Downtown water line repair could take weeks
It could take two to three weeks to repair a 24-inch main that has been pouring water into Southside streets since Wednesday morning, officials say.

It could take two to three weeks to repair a 24-inch main that has been pouring water into Southside streets since Wednesday morning, officials say.

Jennifer Haynie got an unlikely phone call Wednesday night: on the other line was talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, coaxing her to open her door for a surprise.
Despite working all day to fix a broken water main that shut off water to many buildings in downtown Chattanooga, officials with Tennessee American Water still are not sure when they'll be able to fix it.

A LaFayette, Ga., police officer has resigned after facing allegations that he had sexual contact with a woman inside his patrol car last week, officials said.
More than 900 acres on Tatum Mountain in Dade County, Ga., are still smoldering after firefighters contained a wildfire that ravaged the mountain since Sunday.
Les Coffey, owner of the Peerless Mill in Rossville, was released from the Walker County Jail on a $1,000 bond Thursday after being arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of making terroristic threats against the city.
Rep. Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, has introduced a bill that would give Hamilton County another option when faced with an unexpected mayoral vacancy.
Les Coffey, owner of Peerless Mill in Rossville, was arrested Wednesday and charged with making terroristic threats to the city's sewer authority, according to the Walker County Jail.
A military with edge demands cutting-edge research, says Rear Adm. Nevin Carr, the U.S. Navy's chief of Naval Research.
On Monday afternoon, more than two dozen girls gathered in the cafeteria of Hardy Elementary School, laughing and squealing as they ate snacks and played games.