Chattanooga TN

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly has announced that the city is among the first U.S. local governments selected for Bloomberg Philanthropies new housing initiative, one of up to 30 who will receive funding and expertise to unlock supply for residents. “We were excited to get the legislation passed to allow Chattanoogans...

Chattanooga, TENN. — The Chattanooga Police Department is investigating a crash that resulted in a pedestrian's death last night, Friday, Oct. 16. At 8:22 P.M., CPD's Traffic Unit responded to a crash involving a pedestrian in the 100 block of W. 38th Street near Hughes Avenue. According to a...

Chattanooga, TENN. — 32-year-old Deres Benn was arrested last night, Friday, Oct. 16, after he shot through the windows of the Westin and The Read House Hotels and fled on an E-bike. The Chattanooga Police Department says they responded to a call of shots fired at the Westin Hotel...

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — A home in the Birchwood area was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening after a gas heater reportedly flashed over and ignited a couch, forcing the occupants to flee. At 6:20 p.m., a 9-1-1 call reported a residential fire in the 6000 block of Sam Smith...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office reports they recovered the body of a possible drowning victim at Chester Frost Park Friday afternoon. A post from the Sheriff Office's Facebook page says deputies were called to the park after a report of a possible drowning victim. When deputies...

The pace of mergers isn’t showing signs of slowing down, as health systems engage in more deals and bigger transactions. The pace of hospital merger activity isn’t cooling, and analysts say they expect to see more transactions in the months ahead. There were 16 announced hospital mergers and...

1700 Block of Cambridge Dr. — Approximate Reported Shooting Location. A 60-year-old man was left in critical condition after being shot multiple times inside a home on Cambridge Drive in Chattanooga, and police say the man now charged in the shooting admitted to pulling the trigger during an argument over household bills. John Billingsley, 59, faces charges of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated domestic assault in connection with the shooting.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A mobile kitchen used to serve hot meals across the Chattanooga area was significantly damaged after a mechanical failure and fire while it was being transported for repairs. Chattanooga Outreach and the Union Gospel Mission says its mobile kitchen, M.O.M.’s Kitchen (Meals on Mission), was damaged...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A new sanitary sewer leak has been detected in Chattanooga’s South Chickamauga Creek basin, sending wastewater into the creek Friday morning and prompting renewed containment and repair efforts. The City of Chattanooga’s Wastewater Department says leaking pipe joints were identified more than 50 feet upstream...

Olos and Olos Market is open at 345 Broad St., on the rooftop of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown, as the city's first full-service rooftop restaurant. Built entirely around scratch-made Mediterranean cuisine, the concept pairs rooftop dining with Olos Market, a first-of-its-kind Mediterranean market downstairs stocked with imported ingredients so guests can recreate the cuisine at home.