With their family-run restaurant Blue Orleans losing between $15,000 and $20,000 a month, and the prospect of closing within weeks looming over them, chef Mike Adams and Cherita Bloodwirth turned to Food Network celebrity chef Robert Irvine for help.

A bill sponsored by Tennessee state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, aiming to promote grocery store development in "food deserts" - primarily low-income, urban areas without supermarkets - passed in a Senate subcommittee meeting this week.

After losing her husband in a deadly plane crash last year, a Hamilton County woman is giving back to the first responders who worked the tragic accident.

Citing a potentially yearslong prosecution, a federal judge denied now-criminally indicted former Hamilton County deputy Daniel Wilkey's requests to put multiple civil suits on hold until the criminal case is resolved.

To distance himself from questions of impropriety in Hamilton County's records request response practices, Property Assessor Marty Haynes said, he will fulfill a controversial request himself.

Flanked by fellow Republicans, Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday announced he will push legislation to allow most adult Tennesseans to carry handguns without having to undergo training or criminal background checks.

The main gateway to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport will undergo a big upgrade as Shepherd Road is turned into a tree-lined, boulevard-like artery, officials said Thursday.

The city of Summerville, Georgia, is considering building new water wells as a long-term solution to its ongoing water crisis.

Hamilton County Schools has expanded some of the neighborhoods that will be rezoned from Ooltewah Middle and High to East Hamilton Middle and High this fall.

Dalton, Ga., police are searching for a 17-year-old girl who ran away from the custody of her group home on Tuesday.

Former Etowah, Tennessee, police chief Eric Armstrong turned himself in to McMinn County authorities Thursday after being sought on a misdemeanor assault by domestic violence warrant since an incident Sunday.

A small plane that crashed in the north Georgia mountains, killing four people on board, was on what was listed as a training flight and broke up in the air after a pilot reported problems, federal investigators said.

Riverbend Festival organizers have announced this year's full schedule.

Ten to 15 degrees colder this morning than yesterday morning. Skies clearing with blustery winds.

Some school systems and businesses are closing or delaying opening Thursday due to inclement weather.

A proposed Tennessee constitutional amendment sponsored by Rep. Patsy Hazlewood that gives crime victims a greater role in the judicial process is drawing concerns from the American Civil Liberties Union-Tennessee.

A citizen has accused Hamilton County of "stonewalling" him from public records, adding to scrutiny and public questioning of the embattled county attorney's office.

Chris Haddock is a family medicine doctor in Ringgold, Georgia, and by all accounts a good one.

The question of whether some nonprofits will be exempt from fees related to the new Downtown Business Improvement District has been kicked back to the committee that initially recommended the organizations be required to pay the fees.

Former Etowah police chief Eric Armstrong is still at large and being sought on a misdemeanor warrant issued in McMinn County, Tennessee, charging him with assault by domestic violence.

Riverbend Festival organizers will announce this year's schedule Thursday at noon during a media event at Songbirds, and organizers said while there is still plenty of variety, fans should notice a more intentional lineup each night.

As the futures of some Hamilton County public schools remain uncertain, members of one school community are fighting to save theirs.

The Hamilton County District Attorney's Office cold case unit is reopening a nearly 20-year-old case, and this time, they're bringing in the FBI.