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Sheriff’s Office: Loaded AR-15 found in student’s vehicle at Tyner Middle High Academy
Authorities found a loaded AR-15 in a student's vehicle Wednesday morning at Tyner Middle High Academy, according to a Hamilton County Sheriff's Office press release.
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Former Athens city attorney enters guilty plea to forgery
The city attorney for Athens, Tennessee, has entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of forgery, stemming from his signing another person's name on a legal document in 2023, in exchange for a diverted sentence.
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US Supreme Court clears way for Christa Gail Pike’s execution in Tennessee to go forward
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Tennessee to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday, overturning a last-minute stay that stalled the state’s first execution of a woman in at least 200 years.
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Hamilton County Juvenile Court unveils roughly $2.2M lobby, reception area renovation
Hamilton County Juvenile Court unveiled a roughly $2.2 million renovation Tuesday that officials said improves security, accessibility and privacy at the nearly 40-year-old Courthouse.
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‘It is sick’: Catoosa jury deliberates murder charges tied to deadly birthday party shooting
Catoosa County jurors ended a second day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict in the trial of two men accused in a deadly birthday party shooting.
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Autopsy: Woman found outside Lookout Valley motel died of drug, alcohol overdose
A woman who was found dead outside a Chattanooga motel died of an accidental overdose involving methamphetamine, cocaine and alcohol, according to an autopsy report.
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State prison inmate charged in correctional officer’s death dies
DA: ‘God is the ultimate arbiter of justice on Judgement Day’
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14 arrested after searches of Dalton, Whitfield County massage parlors
Almost half of the 14 people investigators arrested Tuesday during searches of seven massage parlors across Dalton and Whitfield County were tied to a single business, officials said.
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Seven Whitfield County massage parlors searched in prostitution, sex trafficking investigation
Investigators searched seven massage parlors in Dalton, Georgia, and Whitfield County on Tuesday morning as part of an ongoing prostitution and sex trafficking investigation, officials said.
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Former Chattanooga police chief’s new defense team ready for January trial
Former Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy has hired new defense attorneys, who say they are ready for a January jury trial in Hamilton County.
