Bradley County Schools got a portion of almost $1.4 million in federal funding for school safety measures in and around schools and school grounds.

Marquita Bradshaw wasn't supposed to win the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat. She's also the underdog in November's election against Republican Bill Hagerty in the battle to replace outgoing U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander.

Kevin Van Ausdal, the Democratic nominee for Georgia's 14th District Congressional seat, announced Friday he is dropping out of the race. In a statement on his social media pages, Van Ausdal said he is heartbroken about the decision to drop out and is doing so for "family and personal reasons."

Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday unveiled new recommendations to strengthen policing policies, boost law enforcement training and improve inter-agency sharing of disciplinary actions about problematic police officers amid civil and racial unrest as well as national calls for systemic police reform.

More than 400 people who are part of Walker County Schools - students and faculty members - were quarantined as of Wednesday afternoon as COVID-19 cases throughout the district slowly rose.

Chattanooga City Council members will vote on several proposed budget amendments from the mayor's office this month, potentially providing raises for some city employees while stripping away those accidentally budgeted for others.

University of Tennessee men's basketball coach Rick Barnes had a dream that Jim Haslam, founder of Pilot Company and staunch University of Tennessee supporter, wrote a book.

Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't do social distancing.

On Friday afternoon, married mother of two Brandy Hewitt was on hand while her boys were attending class virtually inside their home near Bonny Oaks Drive.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues into its seventh month and the number of new cases declines in Hamilton County, some area grocery stores are adjusting policies aimed at preventing spread of the virus that were put in place at the start of the pandemic.

Facebook removed a photo illustration showing a Republican congressional candidate in Georgia posing with a rifle next to three Democratic House members, saying Friday that it violated the social media platform's policy against inciting violence.

It seemed like Billy Joe Driver, 84, was always around in this Alabama city after 36 years as mayor.

Georgia's students are likely to have to take state standardized tests this spring, even though state schools Superintendent Richard Woods and Gov. Brian Kemp don't want them to, citing the continuing disruption of the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler has made opposition to the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement a centerpiece of her effort to win conservative support in her campaign, and Thursday, supporters of the movement again pushed back.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is calling the Trump administration's plan to begin distributing a COVID-19 vaccine to states possibly as early as Nov. 1 "a very hopeful prospect."

Tenth Judicial District Attorney General Steve Crump is denying allegations of an affair or that he was blackmailed into securing a conviction in a 2018 second-degree murder trial.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's administration is spending $4.32 million on the state's "Face It" multimedia ad campaign in which the governor is betting on persuasion over a statewide mask mandate to convince Tennesseans to proactively curb spread of the coronavirus.

Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger renewed a countywide mask mandate on Thursday through Oct. 8, backed by members of the local medical and business community.

With more than 3,000 public university students and employees across Georgia testing positive for COVID-19 since Aug. 1, some schools are taking action to slow the spread of the respiratory illness.

The Hamilton County Commission voted Wednesday against hiring a local builder for a $20 million expansion project at the Silverdale Correctional Facility, citing a lack of experience.

A federal judge will not block Tennessee's implementation of a law that requires verifying signatures of voters looking to cast ballots by mail.

After erroneously including raises for 500 employees in the budget for the fiscal year that started July 1, the city of Chattanooga wants to retroactively remove $1.5 million from the plan.

Despite the economic slowdown triggered by the coronavirus, Hamilton County has maintained its top financial rating among all of Tennessee's 95 counties.