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Thursday high notches Chattanooga record for consecutive days over 90 degrees
Chattanooga has gone 45 days hitting highs of 90 degrees or more, setting a 147-year record Thursday, and forecasters say the heat won't relent until next week.
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Northwest Georgia nonprofit ex-employee pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $100K
A former employee of a Northwest Georgia child advocacy nonprofit pleaded guilty this week to embezzling almost $100,000 from the organization, federal prosecutors said.
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Ron Hart: College football: 21st century’s version of ‘Pride and Prejudice’
It's that time of year: football season, when we can put aside our political divisions and just start hating each other for the college football team we support.
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New census data shows more Tennesseans in poverty in 2025 than in 2024
Tennessee's poverty rate rose from 10.1% to 10.7% last year, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data.
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In Nashville, immigrant and refugee services dwindling due to policy changes, cuts
"I just grabbed him and ran away, without any place to go. I was trying to look for a safe country, to get far away from my country."
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‘Final issue’: Rock City says gondola will be quieter than a refrigerator
After more than eight months of promoting its planned gondola, Rock City addressed what it called the "final issue" before an upcoming vote on the project: How noisy would the ropeway lift up Lookout Mountain be?
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Chattanooga FC cuts ribbon on new headquarters, player housing
The Chattanooga Football Club cut a ribbon Wednesday on the professional soccer team's new headquarters on Riverfront Parkway.
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Red carpet set for Best of the Best awards dinner in Chattanooga
Winners at Thursday night's Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of the Best awards dinner will walk across a red carpet supplied by Shaw Industries, the Dalton-based flooring company that is sponsoring this year's event and has also provided carpeting for the Academy Awards and other high-profile events.
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Chattanooga seeks to expand traffic technology despite funding loss
The city of Chattanooga is nearly finished with a $2 million grant to help emergency vehicles communicate with the intersections they're passing through, and local officials are looking to expand the program beyond the downtown health corridor.
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Former Hamilton County deputy sentenced to 25 years for production of child sexual abuse material
A former Hamilton County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material, officials said Wednesday.
