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One local school has taken measures to improve school security in hopes of becoming the "safest school around,"a Sa goal the principal said he believes to be within reach.

Rev. David Williams, pastor at Temple Baptist, and his congregation saw that basic Christian principle at work in a bizarre real-life story over the past week.

The Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill addressing liquor-by-the-drink tax distribution on Thursday, the final day of the legislative session.

By CINDY MOORE Run Now Relay Runner To say this journey has been epic is an understatement, to say the least.

Cleveland Municipal Planning Commission members approved rezoning property around each of Cleveland's Interstate 75 exits.

The Cleveland/Bradley Ministerial Association received an update on Cleveland City Schools and brainstormed ways to continue to support students during a meeting Wednesday.

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Crime Stoppers and the Chattanooga Police Department are seeking information and the identity of the suspects of an armed robbery at the Family Dollar at 4749 Highway 58, Chattanooga.

As the pit bull mix named Duke lays cradled in the arms of Amber Sorenson, you would never expect that this is the same dog that authorities said had to be subdued with a gun shot to the head during a recent incident.

The path is now clearer for Cleveland businessman Allan Jones to acquire the assets of Hardwick Clothes.

Tammy Renee King was found walking on Mississippi 613 about a mile north of the Temple Baptist Church by a good samaritan, Britt said.

Public Art Chattanooga announced the installation and dedication of a new sculpture in the Brainerd Hills neighborhood.

Public Safety Coordinator Paul Smith spoke about the Violence Reduction Initiative to the Chattanooga Kiwanis Club, saying during the first "call in" of 13 young Chattanooga men with violent records, a mother of a shooting victim pleaded with them to stop the violence.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann announced today his first-quarter fundraising has provided his re-election campaign with $640,000 cash on hand, which he said is almost $275,000 more than his opponent, Weston Wamp.

Cleveland Police Department patrol units responded to a burglary at Bowman Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church at 300 Westview Drive NE in Cleveland on Monday morning.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled against a former inmate at the Bradley County Jail, who filed suit saying he was released early so the county would not have to pay his medical expenses.

COURTNEY MOORE, center, nominated Cormetech for the Employer Support Guard and Reserve Freedom Award.

The Cleveland City School Board on Monday, faced with lower revenues, approved a 10 percent cut in the upcoming 2014-2015 general fund budget.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. - Recognizing his center's somewhat superior intellectual skills in that long-ago summer of 1968, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Sam Wyche often leaned on University of Tennessee great Bob Johnson for help when calling audibles for the expansion franchise.

Cleveland resident Stacy Hayes presented a plan to the Cleveland City Council to create a children's home for underprivileged children under 10. He said the property he wants to use, the old McKenzie home, is around 800 feet outside of city limits, meaning it would not have access to city sewer lines.