Mary Francis Hoots
Local 3 News
Chattanooga, TN, United States
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UPDATE: Chattanooga Lookouts add eleven new team owners to roster
The Chattanooga Lookouts today announced the team has welcomed several additional local investors to its ownership group. → Read More
Cooking safety over the holiday season
Hamilton County officials say there are more fires on Thanksgiving Day than any other day of the year. → Read More
Community centers begin reopening in Chattanooga
The centers are open Monday - Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. → Read More
Survivor of McMinn County murders says he escapes shooting by playing dead; fiancée killed in incident
Steven Lemke and another woman escape a mass shooting that police say resulted in a dispute over a ten-month-old baby. Four people were killed. Both suspects are in custody. → Read More
Soddy Daisy High School mourning the loss of two students
Soddy Daisy High School administrators alerted families in a message Thursday and Friday, counselors and support staff are available to students. → Read More
UPDATE: Enterprise South officially opened as vaccine site in Hamilton County
This site has the capacity to stack up to 1,600 cars. → Read More
First doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered at Chattanooga hospital on Thursday
Five employees at CHI Memorial received the first doses of the vaccine on Thursday. The hospital received 975 doses. → Read More
Salvation Army's Angel Tree project is underway
They spent all day assembling boxes for their Angel Tree program. These boxes will eventually be packed with Christmas presents and delivered to those in need. → Read More
Local businesses, churches affected by Interstate shutdown
Detours lead to East Brainerd and Hickory Valley Road making for a traffic nightmare. → Read More
UPDATE: Manhunt for East Ridge officer shooting suspect continues
The suspect was identified as Christopher J. Kitts, who is considered armed and dangerous. → Read More
Local nurse fights COVID-19 in some of the hardest-hit areas
Bianca Burnette is a local nurse who left North Georgia and spent ten weeks in New York fighting the virus. → Read More
Scenic City Blue Star Mothers TN5 to resume meetings
This is a nation-wide organization for mothers with children in the military. They support each other while their sons and daughters protect our country. → Read More
WATCH: Protest, march held for a 16th night in downtown Chattanooga
This is the third week of demonstrations held locally and across the world following the death of George Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis. → Read More
Chattanooga neighborhood hosts dance party during COVID-19 quarantine
Thursday night there was a dance competition in a neighborhood in North Chattanooga, while Social distancing style of course! → Read More
Medical professionals lean on locally-based telehealth company
Rhinogram offers doctor's offices a platform to visit with their patients virtually and it's all done through text. → Read More
73-year-old to finish 200th marathon at Erlanger Chattanooga Marathon
Truman Smith has gone all over the world competing in races. He has finished a race in all fifty states and all seven continents. → Read More
Recovering addicts share journeys to sobriety
Thursday, the Addictions and Dependencies Committee hosted a series of speakers who shared their stories on becoming clean. → Read More
The meaning behind the ashes on Ash Wednesday
Many Christians receive ashes to start the 40-day Lenten period to prepare their hearts for Easter. → Read More
UPDATE: Missing Chattanooga child found safe in Nashville
A girl who lives with 12-year-old Lucy Lucas told Channel 3, Lucy wrote a letter on Tuesday saying she was going to leave, and later was seen getting into a car with a man. → Read More
80-year-old trainer says exercise is key to a long life
Randy Webb turns 80 January 13th and celebrated by doing 480 stadium stairs, 300 push-ups, and 4 laps around the track. → Read More