A partnership between Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe and Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga is one step closer to being sealed after three of the hospital's four oversight boards voted unanimously on Sunday to accept a finalized contract.
As two little girls recover from being bitten in the face by a pair of bulldogs who lived next door, family, friends and animal experts are trying to understand what triggered the attack.
Crime is down overall at Tennessee colleges, but the number of violent crimes has swelled, according to an annual college crime report released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Being young and modestly paid doesn't have to be a bad thing. Thrift-store clothes are way more stylish than that name-brand stuff, and who needs an Xbox 360 when you've got a Super Nintendo?
The months in 2011 have tended to follow weather themes.
As the Chattanooga City Council continues to debate the implications of a new ordinance requiring anyone under the age of 18 to be accompanied by an adult at Coolidge Park, park patrons and business owners on the North Shore are weighing the idea themselves.
Chattanooga is a city built on industry, but everyone knows that industry runs on caffeine. Fortunately, Chattanoogans can fuel up at one of the city's many area coffee shops. Whether it's rescuing the bleary-eyed, hosting weekly gatherings between friends, or providing a sequestered nook for study, chances are there's a nearby coffeehouse that will rise to the occasion.
An electronic billboard on state Highway 153 flashes: "Mayor Littlefield is too busy fighting police to pay attention to gang violence. And the gangs couldn't be happier."
As children ran and played games on a playground in the heart of the College Hill Courts development Monday evening, Chattanooga police armed with AR-15 rifles searched a building only yards away for suspects involved in a triple shooting that occurred half an hour earlier.
A fight that broke out among an estimated 300 young people at Coolidge Park on Saturday night is all too similar to a fight that happened in the park almost a year ago, Chattanooga police said.
