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Cleveland, Tennessee, man pleads guilty to killing his ex-wife, gets life in prison
A man accused of killing his ex-wife entered guilty pleas to charges of first-degree murder, felony murder and aggravated burglary related to the January 2025 murder of his ex-wife, Karen Liner, a well-known real estate agent in Cleveland, Tennessee.

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State responds to Tennessee NAACP lawsuit challenging redistricted map
State attorneys are asking the court to deny the NAACP Tennessee chapter's request to stop a redrawn congressional map from going into effect before the 2026 election.

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Input sought on adverse stream impact at River Gorge Ranch
The state is seeking public input on a permit application to allow permanent impacts to a stream on the slopes of Aetna Mountain for ongoing development of the River Gorge Ranch residential project in southeast Marion County.

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Remember When, Chattanooga? Chatt State was born as city landed state’s first two-year technical school
Tennessee Education Commissioner Howard Warf was a popular man in the spring of 1963.

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Most commonly seen birds in Tennessee
Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Tennessee using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from Apr. 18 to Apr. 30. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 96 count sites in Tennessee. States with less than 10 count sites were not included in rankings for each bird.

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Tennessee lawmakers pass US House map carving up majority-Black district in Memphis
Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.

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Cohutta council members plan to ask mayor to step down and reinstate police
In the most recent development of Cohutta's small town drama, three members of the Town Council have scheduled an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the removal of Mayor Ron Shinnick and the reinstatement of the Cohutta Police Department, according to a flyer posted to Cohutta City Hall.

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Lawyer says Chattanooga hotel killing is a self-defense case between two secret lovers
The Chattanooga woman accused of shooting a man in the head in a Hamilton Place Boulevard hotel room appeared in court Thursday after a grand jury elevated her charge to first-degree murder.

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Officers fired as Cohutta Police Department dissolved by mayor
As of 8:30 Wednesday, the Cohutta Police Department was dissolved and all officers fired, according to former Police Chief Greg Fowler.

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Republicans unveil map carving up Tennessee’s majority-Black House district
Tennessee Republicans on Wednesday proposed a congressional map aimed at diluting the state's lone majority-Black district, a swift response to last week's Supreme Court ruling that weakened a landmark voting rights law.
