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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Murray County Schools and a high school principal that claimed a student killed himself after he was bullied at school.

Afternoon storms prevented work on Signal Mountain’s W Road from being completed today, so the road will be closed on Wednesday.

Three suspects are in custody after Red Bank Police Department and Chattanooga Police Department conducted a joint investigation regarding two home invasion robberies this week.

Keith Carloss, 37, was apprehended Monday for trying to burn up a house at 3918 Yorktown Road on April 16, 2012, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Fire Department.

The W Road will be closed today starting at 8 a.m. near the base of the road, close to Mountain Creek Road.

JASPER, Tenn. — Three Marion County officials' barbecue lunch ended with a surprise punch to the face Monday.

Three Marion County officials’ barbecue lunch ended with a surprise punch to the face this afternoon.

Red Bank Police are searching for three men they say invaded a couple’s apartment early this morning, bound and gagged the husband, and ransacked the home before making off with electronics and money.

Chattanooga police are on the lookout for two men they say robbed a Glass Street business at gunpoint.

The W Road will be closed tomorrow morning starting at 8 a.m. near the base of the road, close to Mountain Creek Road.

LAFAYETTE, Ga. -- A Walker County Sheriff's Office employee was arrested and charged with 11 counts of felony theft Thursday after a GBI investigation into the theft of guns from the sheriff's office property room, according to a news release.

A stabbing at a motel on Rossville Boulevard left one man wounded Saturday night and another in jail, Chattanooga police said.

Chattanooga police are looking for a woman alleged to have committed several crimes. Chirika Andriea Alexander is wanted on charges including theft, forgery, passing worthless checks and leaving the scene of an accident.

ROCK SPRING, ga. -- The Walker County Republican Party will hold candidate qualifying from 9 a.m. Wednesday through noon Friday at the party headquarters on U.S. Highway 27 in Rock Spring, according to a news release.

Wednesday is the deadline to register for the free Homeownership Initiative Seminar sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Chattanooga Housing Authority.

A stabbing at a motel on Rossville Boulevard left one man wounded Friday night and another in jail, Chattanooga police said.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- For the second straight year, Murfreesboro's Riverdale High School edged Ooltewah on a Seth Guiler overtime goal in a Class AAA soccer sectional, this time 1-0 Saturday night.

Kids of all ages who are interested in tricked-out trucks are invited to "Touch a Truck" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the River Street cul-de-sac in Coolidge Park.

Beginning this week, East Third Street between Holtzclaw and Central avenues will be closed on weekdays from about 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., a news release from the city's traffic engineering department stated.

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East Ridge police investigators are filing charges against a 13-year-old girl after she claimed she was raped at East Ridge Middle School.

A natural gas company serving Tennessee, Georgia and 10 other states has warned customers that President Barack Obama will not be paying their bills.

The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce has tapped local media executive Sandra Brewer as vice president of member services.

East Ridge police investigators are filing charges against a 13-year-old girl after she claimed she was raped at East Ridge Middle School.

With just a few weeks to go before the start of the Riverbend Festival, organizers of the 2012 Bessie Smith Strut announced tickets to the blue, barbecue and beer street party will go on sale Monday.

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A Walker County Sheriff's Office employee was arrested and charged with 11 counts of felony theft Thursday after a GBI investigation revealed he had taken guns from the Sheriff's Office property room, according to a news release.

Riverfront Nights, a free Saturday night concert series held at the 21st Century Waterfront, will kick off Aug. 4 and will feature live music, educational elements, food and a new On the Green activities series.

Chattanooga State is seeded No. 1 for the NJCAA Division I softball tournament, and the Lady Tigers played like it Thursday at St. George, Utah.

A fired McMinn County jailer has been indicted on charges of having sexual contact with an inmate, Sheriff Joe Guy said in a news release Thursday evening.

The McCallie School rowing team continued its strong season with four first-place finishes and three seconds last weekend in the Southeast Regional Championships at Sarasota, Fla. McCallie won more boys' races than any other school program and was the only boys' winner from outside Florida.

Sale Creek Middle High School principal Robin Copp has been named as the new principal of Signal Mountain Middle High School in second round of principal reassignments announced by the Hamilton County Department of Education today.

Westbound traffic on Interstate 24 will slow down starting Friday as state work crews repair bridge decking at the Browns Ferry and Cummings Highway/U.S. 41 exits.

A 14-year-old girl who was found slain on the front porch of a Chattanooga residence has been identified as Chelsea Smith Hayes.

Dalton High School has been ranked the 16th-best school in Georgia in an annual U.S. News & World Report study.

Agero, a leading provider of roadside assistance and claims management, is opening a call center near Clarksville, Tenn. The $8 million facility will create more than 500 jobs.

Walker County Clerk Carter Brown received "clerk of the year" honors for the Northwest Georgia district.

The Walker County Sheriff's Office has ruled the death of a man found with his feet bound and a pillow case over his head as a suicide.

MOBILE, Ala. -- The Chattanooga Lookouts closed out their Southern League baseball series with the BayBears by winning 9-4 on Tuesday, giving the visitors three wins in the five games.

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A Lindale, Ga., man who was arrested in Floyd County is now being accused of two burglaries that occurred in Calhoun.

The man charged in a “takeover” of the Monroe County, Tenn., Courthouse in April 2010 was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison on a conviction of transporting firearms across state lines with intent to cause civil disorder, a news release states.

Highway 64 in Polk County was reopened this morning after a rock slide earlier today closed a lane at mile marker 13.1.

Three Chattanooga residents were killed early Sunday morning after their truck collided with a vehicle that was going the wrong direction on Interstate 95 in Florida, according to reports.

An East Ridge Elementary School student has come forward with allegations that he was molested by two other students in a school bathroom, police said.

MOBILE, Ala. — The Chattanooga Lookouts evened their Southern League baseball series with the Mobile BayBears by winning 3-1 Monday night. Chattanooga starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi bounced back from two subpar performances by allowing one run in seven innings as the Lookouts (17-22) got the series to two wins apiece.

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