Category: STVR News

Nine people have applied to the City Council to be appointed as District 8 council member. They are Randolph Beck, Harold Burke, Jr., Michael Feely, Malarie Marsh, Marie Mott, Marvene Noel, Kenneth Smith, LaFrederick Thirkill, and Armand Wine. The appointee will serve until an election in August. The appointee will be free to run in the election. The seat became open when Anthony …

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A Hamilton County Criminal Court jury late Thursday night found 29-year-old Iesha Ariona Jones guilty of first-degree murder in the Sept. 3, 2018 homicide of 52-year-old Norman Sullivan. She received an automatic life sentence, which means she must serve at least 51 years before becoming eligible for parole.   Ms. Jones was also found guilty of voluntary manslaughter …

Read more “Iesha Jones Found Guilty Of 1st-Degree Murder In Shooting At Apartment House On Vance Avenue – The Chattanoogan”

An audit from the state Comptroller’s Office says a Bradley County commissioner had a conflict of interest on a county job. The audit said a company owned by Commissioner Erica Davis got a subcontract on work that had been approved by the County Commission. Commissioner Davis said she does not believe it was a conflict. …

Read more “Comptroller Says Bradley County Commissioner Had Conflict Of Interest On County Job; Erica Davis Disagrees – The Chattanoogan”

Two more attorneys have picked up papers for possible races against sitting General Sessions Court judges. Attorney Blake Gilbert picked up for the Division 4 seat held by Lila Statom. David Schmidt, a longtime prosecutor assigned to General Sessions Court, picked up for Division 2, where Judge Alex McVeagh presides. Attorney Caldwell Huckabay qualified earlier. …

Read more “Car Slices Through Power Pole In Red Bank; Winds Up On Its Side – The Chattanoogan”

Two more attorneys have picked up papers for possible races against sitting General Sessions Court judges. Attorney Blake Gilbert picked up for the Division 4 seat held by Lila Statom. David Schmidt, a longtime prosecutor assigned to General Sessions Court, picked up for Division 2, where Judge Alex McVeagh presides. Attorney Caldwell Huckabay qualified earlier. …

Read more “More Sessions Judge Challenges Shaping Up – The Chattanoogan”

 Senator Marsha Blackburn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said she will oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to serve on the Supreme Court.   She said, “As part of my constitutional duty to provide advice and consent to the President on his nominees, I closely examined Judge Jackson’s writings and rulings.   “Throughout …

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City Council Chairman Chip Henderson said a committee will be set up to study the issue of non-owner occupied short term vacation rentals. He said the panel would include himself and council members Jenny Hill and Raquetta Dotley, several members from the administration and also several STVR stakeholders. Officials said public hearings would be part …

Read more “City Council To Form Short Term Vacation Rental Committee; Flurry Of Non-Owner Occupied STVR Applications Come Ahead Of Moratorium – The Chattanoogan”