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FIRST ON 3: COVID-19 vaccine administrators give doses to close contacts hours after qualified citizens were turned away

Hamilton County officials say miscalculations led to late-evening vaccinations in the Tennessee Riverpark on New Year’s Eve, long after people were turned away and told there were no more vaccines ava → Read More

UPDATE: Coyote Jacks to permanently close

She says she hopes it will turn the focus away from the business and toward finding the person responsible for killing a 19-year-old partygoer last weekend. → Read More

UPDATE: Arrest made in hit and run on East MLK Boulevard

Chattanooga police are looking for the driver who hit a woman on East MLK Boulevard and kept driving on Wednesday night. → Read More

Whirlpool Foundation to match employee, retiree donations

Whirlpool, located in Bradley County, announced it is helping to stretch the donations employees make to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. The company announced on its website that the Whirlpool F... → Read More

About a dozen people miss the historic eclipse while being booke

A small number of citizens missed the historic total solar eclipse as it passed through Chattanooga Monday because they were in the process of being booked into the Hamilton County Jail. → Read More

Child killed by falling television at Athens daycare

Athens Police are investigating the death of a five year-old boy following an incident at a daycare. → Read More

Incline Railway closed after partial derailment

Maragnano says a total of 60 people were on-board at the time of the incident, 20 in the lower car and 40 in the upper car. → Read More

UPDATE: Police searching for Catoosa County bank robber

The man robbed First Tennessee Bank located at 5038 Alabama Highway in Ringgold on Tuesday. → Read More

Former Cleveland football coach arrested

A former Cleveland City Schools teacher assistant and football coach is facing drug and weapon charges. → Read More

UPDATE: Kidnapping suspect now in custody following high-speed c

A kidnapping that started in Walker County has crossed state lines to Chattanooga where U.S. Marshals are on the scene working to apprehend the suspect. → Read More

UPDATE: GA kidnapping suspect in custody following police chase

A kidnapping that started in Walker County has crossed state lines to Chattanooga where U.S. Marshals are on the scene working to apprehend the suspect. → Read More

Hamilton Co. residents to report for jury selection in Vandy rap

A few hundred Hamilton County residents are expected to report for jury selection Wednesday in the Vanderbilt rape case. Jury selection begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Hamilton County Criminal Court. → Read More

UPDATE: Suspect in Vanderbilt rape case to have petition hearing

Cory Batey, a former Vanderbilt football player charged with rape, will go before a Nashville judge Tuesday morning for a petition hearing, just one day before jury selection begins locally in Hami... → Read More

UPDATE: Jury selection for Vanderbilt rape case begins Wednesday

A few hundred Hamilton County residents are expected to report for jury selection Wednesday in the Vanderbilt rape case. → Read More

UPDATE: Man rescued in Ellison's Cave on Pigeon Mountain

Multiple agencies are on scene attempting to rescue a 22 year-old man from the bottom of Ellison's Cave on Pigeon Mountain. → Read More

UPDATE: East Ridge Police cancel Endangered Child Alert

An East Tennessee Endangered Child Alert has been issued by the East Ridge Police Department for 17 year-old Natalie Paige Cox. Natalie is a white female, with blue eyes, brown hair, 5'7" tall, a... → Read More

Cave rescue under way on Pigeon Mountain

Multiple agencies are on scene attempting to rescue a 22 year-old man from the bottom of Ellison's Cave on Pigeon Mountain. → Read More

East Ridge Police issue Endangered Child Alert

An East Tennessee Endangered Child Alert has been issued by the East Ridge Police Department for 17 year-old Natalie Paige Cox. Natalie is a white female, with blue eyes, brown hair, 5'7" tall, a... → Read More

Used car dealer accused again of forcing himself on customer

A Chattanooga used car dealer is charged with sexual battery for a second time after allegedly forcing himself on a female customer. → Read More

Former EMA Chief Bill Tittle Passes Away

The former leader of Hamilton County’s Emergency Management Agency died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. “Former Chief Bill Tittle lost his battle today from cancer,” Amy Maxwell, spokesperson... → Read More