Chattanooga’s workforce development head takes job at Community Foundation
What motivated Quentin Lawrence to become a minister? The easy answer would be the Lord, he jokes, but fundamentally, it was an inner calling to serve people.
What motivated Quentin Lawrence to become a minister? The easy answer would be the Lord, he jokes, but fundamentally, it was an inner calling to serve people.
The twin crises plaguing Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are racial and economic inequality, according to labor organizer Peter Rickman.
Eyeing construction of a new sports arena built partially with public funds in 2016, the Milkwaukee Bucks entered into a legally binding contract with the comm…
With staff members in Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp's office stating they need more time to learn about a newly revealed proposal to fund construction of a…
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp criticized the head of the County Commission on Monday for negotiating a new deal for the Lookouts stadium project and saying…
A new ballpark for the Chattanooga Lookouts will cost taxpayers less than anticipated, city and county officials said Monday.
The manager at Avondale Community Center, Gerald Perry, will be able to return to work after a human resources investigation found he created a toxic work envi…
Taxpayers are in strong position to demand a better deal from the Chattanooga Lookouts and landowners as the team eyes a new multiuse baseball stadium in the S…
After some debate Wednesday, Hamilton County commissioners authorized $3.7 million for various maintenance projects at local schools, including paving, roof re…
The brother of a Chattanooga City Council member livestreamed his own traffic stop in Brainerd as it escalated to deputies breaking the driver's side window an…
Retired bank president Jack Allen will square off against U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Southeast Tennessee, for his District 3 congressional seat, which stre…
With plans in the works for the construction of a new multiuse baseball stadium on a prominent, blighted parcel in the South Broad District, one lobbying firm …
With officials hoping to make some progress on addressing a backlog of maintenance needs, Hamilton County commissioners are considering more than $3 million of…
With snowfall and frigid temperatures making outside conditions inhospitable, the Chatt Foundation's winter homeless shelter provided a warm place to sleep for…
Chattanooga's public works department is treating roads and has thousands of tons of salt on standby as the region braces for snowfall.
With a vote looming in the next several weeks, at least some Hamilton County commissioners and Chattanooga City Council members feel better about the plans to …
City and county leaders had their first opportunity Thursday night to publicly wrestle with the implications of a roughly $40 million increase in the cost of a…
Hamilton County will use $260,000 it received from the state to fund a bulletproof bench in General Sessions Court, bulletproof glass for the Sheriff's Office …
Members of the Chattanooga City Council and the Hamilton County Commission will have their first opportunity in an open forum Thursday to ask developers and te…
The longtime manager of Chattanooga's Avondale Community Center created a toxic work environment for employees, according to conclusions from a city human reso…
City and county officials now expect the cost of constructing a new multi-use stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts will be approximately $120 million, an incre…
With two members hoping to see payments increase, Hamilton County commissioners are asking state legislators for help reconstituting an inactive committee that…
A former Hamilton County commissioner and school board member, Fred Skillern was known to have a God-given gift for finances.
Community members and a Hamilton County commissioner are coming to the defense of the manager at the Avondale Recreation Center, Gerald Perry, who they said ha…
Property owners challenging Chattanooga's new rules about short-term vacation rentals may drop their lawsuit against the city after running into issues with mo…
Although concerns linger about safety and infrastructure in that area, Hamilton County commissioners green-lit changes to a more than 200-home subdivision in O…
Nicolle McCoy's daughter, Hope, was diagnosed with Xia-Gibbs syndrome at a young age. Xia-Gibbs is a neurological disorder that caused some impairment in her m…
The United Way's 211 helpline, which refers people to local organizations for food, housing and utility assistance, will be closed during the holidays.
Sherry Campbell's voice was full of emotion as she took her turn reading from the list of those who had died.
Federal funds previously reserved for the construction of a multipurpose gym at Rivermont Elementary School will remain frozen through Feb. 29.
Hamilton County will buy a building at 400 N. Holtzclaw Ave. for $2.65 million that could serve as a new regional forensic center.
Citing safety concerns and the tiny number of citations issued over the past two years, the Chattanooga City Council has delayed consideration of an ordinance …
After a police officer stopped him four times over a roughly 2 1/2-year period for rollerblading through town in a bike lane or on the shoulder of the road, Jo…
A more than 13,000-square-foot building on North Holtzclaw Avenue could serve as a new regional forensic center if Hamilton County officials opt to move forwar…
A faith-based nonprofit focused on combating sex trafficking and veterans' issues such as homelessness is eyeing the McDonald Farm as the potential site for a …
A Hamilton County Commission vote last month that diverted $850,000 from two local nonprofits wasn't the first time a member proposed the idea of clawing back …
At the end of the board's regularly scheduled business meeting Nov. 15, Hamilton County Commissioner Lee Helton, R-East Brainerd, introduced a late addition to…
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise will proceed with a 32-unit affordable housing project at 2003 Bailey Ave. after city and county leaders this week approved…
With rents on the rise, Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise is seeking a 20-year tax break for a 32-unit housing project, which would enable at least half the …
Chattanooga will spend $20,000 on a social and economic equity study that will aim to provide officials with a roadmap for addressing inequities in areas like …
Commissioner David Sharpe, D-Red Bank, is asking his colleagues to pull $16 million from Hamilton County's approximately $150 million rainy day fund to pay for…
Two organizations that collectively received more than $850,000 in federal funding are protesting Hamilton County's decision to divert those dollars for school…
A nearly $20,000 study by a professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga would evaluate citywide disparities in education, health care, food securit…
When Joyce Roach's husband, Raymond, died in 2018, the funeral home was full of friends the couple had made over the years at the senior center.
The vast majority of people using local homeless services have lived in the Hamilton County area for at least one year, according to data from the Chattanooga …
The Chatt Foundation, a local homeless services organization on East 12th Street, has unveiled a newly renovated kitchen and dining room, which will also enabl…
In an April 5, 2022, letter recommending him for housing, a trauma clinician and a case manager with the Hamilton County Mental Health Court called Darryl Robe…
Originally from East Ridge, Christopher Payne was 16 years old when an older girl named Emily invited him to Nashville to party with her friends.
A Chattanooga board has postponed a request to temporarily place 10 tiny homes in a sanctioned homeless camp at 12th and Peeples streets, which the applicant s…
Chattanooga officials have paused efforts to convert a transit building at 710 E. 12th St. into a 24/7 homeless shelter designed to get people shelter with as …