Hugh Maclellan Jr. dies, Chattanooga area philanthropist and family patriarch
Chattanooga philanthropist and community leader Hugh O. Maclellan Jr. died Friday. He was 85.

Chattanooga philanthropist and community leader Hugh O. Maclellan Jr. died Friday. He was 85.

The Chattanooga Area Food Bank, a nonprofit organization that works with over 250 organizations to distribute groceries to people who are food insecure across 20 counties in Tennessee and Georgia, has taken a hit as reductions in federal spending continue.

A man who sustained severe injuries in a crash on Ringgold Road that led to a propane leak has died from his injuries, according to a news release from the East Ridge Police Department.

Tucked between two signs reading "Welcome to Tennessee" and "Welcome to Georgia" on U.S. Highway 411 are two stores — Tennga Mercantile and a Dollar General — and that's about it.

The National Weather Service issued a code red air quality alert for Hamilton, Sequatchie and Marion counties in Tennessee, as well as Dade, Walker and Catoosa counties in Georgia, that will be in effect until midnight.

A Hamilton County grand jury indicted a man on 31 counts related to child sexual abuse, and he was booked into the Hamilton County Jail.

The man Chattanooga police officers shot and killed on Christmas Eve sustained 11 gunshot wounds, according to the autopsy report released Wednesday by the Hamilton County Medical Examiner.

A Chattanooga man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of a Chickamauga man.

The Chattanooga Preparatory School founders introduced the educators Tuesday who have been named CEO and vice president of schools.

A Chickamauga police officer who died off duty while trying to save friends from an assailant at their home was laid to rest in the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Monday afternoon.
