East Ridge is without its chapter of the largest U.S. veterans organization after officials received "many credible complaints of illegal gambling activity," according to press release from the group.
A crowd gathered at the Wreath of Honor memorial Wednesday morning. Some were seated quietly in folding chairs. Others stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the back, and dozens more watched from the pine-straw covered hill nearby.
A domestic terrorism attack in Chattanooga 10 years ago took the lives of four Marines and a Navy sailor, leaving many grieving family members.
Four people were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries Saturday following a shooting at the Tyner Community Center, according to the Chattanooga Police Department.
Until this year, Marine Staff. Sgt. David Wyatt's children never planned to attend a remembrance event.
The Incline Railway is unharmed after crews responded to a woods fire and smoke nearby on Lookout Mountain on Friday morning, officials said.
Separate shootings left two men dead in Meigs County, and both are under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and involve self-defense claims, officials said.
A 16-year-old in foster care was struck and killed by a train while walking down the railroad tracks in Dade County, officials said.
While many grants across the University of Tennessee system faced cuts or losses recently, one initiative at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga landed a win: a $2.4 million federal grant to expand and improve the region's mental health workforce serving children, adolescents and young adults.
"I was at a crossroads."
