David Floyd

Hoping to clear up questions circulating in the community, Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger on Wednesday defended plans to construct a new $79.5 million baseball stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts, which proponents hope will spur upwards of $1 billion of development in the city's South Broad District.

Joined by Gov. Bill Lee and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, Hamilton County mayoral candidate Weston Wamp reiterated many of his key priorities to supporters Tuesday as he prepares for the final month of campaigning leading up to the general election in August.

Standing in the abandoned shell of a building in the city's South Broad District, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly and Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger last week detailed a grand vision for revitalizing 120 acres near one of the municipality's major entrances.

Hamilton County will spend $1 million to ensure there is at least one school security officer or school resource officer in every county school across the district, building on $950,000 already appropriated by the school board.

Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger said Wednesday that local leaders will announce details during a news conference Thursday about plans to build a new stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts at the abandoned Wheland Foundry site on the Southside.

Hamilton County commissioners will cast their deciding vote Wednesday morning on Mayor Jim Coppinger's proposed fiscal year 2022-23 budget, an $881.2 million spending plan that contains no tax increase and focuses on, among other priorities, retaining employees.

The Chattanooga City Council approved on first reading Tuesday a change to the municipality's purchasing rules that staff hopes will ease outdated requirements and lower a hurdle for small businesses.

After the Chattanooga City Council appointed her in March to serve the remainder of former Councilman Anthony Byrd's term, Councilwoman Marvene Noel, of Orchard Knob, has announced plans to seek election to her District 8 seat in August.

Chattanooga hasn't had an abortion clinic for almost 30 years, meaning women have gone without or made the trek to places like Atlanta, Nashville or Knoxville to terminate a pregnancy — all of which are roughly two hours away by car.

A jampacked cacophony of color hits customers as they enter Tee's Fireworks on Highway 127 in Signal Mountain.

Following a deadly shooting on McCallie Avenue earlier this month that left three dead and 14 injured, members of the Chattanooga City Council have been informed of an emergency purchase of 11 additional police cameras.

Chattanooga leaders expect to conduct $513 million worth of improvements to the city's sewer infrastructure between 2020 and 2030, the second phase of an almost two-decade project intended to prevent wastewater from entering the Tennessee River.

All five judges from the five divisions of Hamilton County General Sessions Court have recused themselves from hearing a case involving former Chattanooga City Councilman Erskine Oglesby, who has been accused of stealing items from two supermarkets.

A man and a woman cower behind a stopped car. Revelers standing on the patio of the Blue Light nightclub retreat several feet or drop to the ground. Many stand and look around shocked while figures race toward the apparent sound of gunfire.

Two weeks after a shooting incident left three people dead and 14 injured on McCallie Avenue, Tennessee lawmakers were in Chattanooga this week as part of a multicity tour celebrating the passage of a new law they say makes the state a national leader in enforcing stiffer penalties for violent crimes.

The Chattanooga Police Department has released an updated timeline of events that preceded an early morning shooting incident on June 5 on McCallie Avenue near Mary's Bar & Grill, which left three people dead and 14 injured.

Jets of cool air greet visitors as they step through the doors at the Community Kitchen's building on East 11th Street in Chattanooga.

Tennessee State Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, on Wednesday touted improvements in the state's standardized test scores, which indicated that student proficiency in English and math regained ground after dipping at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hamilton County commissioners have cleared the way for developers to construct 800 houses on 321 acres straddling 3120 Bill Jones Road.

A resident of East Lake Courts, Tasha Rowe, said her children can't play on her porch without being reminded of the threat of violence that underpins certain neighborhoods in Chattanooga.