Inmates at the Silverdale Detention Center took over a pavilion in the recreation yard Friday morning, hanging white sheets to disguise their activities and taking two corrections officers hostage.
About a year ago, Chattanooga Fire Department officials asked firefighters what features they'd want on their firetrucks if they could have anything they liked.
Silverdale corrections officers, special operations team members, Chattanooga police hostage negotiators and emergency responders took part this morning in a simulated gang fight and hostage situation at the detention center.
The introduction of the U.S. Senate's health reform bill Wednesday left local doctors and health care professionals with mixed reactions and many questions.
At Southern Adventist University, where yearlong student mission trips are common, the news of one student's death in Micronesia cast a cloud of grief over the Collegedale campus.
What started as a fistfight earlier this month led to the city's 16th homicide, though a jury will decide whether the shooting was justified and committed in self-defense.
After receiving several questions about deputies patrolling areas targeted for annexation by Chattanooga, Sheriff Jim Hammond wants to set the record straight.