chattanooga woman grabbed her cellphone and used it to record a fight that broke out in College Hill Courts on Monday night.
Red Bank police officers, dispatcher cleared in DUI case
An internal affairs investigation launched by Red Bank's police chief states that a police officer, supervising sergeant and Hamilton County 911 dispatcher did not conspire to let another dispatcher off the hook for drunken driving.
Dayton, Tenn., man arrested after child pornography found on camera he pawned
A Dayton, Tenn., pawn shop employee who accidentally knocked over a camera in the back of the store last week was shocked when she turned on the device to ensure it worked, Dayton police officials say.
Suspected shooter freed in Gordon County slaying
A man who investigators believe shot and killed a Murray County man in Fairmount, Ga., Saturday may have been acting in self-defense, Gordon County sheriff's officials said.
Randy Hemann turns down offer for Red Bank city manager
Red Bank's first choice for its city manager position has declined the offer, city commissioners confirmed.
