A class action lawsuit against Tennessee American Water has been filed Tuesday in the Circuit Court of Hamilton County following last week's water main break that affected a large portion of Chattanooga.
A jury on Monday night found 60-year-old Tony Bigoms guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and abuse of a corpse in his retrial on the killing and dismemberment of 48-year-old Dana Wilkes in 2012.
Collegedale, Tennessee, residents packed City Hall Monday evening to share their concerns and hear from commissioners about the recent shakeups at the city's police department and ongoing Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe into an alleged traffic quota system.
After losing most of Friday to a major water main break, sequestered jurors filed back into Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman's courtroom Saturday to hear from several witnesses, most of whom were crime scene investigators, in the retrial of accused killer Tony Bigoms.
All three former Collegedale, Tennessee, officers who were fired last week were terminated for "conduct unbecoming of an officer," according to their personnel files. But what that alleged conduct actually was is not clarified.
Three juvenile suspects have been arrested, according to a release from the Chattanooga Police Department.
One man is dead after a shooting in the 3900 block of Dahlia Street Thursday afternoon, according to Chattanooga police.
For Chattanooga Police Lt. Heather Williams, the department's second - and right now only - female SWAT officer, National Women in Law Enforcement Day, which is Thursday, means recognizing the women who paved the way.
Fallen Chattanooga police officer Nicholas Galinger was posthumously awarded the Three Stars of Tennessee award by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security during an award ceremony Wednesday, according to a news release from the department.
The Collegedale (Tennessee) Police Department's assistant chief, James Hardeman, has resigned.
