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Development Director Dan Saieed is retiring after 46 years with Hamilton County. County Mayor Jim Coppinger said Mr. Saieed has been able to secure a long list of grants for the county, including many to build the popular Riverwalk. He has served as county development director since 1982. Mr. Saieed gained a master’s degree from …

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A man, 31, was shot early Thursday morning on Long Street. At approximately 1:35 a.m., Chattanooga Police responded to the 2400 block of Long Street on a report of a person shot. Upon arrival, officers located a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds and secured the scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital by Hamilton …

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Georgia state health officials reported on Tuesday there have been 33 additional deaths due to the coronavirus. The current total is 30,775. There are 379 new cases reported on Tuesday, as that total reaches 1,923,339 confirmed cases of coronavirus.  Hospitalizations with the virus are at 109,796, which is an increase of 101 since Monday. Here …

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The County Commission will appoint a temporary replacement for Rep. Robin Smith in House District 26 on March 30. Chairman Sabrena Smedley said the county needed to appoint the interim because several months are left in the legislative session. Ms. Smith resigned after being charged with a federal felony. The commission will accept letters from …

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The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and QCHC, the contract medical provider at the Silverdale Detention Center, announced the appointment of Dr. Moses Benaiah Benavides, a renowned family and emergency medicine physician to the staff of medical professionals at the Silverdale Detention Center. The HCSO also announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art medical unit at …

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Chattanooga Police Department Special Ops/Traffic Division on Tuesday held a press conference regarding an increase in traffic enforcement.  Lt. Danny Jones highlighted the fact that Chattanooga is on pace for a record fatality year. While other parts of the state are seeing increases in crashes, Hamilton County, particularly Chattanooga, is experiencing a higher than normal …

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Governor Bill Lee announced his proposal for a 30-day suspension of state and local grocery sales tax to provide direct financial relief to Tennesseans amid surging inflation nationwide.    He said, “As Americans see their cost-of-living skyrocket amid historic inflation, suspending the grocery tax is the most effective way to provide direct relief to every Tennessean. …

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When Larry Baker enrolled at Oral Roberts University in the fall of 1969 after winning two consecutive state championships with Riverside High School, he fully realized his Trojan teams had been not only good, but they were also well coached. “Coach (Dorsey) Sims (the Riverside coach) was just what we needed at the time,” he …

Read more “John Shearer: Remembering The Great Riverside High Basketball Teams And Coach Dorsey Sims, Part 2 – The Chattanoogan”

Tennessee Senators Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn voted against a $1.5 trillion spending bill that passed late Thursday. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann was in support.   Senator Hagerty said, “The process of drafting and negotiating this government funding package highlights everything that’s wrong with Washington. This work should have been completed last summer in a careful and transparent …

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