NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.
Politics
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Two more lawsuits filed against Hamilton County involving Silverdale
Hamilton County and former Sheriff Jim Hammond are facing two more civil rights lawsuits involving alleged medical neglect and sexual assault at the Silverdale…
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Chattanooga police reach high homicide clearance rate, decline for other violent crimes
Chattanooga police say they cleared 92% of 25 total homicides in the city last year, while at the same time the department cleared fewer rape, aggravated assau…
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Lawmakers skirmish over Georgia’s budget; Senate’s new volley slashes higher education spending
The Georgia Senate's spending plan for next year, which includes deep cuts to higher education and Georgia Public Broadcasting, easily cleared the chamber. But…
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Tennessee’s latest private school voucher expansion proposal would add Knox County, too
Tennessee's private school voucher program, currently limited to eligible students attending public schools in Memphis and Nashville, would expand to all four …
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House GOP passes parents' rights bill in clash over schools
House Republicans on Friday narrowly passed legislation that would fulfill a campaign promise to give parents a role in what's taught in public schools. It has…
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TVA joins international group in developing new small modular reactor design
America's biggest government utility is joining with utilities in Canada and Poland and one of the oldest nuclear plant manufacturers to develop a basic design…
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Tennessee and Georgia unemployment rates steady and below US average
Unemployment remained near historic lows and below the national average in both Tennessee and Georgia last month as employers continued to add jobs despite hig…
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Tennessee House OKs bill banning TikTok on college Wi-Fi networks
The Tennessee House on Thursday approved legislation barring public college and university campuses from allowing the China-based TikTok social media platform …
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Ex-Chattanooga Lookouts investor Woods pleads guilty to wire fraud
Former Chattanooga businessman John J. Woods on Thursday pleaded guilty to one felony count of wire fraud, even as his attorney and a federal prosecutor sparre…
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TikTok CEO grilled by skeptical lawmakers on safety, content
A nearly six-hour grilling of TikTok’s CEO by lawmakers brought the platform’s 150 million U.S. users no closer to an answer as to whether the app will be wipe…
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Georgia lawmakers poised to create oversight panel with power to remove local prosecutors
Momentum continues to build in the Georgia legislature for a proposed law that could allow state officials to remove district attorneys from office for miscond…
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Thriving school districts in Tennessee could avoid state charter appeals under bill
A bill surfacing in the General Assembly could stop the state from overriding districts that turn down charter school applicants, as long as the district has n…
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New early child care program hopes to address worker shortage in Chattanooga, Hamilton County
While the nation suffers from a shortage of early childhood educators, Hamilton County Schools and the city of Chattanooga are trying to create a solution: a c…
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Trial date set for lawsuit by wrongly convicted Grundy County man Adam Braseel
The civil rights lawsuit filed by Adam Braseel, who was convicted in Grundy County in a 2006 murder he didn't commit, has an April 2024 trial date in U.S. Dist…