More than six months after the shootings that claimed the lives of two Chattanooga women and left five others injured, the Chattanooga Police Department's new chief, Celeste Murphy, held a news conference at Grove Street on Tuesday to declare her commitment to solving the case and ask the community for help.

Of the 760 water samples recently collected at 24 Hamilton County schools over spring break, six showed lead concentration levels higher than the state's action levels of 20 parts per billion.

Susan Crane remembers taking her first strokes in miniature golf when she was no more than 4 or 5 years old.

A federal judge in Nashville on Tuesday struck down a controversial 2021 Tennessee law that required businesses and other entities to post warning signs if they allow transgender people to use public restrooms that match their sex at birth.

Beginning Tuesday, May 17, the Chattanooga Times Free Press will reopen its front lobby to members of the public.

A female inmate was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive Monday at Silverdale Detention Center, according to a news release from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

A new Tennessee law signed by Gov. Bill Lee during the recent legislative session created a pathway for pharmacists to dispense ivermectin directly to patients who would like to use the treatment for COVID-19.

Beginning on Tuesday, the city of Chattanooga will enter into the final phase of its budgeting process, with education sessions for City Council members this week and a final vote scheduled for mid-June.

Drug overdoses were already increasing in Georgia, but the pandemic saw a meteoric rise in deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

A Cleveland, Tennessee, woman is facing charges in connection with the shooting death of her husband, according to a news release from the Bradley County Sheriff's Office.

A Chattanooga attorney on Monday asked for his client's trial to be moved to a new venue following a news conference last month at which Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond held up his photo.

Herschel Walker told the crowd of about 200 people who gathered for a rally to support his U.S. Senate candidacy Sunday that America needed leaders with courage, that high prices are hurting the nation and there's work to be done on issues such as crime and energy independence.

Since taking office in January 2019, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has yet to veto any bill approved by his fellow Republicans who dominate the General Assembly, that despite a growing list of bills he has refused to sign and sometimes criticized publicly.

A longstanding backlog in the processing of disability benefits applications from people who are too sick to work has surpassed 1.1 million people nationally — a 27% increase from pre-pandemic levels two years ago and a level not seen in more than a decade.

Tennessee lawmakers' scrutiny of public education this year ran the gamut, from completely rewriting the state's K-12 funding formula to authorizing teachers to confiscate students' cell phones if they're deemed a distraction in class.

As schools in Hamilton County have returned to mostly in-person learning this year, incidents of bullying have returned as well.

At the end of April, Gov. Brian Kemp signed new education bills into law, but among North Georgia candidates for school board races, opinions are mixed on the effect the legislation will have.

A city park in Athens, Tennessee, got a $500,000 grant for upgrades to bring parking and sports facilities up to American Disabilities Act standards and build a new walking trail, according to state and local officials.

Tag Thompson lost his brothers the day the letter arrived.

Ten days after winning the countywide Republican primary election for Hamilton County mayor by a razor-thin margin, Weston Wamp held a belated victory party Friday night and pledged to his supporters that he will work to dignify public service and focus on improving public education for future generations if he is elected in August.

Chara Dixon and Keishana Barnes want Tennessee schools to teach their children about slavery, the Jim Crow era and the civil rights movement.

About 20 people attended a Hamilton County Election Commission meeting Friday to share their concerns about the integrity of the May 3 primary election, although commissioners found the results sound and certified the results.

Tennessee could run the entirety of its government operations for more than a month relying on its rainy day balance alone, a reflection of a record $1.45 billion in savings as of the 2021 fiscal year, according to an analysis of state budgets released this week by the Pew Charitable Trusts.