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Christy Brandon pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted delivery of fentanyl resulting in the May 27 death of Charles Rudder as part of the agreement with state prosecutors.
A 33-year-old woman who was facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of an East Ridge man was sentenced to three years of supervised probation as part of a plea deal.
The federal trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will be held in the city, a judge ruled Thursday.
A former Hamilton County high school teacher accused of having s*x with an underage teenager is negotiating a potential plea deal, according to her attorney.
Casey McGrath, who was 28 at the time of her arrest, is charged with aggravated statutory r**e.
A former Hamilton County high school teacher accused of having s*x with an underage teenager is negotiating a potential plea deal, according to her attorney.
A Chattanooga man was allegedly jumped and robbed by six men who shouted racial slurs and threatened his 14-year-old daughter, and his family is accusing police of not properly investigating the incident as a hate crime.
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Dustin Hannan A Chattanooga man was allegedly jumped and robbed by six men who shouted racial slurs and threatened his 14-year-old daughter, and his family is accusing police of not properly investigating the incident as a hate crime.Dustin Already a subscriber? Lo...
The administrator of elections in Bradley County is free on a $2,000 bond stemming from a DUI charge and another related charge after Cleveland police found her in a car that had run off the road into a ditch.
A man was killed and five other people were injured during a shooting inside a Nashville, Tennessee, restaurant, police said.
Twenty-three pairs of eyes peered out the windows of a CARTA bus riding down Highway 153 on Monday, scanning the road for distracted drivers. April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, which the state is marking with a "Hands Free Tennessee" campaign.
Twenty-three pairs of eyes peered out the windows of a CARTA bus riding down Highway 153 on Monday, scanning the road for distracted drivers.
A man is facing an attempted first-degree murder charge for allegedly shooting another in a parking lot Friday night outside an East Brainerd ballpark, according to the Chattanooga Police Department.
"This is something we would have never imagined occurring at our ballpark."
A man is facing an attempted first-degree murder charge for allegedly shooting another in a parking lot Friday night outside an East Brainerd ballpark, according to the Chattanooga Police Department.
A driver in a 2022 Chattanooga road rage incident that went viral online was sentenced Monday to seven days in jail after testifying that the conditions of Hamilton County Jail have forever changed his outlook on life.
There's some truth to the perception of higher crime, data reported to the state from the Chattanooga Police Department shows — but many kinds of violent crime have decreased since the height of the pandemic.
Staff photo by Robin Rudd / Downtown Chattanooga is seen from above in February 2024. Madison Rue and Stacy Caywood, of Cleveland, said they used to go 20 miles southwest to Chattanooga and Hamilton Place mall often to shop.Recently, though, Caywood said her husband tells them to avoid the area. Alr...
"The main takeaway is that people feel like there is a glaring safety problem and we need to focus our attention on proving to people that downtown Chattanooga is a safe place."
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Police Officer Brandon Watson and crisis co-responder Rachel Smith speak in October at the Waterhouse Pavilion as Mayor Tim Kelly and Police Chief Celeste Murphy meet with the Downtown Chattanooga Alliance and River City to discuss public safety. A poll indicating 75% of...
Karen Goodwin's son, Austin Hunter Turner, is among more than 1,000 people across the U.S. who died over a decade after police restrained them in ways that are not supposed to be fatal, according to an investigation led by The Associated Press.
It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son's presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.m., the moment that a doctor had pronounced him dead.
Over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through means not intended to be lethal, an investigation led by The Associated Press found.
Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn't sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient's head off the floor.
A Hamilton County attorney said evidence in Andrew Smith's second-degree murder case should be dismissed because Collegedale police did not read Smith his rights to an attorney and to refuse to answer questions.
Former Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Deputy Daniel Wilkey, who allegedly abused his power on multiple occasions during his employment with the county, is moving toward trial or settlement in lawsuits against him.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Former Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Deputy Daniel Wilkey leaves the courtroom May 12 after a hearing at the Courts Building in Chattanooga. Former Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Deputy Daniel Wilkey, who allegedly abused his power on multiple occasions during his...
Authorities are investigating and searching for the shooter after a 56-year-old man died from a gunshot wound received inside a Chattanooga residence, according to a news release from the Police Department.
Charlotte Gallant's much younger brother stretched to reach a courtroom microphone during Jonathan Bash's sentencing hearing to forgive him for selling the fentanyl that led to his sister's 2022 overdose death.
A bald eagle found shot in Rhea County earlier this month is recovering from its wounds, but it won't ever be able to live on its own again, according to its rescuers.
Tennessee law enforcement officers will likely soon be required to report to federal authorities when they have a person in custody who is an unauthorized immigrant under a bill passed this week in the statehouse.
Taiwan Greathouse and Brittany Bell, who are also facing aggravated child neglect, child endangerment and possession of co***ne and fentanyl for resale charges, appeared Tuesday in front of Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Amanda Dunn.
A Chattanooga couple accused of felony murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of their toddler are set to head to trial in January 2025.
One person was killed in a shooting after allegedly invading a Harrison home early Tuesday morning, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
A three-day trial in Walker County last week found a man not guilty of second-degree vehicular homicide and guilty of a traffic violation in a 2021 wreck on Highway 27 south of LaFayette.
Auto burglaries and fatal overdoses in Hamilton County both dropped in 2023, while child abuse cases increased.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office on Thursday released its official statistical review for 2023, which gives residents a look inside the work done by deputies on the streets and in the county-run jail.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett speaks in 2023 during the DARE graduation ceremony at East Hamilton Middle School. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has been crunching the numbers.The office Thursday released its official statistical review for 2023, which gi...
Jacob Seth Finley, 31, of Knoxville, faces a list of charges filed by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Whitwell Police Department, according to a news release from Whitwell police.
A two-county chase involving several law enforcement agencies ended with a Knoxville man allegedly seen drinking cinnamon whiskey during the chase in custody and his terrified passenger safety released.
A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s first ex*****on in more than four years.
Thomas Claxton, 28, faces charges including evading arrest, aggravated kidnapping and burglary, driving under the influence and possessing drug paraphernalia.
A man led Hamilton County deputies on a chase early Monday morning before crashing into a garage and hiding inside before being arrested, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A 58-year-old woman died after being hit by a vehicle on Dayton Pike on Sunday morning, according to a news release.
A man died at the Hamilton County Jail on Thursday while waiting to be released, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A man died after being in custody at the Hamilton County Jail, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A Chattanooga police officer gave kudos to Jasmine Pace's family in the hallway out front of Jason Chen's apartment after they searched his home, according to body camera footage shown in court Friday — a search the defense is calling illegal.
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