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While many of us may have realized we've been spending more to fulfill our four-legged family members' needs, it still may be surprising to many, as it was to me, to learn that pet owners in our nation spent a record $55.7 billion on their pets in 2013, according to a report from the American Pet Products Association.

DR. BILLa SJOHNSON speaks to Bradley Sunrise Rotarians about a project to ensure people in Honduras have access to clean water while fellow speaker Dr. Sally Poston stands by.

Clevelanders are being invited to a rally and reception to welcome home the community's Run to Boston team.

The Mobile Vet Center will be in Cleveland Thursday to offer information to combat veterans and their families.

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.