Bradley sheriff released from hospital, recovering at home
Bradley County Sheriff Steve Lawson was released from the hospital after being treated for injuries received in a multi-car crash on Interstate 75 in Chattanoo…
Bradley County Sheriff Steve Lawson was released from the hospital after being treated for injuries received in a multi-car crash on Interstate 75 in Chattanoo…
The state's transportation agency has awarded a $3 million contract for the landscaping of U.S. Highway 27 between Sixth Street and Riverfront Parkway, a proje…
A bald eagle found shot in Rhea County earlier this month is recovering from its wounds, but it won't ever be able to live on its own again, according to its r…
The sheriff of Bradley County was injured Sunday in a crash on Interstate 75 and kept in a local hospital for observation, according to a news release from the…
Grundy County, the estate of a former sheriff and a former chief deputy deny wrongdoing, fabricating or destroying evidence or conspiring to use coercion and o…
A two-county chase involving several law enforcement agencies ended with a Knoxville man, allegedly seen drinking cinnamon whiskey during the chase, in custody…
Chattanooga developer John "Thunder" Thornton, owner of Thunder Air Inc., has filed a libel suit against two Marion County neighbors of his 7,500-acre mountain…
A new residential project in Marion County by Chattanooga developer John "Thunder" Thornton could be sitting on a "Swiss cheese" system of abandoned coal mine …
State forestry officials are ready for what's expected to be another busy year fighting wildfires after training in Nashville.
Citing safety reasons, school leaders announced students in the Bradley County school system will be dismissed early April 8 for a partial solar eclipse that w…
The federal lawsuit filed by the man wrongfully convicted in Grundy County for a 2006 beating death has a new trial date after a revised, 11-count complaint na…
Starting Monday in East Ridge, contract construction crews will begin resurfacing McBrien Road between Ringgold Road and South Terrace, according to a city new…
The Meigs County district attorney said state investigators are still trying to determine what led to a deputy driving his car into the Tennessee River on Feb.…
The winning challenger in the three-way Republican primary race for district attorney in the 10th Judicial District credited his late father in his win on Supe…
A $10 million federal lawsuit has been filed by the son of a woman who drowned in the back seat of a Meigs County Sheriff's Office patrol car Feb. 14 after a d…
A former Cleveland police officer allegedly gave false reports and made threats toward current city police officers leading to charges filed by the TBI of fili…
A truck driving trainee allegedly had a pistol and three loaded 9 mm magazines — one of them a 50-round, drum-style magazine — during a shooting Friday at a tr…
An argument over a reportedly stolen cellphone left one of two transport co-drivers in critical condition in a shooting at a convenience store on Pleasant Grov…
As the $161 million Interstate 75/Interstate 24 split project passes the six-month mark, construction on drainage structures, added lanes, noise walls, entranc…
Two people are being held without bond after being arrested in connection with a vehicle fire death in South Pittsburg in February 2023, according to the TBI.
A Rhea County woman is being held on a $500,000 bond after being arrested on an indictment accusing her of sex crimes involving a child under 12 years old.
The mother of the man accused in the fatal shooting of his 7-year-old half-brother Jan. 14 has been charged in the incident with tampering with evidence and fi…
Three finalists for president of Cleveland State Community College are slated for individual open public forums next week.
A Sequatchie County inmate allegedly struggled for a deputy's weapon before it discharged at a Dunlap health care facility causing minor injuries, and now the …
Athens could become the first municipality in Southeast Tennessee to have term limits for City Council members starting with election cycles in 2024 and 2026.
The pilot's failure to stay clear of high-tension power lines over Interstate 24 was the probable cause of the deadly Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter crash…
An injection of federal funding will pay a substantial portion of the installation cost for 30 electric vehicle fast-charging stations across the state to plug…
Chattanooga experienced one of its warmest, driest years on record — 145 years — in 2023, with temperatures ranging 2-4 degrees above normal compared with 1991…
Of the 19 public school districts in Southeast Tennessee, at least seven have passed resolutions opposing Gov. Bill Lee's proposal to expand the state's privat…
A member of the Etowah City Commission was jailed by state wildlife officers after an investigation into illegal hunting on private property, according to reco…
The man seen in a video of his traffic stop arrest in Jasper last year has been indicted in the initial incident.
A McMinn County man was sentenced to life in prison Monday in the slaying of his father, according to the District Attorney's Office.
The man who allegedly shot a 7-year-old Rhea County boy on Jan. 14 was the victim's relative, and now a bond has been set in the case, according to authorities.
A Rhea County man is behind bars on a homicide charge in the fatal shooting of a child, 7, according to a court affidavit filed in General Sessions Court in Da…
A fire destroyed a storage building at the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex west of Pikeville, but some goats inside the structure managed to escape.
The body of a hiker who had become lost at Fall Creek Falls State Park in heavy snow and subzero temperatures has been found by rescue crews.
The lights went out in Chattanooga's South Brainerd around 6 a.m. Wednesday, as single-digit temps, brittle limbs and power lines combined for scores of power …
Arctic temperatures combined with a wintry mix passing through the region Monday will make traveling tough Tuesday and Wednesday with little chance for improve…
If snow is your thing, you may like next week's weather — if you can stand the frigid temperatures.
An Athens, Tennessee, man is facing more than two dozen child rape and child exploitation charges stemming from an ongoing investigation launched on a tip.
Gun seizures at the Chattanooga Airport decreased 40% from 2022 to 2023, the most significant drop among Tennessee's six largest airports, but the number of fi…
The TBI has charged two men in the July death of a Bradley County Jail inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell, and an autopsy confirmed he overdosed on …
As election activities ramp up around the Chattanooga region, the Republican district attorney and two Republican challengers will face off in a forum in McMin…
A Bradley County woman has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for second-degree murder in the 2022 fatal shooting of her husband over going to bed early, cou…
A former officer at the Pikeville Police Department and Grundy County Sheriff's Office purchased a fake high school diploma online to defraud his way into a jo…
An expansion of the landfill in Rhea County will extend its life by 30 years or more while reducing odor and better managing methane gas emissions, according t…
An Etowah man has been charged in the fatal shooting of his father after investigators and autopsy results discounted the possibility of suicide, according to …
The $260 million replacement mental health facility project on Moccasin Bend has at least 1,000 opponents who have signed a petition that contends construction…
The state's new plan to alleviate traffic on Interstate 24 around Moccasin Bend will include traditional and pay-to-drive "choice lanes." But what will the com…
A Cleveland church official is free on a $75,000 bond after being charged on an indictment with possessing more than 100 sexually explicit images involving a m…