Pet of the Week: Rooster!
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Join us at Prime News at 7 to meet this week’s Pet of the Week: Rooster!. Rooster is a 2-year-old chubby lovebug who recently had a weekend foster trip and did wonderfully!. This smiley guy got along well with and respected the other dog in...
Creature Comforts Beer Garden to open in Chattanooga’s Foundries District
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Creature Comforts Brewing Company has announced it is opening the Creature Comforts Beer Garden in Chattanooga’s Foundries District. They say the Beer Garden will offer locals a gathering place inside the historic foundry building, called “The Shed,” which is adjacent to the Chattanooga Lookouts’...
White-Tailed Deer Now Wander This Georgia Park Where Civil War Battles Were Once Held
Tucked along the Georgia Tennessee border, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park stands as a powerful reminder of the nation’s past. Established in 1890, it became the first national military park in the United States, created to preserve the sites of the pivotal 1863 Civil War battles that helped alter...
Two-alarm accidental house fire causes significant damage on Abelia Lane in Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN – The Chattanooga Fire Department reported that a residence on Abelia Lane off Dayton Boulevard caught fire Saturday night, prompting a two-alarm response. At 10:29 PM on February 28, 2026, 911 received multiple reports of flames coming from the home, and Blue Shift crews were dispatched. Due...
Grand jury charges Chattanooga woman who left man’s body in a barrel inside Motel...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Chattanooga woman is facing additional charges after law enforcement says she stuffed a man's body inside a barrel, leaving it inside a hotel room in 2023. A Hamilton County grand jury charged Jamie Smith with second degree murder. This is addition to her previous indictment...
Potential Record Bass Caught in Marion County
A potential new Tennessee state record largemouth bass is currently under official review. Darren Nunley, an angler from Sequatchie County, landed the 15.75-pound bass—measured on certified scales—at Nickajack Lake in Marion County on the morning of February 28, 2026. If ratified, this specimen would surpass Gabe...
E164 – Coty Wamp’s Morning Cup
DA Coty Wamp’s career might be best described as a mix of gut, grit, and support. In this episode, Coty shares how a high school mentor inspired her to pursue law school, how she “hit the reset button” and found her true calling, and what it was like running for office at the same time as her brother – County Mayor...
Orthodox Church in Chattanooga sees growing Sunday service attendance
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Orthodox Christian Church is experiencing remarkable growth in the Chattanooga area. Silhouan Parchert is the pastor of St. Tikhon Orthodox Christian Church. He says in the last three months, between 160 and 180 people have shown up for Sunday services. They find a way of...
Betty Lou Gerson: From Chattanooga roots to Cruella de Vil fame in 101 Dalmatians
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — From Chattanooga beginnings to One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Betty Lou Gerson turned a Southern start into one of animation’s most wicked legacies. Betty Lou Gerson was born April 20, 1914, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and moved to Chicago at 16-years-old, where...
Chattanooga Chick-fil-A restaurants to offer complimentary nuggets
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Participating Chick-fil-A® restaurants in the Chattanooga area will offer Guests a complimentary 5-count Chick-fil-A® Nuggets entrée via the Chick-fil-A® App from Monday, March 2-Thursday, March 5. The promotion is valid through the Chick-fil-A® app and while supplies last. They say to...
