Baseball playoffs are set to begin in Georgia next week, and while a handful of teams can at least rest easy knowing they will have a postseason spot, several more head into play Tuesday needing a big week to move on.

Walker County Commissioner Mark Askew issued a call earlier this month to support local agriculture, pinning it to a warning that hard times could be right around the corner.

Two candidates have stepped forward to run for the Georgia state Senate District 53 seat being vacated by Sen. Jeff Mullis, and another is weighing his options.

Loans of up to $50,000 are available for businesses and individuals in Northwest Georgia hurt by the pandemic.

Walker County Schools students who have had close contact with people with COVID-19 while in school will no longer be required to quarantine.

The East Ridge Police Department is encouraging residents to sign up family members with disabilities like autism or dementia for a newly adopted "Take Me Home" program.

Guided by Bible passages that cite the evidence of God in nature, parishioners of Grace Episcopal Church will dedicate an arboretum Sunday on their 4-acre property in Brainerd.

At the start of the new year, the Collegedale Parks and Recreation Department is working to provide new programs as well as continue momentum from previous years.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the shooting of a man by an officer that took place early Thursday in Calhoun, Georgia.

It may have ended as a record-setting performance, but it certainly didn't start that way for Cole McCormick.

A Chattanooga nonprofit group is asking the community to come out and donate toys and coats for the city's needy children on Friday.

Chattanooga's internal audit office will review whether a conflict of interest took place when the city helped empty out a homeless encampment from property owned by Mayor Tim Kelly as he prepared to sell it.

The Chattanooga City Council unanimously approved Tuesday an updated ordinance to crack down on vandalism, an action that one organization said will result in the criminalization of the city's homeless population.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly has named as his chief of staff Joda Thongnopnua, a city employee who previously served as the city's chief policy officer since April.

The Walker County community is grieving the loss of school board member Carthell Rogers, who died unexpectedly in his sleep Nov. 16.

Georgia state Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, announced his bid for re-election this week.

Deputies have arrested a suspect in relation to a recent series of what authorities said were deliberately set fires in northern Catoosa and Walker counties.

When Catoosa County, Georgia, voters go to the polls this November, a local referendum on the ballot will ask them to decide whether the county and the cities of Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe should have the authority to encourage private development in specific areas through the creation of tax allocation districts.

The city of Collegedale and four former police officers have settled two employment-based lawsuits after two years of litigation surrounding an alleged quota system, according to a joint news release from the city and the officers' attorney.

Dalton resident Lorie McCamy Headrick is fulfilling a longtime dream with the opening of House of Harlow Antiques in Ringgold.

Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods recently announced the establishment of a new Office of Rural Education and Innovation at the state Department of Education.

Ten-year-old Nissa Ruth, of Signal Mountain, knew applying for a position with a national news magazine was going to be a long shot.

Walker County Schools is seeking feedback from the community on its new long-term goals. The district's coordinator for federal funds, Autumn Hentz, hosted a virtual meeting on July 20 to outline the district's upcoming plans.