Sarah Grace Taylor

Jens Christensen, CEO of the Chattanooga Community Kitchen, said Wednesday that the organization is working to offer its regular holiday meal while maintaining safety amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The city of Chattanooga wants to use federal COVID-19 relief funds to provide $2.5 million in unexpected end-of-year bonuses to all employees and boost local businesses impacted by the virus.

Leading into the holidays, more than eight months since the coronavirus came to Hamilton County, experts and elected officials know you are fatigued. But they want you to know that they're frustrated.

Meetings with the Chattanooga Fraternal Order of Police have caused friction between 2021 mayoral candidates, raising questions about bias toward candidates and the fate of Police Chief David Roddy.

A disparity in voter turnout between Republican and Democratic precincts in Hamilton County helped fight off an influx of Democratic voters in the 2020 presidential election, keeping the county red.

Mayor Jim Coppinger extended a countywide mask mandate in Hamilton County on Thursday, pushing the public health measure at least into early 2021.

The city of Chattanooga is looking to boost diversity in its use of contracted vendors after a study showed just 10.78% of business awarded over four years went to minority- and women-owned companies.

Looking for a role to give back to her community, Brainerd native Leanne Jones has entered the crowded race for Chattanooga City Council District 5.

With Hamilton County's now 4-month-old mask mandate set to expire this week, County Mayor Jim Coppinger is considering extended regulations, despite his own political beliefs and fractured citizen feedback.

Cynthia Stanley-Cash has entered the Chattanooga City Council race, hoping to represent District 5.

The Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition will open a warming shelter at the Chattanooga Community Kitchen this winter, using personal protective equipment and physical barriers to minimize the risk of COVID-19.

Hamilton County is looking to provide emergency weather radios to vulnerable citizens ahead of severe weather forecasted next spring.

A brief but successful Naval career defined Vietnam War veteran Austin Seay's life of adventure and giving back.

Chattanooga kicked off the 2022 budget season this week, gathering citizen input to set priorities for a tight budget restricted by COVID-19.

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, long wait times and other hurdles, local voters smashed turnout records in the 2020 presidential election.

We might never know whether the more than 60,000 people who voted for Kanye West did so as a protest to front-runners Joe Biden and Donald Trump, or if they were just having some fun — or if they sincerely liked his pro-religion, pro-environment and pro-education platform.

While votes in the 2020 presidential election are still being counted days after polls closed in several states with razor-thin margins — including Georgia — Republican President Donald Trump won big in the Chattanooga region, with over two and a half times the votes for Democrat Joe Biden.

Due to a continued spike in local COVID-19 cases, Chattanooga will re-close City Hall and other city facilities to the public, beginning Monday.

Chattanoogans voted to approve two charter amendments Tuesday, reinforcing the city's police advisory board and allowing county, state and federal government employees to run for elected office in the city.

The Hamilton County Commission denied Sheriff Jim Hammond a raise Wednesday by not taking up the matter.