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Tennessee lawmaker seeks to challenge Supreme Court decisions with anti-LGBT bills
A Tennessee state lawmaker filed a series of anti-LGBTQ+ bills this week, challenging the Supreme Court Obergefell decision, threatening anti-discrimination protections and attempting to ban pride flags and symbols on state property.
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Video footage of November Hamilton Place mall shooting shown in court
The November shooting at Hamilton Place mall started over a gang dispute, police said during a hearing for the teenager accused of shooting and causing chaos as shoppers fled.
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Athens, Tennessee, man faces 10 life sentences, one of longest in state history
A man from Athens, Tennessee, was condemned to one of the longest sentences in Tennessee history Wednesday, according to a press release from the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference.
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Tennessee senators push for body cameras at CoreCivic prison
A Tennessee Senate panel wants officers at a privately run prison rocked by a 2025 riot to wear body cameras, despite opposition from the state's correction commissioner.
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Infant mortality in Tennessee remains persistently higher than national average
Tennessee's infant mortality rate has dipped since 2019 but remains significantly and persistently higher than the national average, a new report published by the state's health department found.
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Juvenile charged in 2024 North Bishop Drive homicide
Chattanooga police have charged a juvenile with first-degree murder in connection with a 2024 shooting on North Bishop Drive that killed a 57-year-old man.
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Lee declines to secure millions in federal funds to feed Tennessee kids during summer
Despite the urging of county mayors, child advocates, clergy and educators, Gov. Bill Lee has declined to secure millions of dollars in federal funding to provide food to low-income kids by the government's Jan. 1 deadline.
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Former Hixson Rep. Robin Smith will not go to prison
Judge resentences her to probation after codefendants pardoned by Trump
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Kennedy: How mah-jongg changed the lives of five friends
Jill Greblick, a retired social worker who moved to Chattanooga from Boston 15 months ago, was feeling lonely. It was difficult moving South, she said, where she knew no one.
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Split project on track for spring finish. Hamilton Place work at 60% complete
Construction remains behind schedule on the $161.6 million second phase of Chattanooga's monstrous road-building project, the Interstate 75/Interstate 24 interchange at the Tennessee-Georgia state line. Work will continue into 2026, months beyond the original targeted late-2025 finish date.
