The staff at a local McDonald’s had anything but a routine morning as they started preparing for the breakfast crowd on Friday. The Chattanooga Fire Department was called to the McDonald’s at 4829 Brainerd Road at 4:15 a.m. Several employees showed up for work and started getting things ready. They smelled smoke and noticed that the stove was on fire, as well as the wall behind ... (click for more)

Here is the latest Hamilton County arrest report: ARNOLD, DEBORAH LYNN 15760 MAY RD SALE CREEK, 37373 Age at Arrest: 62 years old Arresting Agency: Hamilton County VIOLATION OF PROBATION(POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SU --- BAIRD, LORI K HOMELESS CHATTANOOGA, 37341 Age at Arrest: 59 years old Arresting Agency: Chattanooga CRIMINAL TRESPASSING --- BARKER, HEATHER ... (click for more)

County Mayor Coppinger, I hope you will sign the bill allowing Bridge refugees to settle in Chattanooga. Although not personally involved with the Bridge resettlement program, I do know a family of refugees that arrived here within the past year through this program. The father works at a poultry processing plant and is the sole supporter of his family. Contrary to what some ... (click for more)

More times than not, I stand solidly against laws, rules, or, in particular, any human beings who discriminate against others. Yet in a bill just proposed in the Tennessee State Legislature, I am very much in favor of an anti-transgender bill. I feel the legislation – which is very regrettable although necessary -- will move very fast towards Governor Bill Lee’s desk and just as ... (click for more)

There hasn’t been a whole lot to cheer about concerning Chattanooga’s Lady Mocs basketball so far this season, but they made everyone at McKenzie Arena Thursday night happy as they headed for home following a tough SoCon win. Playing perhaps their best game of the year, the Lady Mocs improved their Southern Conference record to 2-1 with the 80-76 victory over the Wofford Terriors ... (click for more)

The No. 24/25 Lady Vols picked up their third-straight SEC win on Thursday, defeating the Gators in Exactech Arena, 78-50. Junior Rennia Davis , playing in front of family and friends who made the drive over from Jacksonville, led the effort for Tennessee (14-3, 4-1 SEC), finishing the day with 18 points and five rebounds. Sophomore Rae Burrell was also in double digits with ... (click for more)