Hamilton County will get a new mayor, sheriff, district attorney and at least seven new county commissioners and five new school board members in September as part of an ongoing process that started with the primary election Tuesday.

Chattanooga entrepreneur Weston Wamp on Tuesday narrowly won the Republican nomination for Hamilton County mayor, according to final unofficial vote totals released by the Hamilton County Elections Commission.

Law enforcement attorney Coty Wamp on Tuesday decisively defeated eight-year incumbent Neal Pinkston for the Republican nomination for Hamilton County district attorney.

Polls close at 8 p.m and results will be updated in this story as they come in.

An inmate at Silverdale Detention Center awaiting trial on misdemeanor theft charges will be transported to a polling place Tuesday to cast her vote in the primary election after Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Gary Starnes approved a request filed with the court Monday.

Hamilton County and Chattanooga officials and local state legislators sometimes found themselves at odds on major issues during this year's session of the Tennessee General Assembly.

As voters prepare to go to the polls Tuesday for the Hamilton County primary elections, a new survey shows attorney Coty Wamp with a strong lead in her bid to oust Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston, and her older brother Weston Wamp is holding a narrow lead in the hotly contested three-person GOP contest to succeed Jim Coppinger as county mayor.

With hotly contested races for mayor, district attorney and several judge and commissioner races, the number of Hamilton County voters casting ballots during early voting this year more than doubled the number four years earlier in the last county primary election.

This campaign season, education issues in Hamilton County have been at the forefront of debate - especially given the state's first-ever partisan school board races.

More than half of children in Tennessee, and 76% of children in south and central Chattanooga, live in households that cannot afford the local cost of living, according to a new report from the United Ways of Tennessee.

Jurors on Wednesday found the city of Athens, Tennessee, and its city manager and attorney did not retaliate against a local man or violate his First Amendment rights for his speech at city meetings or in a sign painted on the side of a downtown building criticizing the city.

State lawmakers on Wednesday confirmed Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Tom Greenholtz to serve on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division.

With hopes of offering more competitive wages to faculty and staff, the Hamilton County Board of Education has delayed approval of its $448 million budget for the coming school year while awaiting action from state legislators.

Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, has filed a bill that would allow Erlanger Health System to transition to a private nonprofit model, although the senator said he's still mulling over the proposed legislation to change Chattanooga's public hospital.

The Signal Mountain Town Council selected Josh Ray as its new town manager Monday following a nationwide search lasting several months.

A cross-state-line cleanup Saturday in Rossville was the culmination of two communities coming together with a shared interest in revitalizing the Rossville Boulevard corridor.

Hamilton County District Attorney General Neal Pinkston's brother-in-law, Kerry Clewell, will come off the county's payroll effective May 17, according to a memo by a county official.

Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston committed Monday afternoon to requesting a U.S. Department of Justice probe into incidents of use of force by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and its operation of Silverdale Detention Center.

Weston Wamp has picked up the endorsement of the construction trade union in Chattanooga, which praised Wamp for his support of vocational training programs as a candidate for Hamilton County mayor.

Tennessee legislative Republican leaders' "truth-in-sentencing" bill is now headed to Gov. Bill Lee, requiring people convicted in eight violent crime categories including attempted first-degree murder to serve 100% of their court-imposed sentences before becoming eligible for parole.

Hamilton County mayoral candidate Weston Wamp on Friday continued to defend himself against allegations that his supporters have stooped to negative attacks — saying that County Commission Chairwoman Sabrena Smedley has been saying negative things about her opponents all along.

A bill that would allow Erlanger Health System to become a non-governmental entity was filed Wednesday in the Tennessee House of Representatives, but as of Thursday afternoon, no companion bill had been introduced in the Senate.

In a mostly civil debate that focused on the role of government, education and health care, Steven Henry and Colton Moore discussed their plans if the voters of Georgia Senate District 53 elect them on May 24.