U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations subcommittee, welcomed Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to Oak Ridge on Monday where they toured the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann also attended.  "Today, we welcomed Secretary Perry ... (click for more)

BoxLunch, a pop culture gift store with a cause, announces that it will open its newest location in Chattanooga on Wednesday at Hamilton Place. BoxLunch offers a curated selection of the world’s most popular licensed shirts, accessories, collectibles, beauty, home goods and gift and novelty merchandise. The new store will celebrate its grand opening weekend, Saturday-Sunday ... (click for more)

A woman whose body was found in the trunk of a car after a wreck on Norcross Road in Hixson on April 7 had been shot multiple times, it was testified on Tuesday. Charges that included criminal homicide were bound to the Grand Jury against  Joshua Mincy, 25. He was also charged with aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, possession of a firearm (convicted felon), ... (click for more)

Erin O'Leary of the public defender's office said Tuesday she wants to take the jury in the Benjamin Brewer case to the stretch of I-75 where six people were killed in a 2015 crash.   Judge Don Poole said a written motion should be filed on the request.   A jury will be picked on June 12 in Davidson County for the trial of the truck driver charged in a deadly ... (click for more)

In 2016, Tennessee was named State of the Year for Economic Development by Southern Business & Development Magazine based on project totals and the variety of industries that invested in the state and created jobs. To a great extent, Bradley and Polk Counties have benefited from that investment.   From February 2015 to February 2016, Cleveland/Bradley County led the ... (click for more)

I am holding in my hand a list of the names of 50 very real people who cost the taxpayers of Hamilton County a combined $3,037.090 in incarceration charges before July 2015. These people live in our county and I dare say it is not completely their fault that they were put in the county jail. Each has a professionally-diagnosed mental illness and today, most regretfully, the County ... (click for more)