East Brainerd Home Damaged By Fire

Thursday, July 05, 2012

Chattanooga firefighters were dispatched to a house fire at 7014 Palermo Drive shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday. 

Captain Jeff Eldridge, the incident commander, said the residents in the home heard noises coming from the basement area. Upon investigation, the residents found smoke coming from the electrical panel in the laundry room. Moments later, the smoke turned into fire. The residents got out of the house and called 911.

Captain Eldridge said most of the fire damage was contained to the laundry room, but there was extensive damage to the rest of the house.

The dollar loss was estimated at $60,000. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

 


Pickup Truck Goes Through Wall On Cummings Highway

A pickup truck crashed through a wall on the side of Lookout Mountain during a heavy downpour on Sunday afternoon. The accident was on Cummings Highway just up from John C. Wilson Park. The vehicle landed on its side. (click for more)

$1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Chattanooga

The exciting run of Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots culminated this weekend with winners of both mega-jackpots drawn. In Tennessee, both drawings created a total of over 173,000 winning tickets, with a $1 million Powerball ticket sold in Chattanooga. The lucky winner of the Powerball jackpot of $590.5 million purchased the ticket in Florida, while the winning tickets of ... (click for more)

Location Of The Delta Queen Is The Problem

The Delta Queen is a magnificent part of history and in many ways I'm pleased she is in town. Having the boat where she is is the problem. The boat blocks the view of and from the prettiest park in our town. The crew take many of the parking spots around the park leaving families to park across Frazier and schlep their kids, strollers and picnics to the park. You don't get fireworks ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: Aimee Gets New Hands

Aimee Copeland reached for a potato chip and, with a pretty smile, popped it into her mouth and crunched it up. It sounds like nothing but it was an incredible “God moment” just one year after her bout with necrotizing fasciitis capitated the world and left a beautiful young woman with no hands, her left leg removed on one side and a right foot amputated on another. Last May ... (click for more)

Silverdale Will Face Rockwood In Class A State Baseball Tourney

Silverdale Baptist Academy now knows its first-round opponent in the Class A state baseball tournament in Murfreesboro. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association announced brackets for the Spring Fling tourney as soon as all the sectional results were in, and the Seahawks (26-2-1) drew Rockwood (25-7). The game is scheduled as Game 1 of the Class A tournament ... (click for more)

State Soccer Brackets Released

The state tournament brackets were released early Sunday morning.  In Class A/AA Notre Dame will face off with White House at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday East Hamilton drew Christ Presbyterian Academy on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.   White House is currently ranked fourth in the state wide Eurosport rankings.  Notre Dame is seventh and Notre dame is seventh. East Hamilton ... (click for more)