Woman left in critical condition after crash
CHATTANOOGA - A motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Tuesday evening, causing one passenger to receive serious injuries, according to a release from the Chattanooga Police Department.
Jeremy Reed, 25, was operating the Yamaha motorcycle when it collided with a Chevrolet Colorado driven by Dustin Swafford, 21, on Highway 153 North. The passenger on the motorcycle, Hope Stanfield, 18, was thrown over a truck before landing on asphalt. Reed and the motorcycle landed behind the truck.
Both motorcycle riders were taken to a local hospital with injuries. Reed remains in stable condition while Stanfield is in critical condition. Swafford did not receive any injuries.
Chattanooga Police are investigating the incident and ask anyone with information to call 423-698-2525.
City: New state law should kill guns-at-fair lawsuit
KNOXVILLE - Knoxville says a lawsuit over a no-gun policy at the fair should be dismissed because of a new state law.
In a Knox County Chancery Court filing, Knoxville officials said the new law lets them ban guns under certain criteria at their facilities, including Chilhowee Park, home of the Tennessee Valley Fair. The lawsuit by two handgun permit-holders challenges the fair's gun ban.
The new, NRA-backed state law allows local governments to choose between either using metal detectors and other security at many public facilities, from buses to parks, or letting handgun permit-holders carry guns.
City spokesman Jesse Mayshark said the fair has used metal-detector wands for several years. In January, Knoxville officials settled another lawsuit by allowing guns in Chilhowee when events aren't happening, but not in buildings onsite.
Tennessee city adopts anti-hate resolution
GERMANTOWN, TENN. - A Tennessee city has adopted a non-binding resolution against hate, extremism and bigotry in line with a position by the U.S. Conference of Mayors following the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month.
The Commercial Appeal reports the Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted 3-0-2 Monday night in favor of the position after public comment. The two abstaining aldermen said the resolution needed more vetting.
The resolution was suggested by Mayor Mike Palazzolo. More than 300 mayors from 45 states have signed onto the Mayors' Compact to Combat Hate, and Palazzolo has said he intended to sign once the board adopted the measure.
One of the two Virginia state troopers killed in the helicopter crash during the Charlottesville protests was a graduate of Germantown High School.
Police: Boy hit, injured by train in Atlanta
ATLANTA - A boy has survived being hit by a train in Atlanta.
Atlanta police spokeswoman Lisa Bender told local news outlets that the 8-year-old was hit by a train Sunday afternoon in northwest Atlanta. He suffered a broken leg and a cut on the head.
Bender said the child was "alert, conscious [and] breathing" when he was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.
Further details, like the child's current condition, haven't been released.
Court sets execution dates for 2 inmates
MONTGOMERY, ALA. - The Alabama Supreme Court has set execution dates for two death row inmates.
Jeffrey Lynn Borden is set to die by lethal injection on Oct. 5. Borden was convicted of killing his estranged wife, Cheryl Borden, and her father, Roland Harris, during a Christmas Eve gathering in Jefferson County in 1993. Torrey Twane McNabb is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 19. McNabb was convicted of killing Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon in 1997.
Court records show juries recommended the death sentence by a 10-2 vote in each case and judges agreed. The state attorney general's office asked the court to set execution dates for both men earlier this month.
Alabama has executed two death row inmates so far in 2017.