UTC fraternity pledge denies hazing happened
A relative of Johnny Knoxville, he says the incidents were stunts

A relative of Johnny Knoxville, he says the incidents were stunts

Terry Knowles, a 20-year veteran of the Chattanooga Fire Department, was sworn in as fire chief during a ceremony at the Walker Theatre on Thursday.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's decision to halt all Greek Life activities may violate students' free speech rights, according to a nonprofit group that addresses free speech issues on college campuses.

The fraternity hazing revelations this week at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga were serious enough that officials have suspended all Greek Life activities until Sept. 5.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga suspended all fraternity and sorority activities in response to a hazing investigation reported this week, university officials announced in a letter sent to Greek Life leaders on Friday.

The hoax phone call that launched a massive police response at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga had what the emergency dispatcher believed to be gunshots in the background, campus police said at a Friday press conference.

The report of an active shooter Thursday at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga turned out to be fake, authorities said after lockdowns were lifted for the campus, government buildings and downtown businesses.

Two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga fraternity pledges endured hazing so severe that it left burns requiring skin grafts, and newly obtained records reveal that pledges also suffered water torture, laid down on a bed of mousetraps, were dragged behind a car in a trash can, squeezed lemon into their eyes and had golf balls teed off their exposed rear ends.

Two men were arrested and charged with sexual battery in separate incidents over the weekend.

After the waters that spontaneously turned roads into streams and swamped homes across the region drained away, the public wasted no time in organizing relief efforts and donation drives.
