On Saturday, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office suffered a catastrophic data loss relating to dash cam video storage. The report states that all dash cam footage from the entire fleet of 130 patrol vehicles from Oct. 25, 2018 to Jan. 23, 2020 was lost as a result of […]

DISTRICT 29 HAMILTON COUNTY I-75 at I-24 Interchange Reconstruction: Phase 1 traffic shifts have been implemented. Traffic should expect multiple lane shifts traveling through the interchange. Lane closures will occur Sunday nights through Thursdays nights between 9 PM and 6 AM at the following locations: I-75 NB at state line, I-75 NB MM 2, I-75 […]

TDOT contract crews will make concrete repairs this weekend on I-24 West in Chattanooga, Hamilton County from mile marker 178.9 to mile marker 178.7 in lane #1 (left/fast lane). The work will begin at 8:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 28, 2020 and end by or before 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday, March 2, 2020. […]

House Majority Whip Johnny Garrett Tuesday named State Rep. Esther Helton to fill one of six Deputy Whip positions within the Tennessee House Republican Caucus for the second session of the 111th Tennessee General Assembly.  “Rep. Helton has already demonstrated strong leadership in her first term and I am confident that she will continue to […]

CUMBERLAND COUNTY – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), in partnership with The Conservation Fund, TennGreen, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, today announced the addition of 6,229 acres to the Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park. The land – known as […]

In Hamilton County Criminal Court on Monday, Billy Hawk pleaded nolo contendere to voluntary manslaughter for the 1981 murder of Johnny Mack Salyer, whose body was found in a barrel floating in Chickamauga Lake, according to a press release from the Hamilton County District Attorney’s office. A jury found Hawk guilty of first-degree murder on […]

SCHOOLS CLOSED ON FRIDAY Hamilton County Schools will be closed on Friday due to concerns of ice on roads in the morning, especially in the higher elevations.  The National Weather Service forecast calls for temperatures to remain below freezing until the middle of the day tomorrow.  After additional discussions with emergency personnel and the concern […]

DISTRICT 29 HAMILTON COUNTY I-75 at I-24 Interchange Reconstruction: Phase 1 traffic shifts have been implemented. Traffic should expect multiple lane shifts traveling through the interchange. Lane closures will occur Sunday nights through Thursdays nights between 9 PM and 6 AM at the following locations: I-75 NB at state line, I-75 NB MM 2, I-75 […]

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce it has received a $2.2 million federal grant dedicated to helping the mentally ill. We are one of only three communities nationwide to receive this funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Pay for Success Initiative. The goal of the program is to “lower recidivism and homelessness for […]