Todd South covers courts and the military for the Times Free Press. He has worked at the paper for three years and previously covered crime and safety in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia.
Todd’s hometown is Dodge City, Kan. He served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq before returning to school for his journalism degree from the University of Georgia. Todd previously worked at the Anniston (Ala.) Star.
Contact Todd at 423-757-6347 or tsouth@timesfreepress.com.
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A well-known Tennessee Walking Horse trainer pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the United States and will likely receive probation for the crime.
The U.S. Army's 6th Cavalry carried Virginia Brown through much of her life, even though she never served in the military.
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Chattanooga man convicted of kidnapping his partner in a home invasion robbery and forcing the man to eat crack cocaine and dog feces.
Dirt piles and new crypts at Chattanooga National Cemetery signal decades more use for the local treasure.
The parents of a local rapper killed in a 2009 home invasion said they want a new trial after a hung jury resulted in a mistrial Friday.
A hung jury has led to a mistrial in the trial of two Chattanooga men charged in local rapper Robert “Brikk” Brown’s death in 2009.
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Chattanooga man convicted of kidnapping his partner in a home invasion robbery and forcing the man to eat crack cocaine and dog feces.
A jury will continue deliberating this morning in the murder trial of two Chattanooga men accused of killing local rapper Robert "Brikk" Brown.
Undercover video of alleged horse abuse by a widely known trainer prompted Pepsi to pull its sponsorship of the industry's premiere show, the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville, Tenn.
A 24-year-old former resident assistant at UTC was sentenced to three years in prison by a Criminal Court judge on Thursday.
