Judge bars Hamilton County man from owning animals as cruelty case progresses
A 74-year-old Hamilton County man charged with animal cruelty was barred by a judge Wednesday from owning pets or livestock while his case remains pending.

A 74-year-old Hamilton County man charged with animal cruelty was barred by a judge Wednesday from owning pets or livestock while his case remains pending.

A man accused of causing a single-car crash in an East Ridge tunnel that killed his girlfriend and best friends pleaded guilty to three vehicular homicide by intoxication charges Tuesday.

With a federal immigration agreement now active, trained Hamilton County jail deputies can interrogate, detain and process transfers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement when booking inmates with unverifiable citizenship status, according to the sheriff.

In the midst of a legal fight for the name of a historic, Black-owned business — Mercury — a cab owner filed a $500,000 lawsuit accusing the city of Chattanooga and a police officer of negligence, intentional misconduct and selective enforcement of municipal code, among other claims.

A jury is deliberating the fate of a Chattanooga man who was held on a total bond of nearly $2 million, officials said, after he was arrested in connection with a 2024 homicide.

A Mexican man is facing a potential fifth deportation and is accused of illegally re-entering the country after his Chattanooga federal court appearance Thursday, records show.

Trial scheduled to begin April 24 after 2-year-old’s fatal overdose in 2023

A Hamilton County judge reduced the bond for two men accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old on Jackson Avenue in December after a witness's credibility was questioned.

After five years, five days of trial and five hours of collective jury deliberation, a Chattanooga man was found guilty of first-degree murder Monday morning, following a fatal shooting outside a Dodson Avenue nightclub.

A Chattanooga man accused of first-degree murder testified in his defense Friday, claiming that he didn't fatally shoot his friend outside a Dodson Avenue nightclub in 2021.
