The city of Chattanooga has selected four finalist candidates to potentially take over as the new chief of the city's police department.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is getting an outside district attorney involved to handle a case in which Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston accused a political opponent of obstruction of justice and witness tampering.

All Southeast Tennesseans who need an intensive care unit bed — not just those with COVID-19 — could face drive times up to three times longer to get life-saving care than when the delta surge began six months ago, according to a report released Thursday.

Active COVID-19 cases in Hamilton County schools have dropped by 38% since Jan. 20, although cases remain higher than at any point during the pandemic before last week.

For decades, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has kept the profits from the sale of timber and other natural resources on publicly owned lands, folding the payments from logging companies into the agency's annual operating budget.

Tennessee's special committee investigating immigrant and refugee issues is recommending the state legislature pass measures to create more oversight and regulation of programs serving unaccompanied migrant children.

Several workers were hospitalized Thursday morning after they were exposed to carbon monoxide at a construction site in East Brainerd, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Fire Department.

The McMinn County Board of Education in Athens, Tennessee, this month unanimously voted to ban the Pulitzer-prize winning book on the holocaust "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" by Art Spiegelman, citing obscenities and a nude drawing of a female cartoon mouse, according to media reports.

A juvenile was arrested after allegedly setting merchandise on fire at the Sam's Club on Lee Highway on Wednesday night.

The lawyer for a Cleveland, Tennessee, man charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol said he and his client are frustrated with the "trickle" of case evidence released so far in the government's case against him during a hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

"Joker's Law," a Tennessee bill seeking to make the killing or injuring of a police dog or other official service animal punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, was postponed Wednesday at its first House hearing after a panel raised concerns the Senate version has not yet been introduced.

With better roads, cheaper gas and relatively lower costs for repairs than in most other states, Tennessee motorists enjoy the lowest average costs for owning and maintaining a car, according to a new study ranking driving conditions among the 50 states.

A body found Monday in the Tennessee River in North Alabama is suspected to be that of a missing Chattanooga man, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.

Hamilton County is expected to receive more than $10 million through a settlement with three top drug manufacturers over their role with the opioid crisis.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly on Wednesday announced the launch of the city's Equitable Recovery Commission, which will guide how the city uses its federal COVID-19 relief funding.

As the omicron surge continues in the Chattanooga region, Hamilton County Schools has begun transitioning schools to remote learning.

A female East Hamilton High School student received multiple stab wounds Wednesday morning in a cafeteria altercation with another student, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

A 96-year-old man has died after a crash on the 2700 block of Rossville Boulevard on Tuesday, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Police Department.

To keep pace with a projected tenfold increase in electric vehicles on the road in the Tennessee Valley in the next six years, the first of 80 fast recharging stations promised by the Tennessee Valley Authority began operation here Tuesday.

A just-released inventory of Tennessee's public infrastructure needs reveals $61.94 billion in demands, with over half the money required for transportation, followed by higher education, K-12 school renovations, water and wastewater projects and new public schools and additions.

State Rep. Brandon Ogles, days after threatening a "deep dive" into the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance, says he is drafting legislation that could change the board's subpoena power.

A mother told police Saturday her infant son had been abused by his father, leading to his arrest.

Three years after a school voucher bill brought the legislature to a standstill, lawmakers are being asked to choose sides again — this time with COVID-19 as the main factor.