An East Ridge police officer is expected to be fine after answering a disturbance call and being attacked by a man wielding a hammer. Assistant Police Chief Stan Allen said police  were called to the 6700 block of Ringgold Road, Saturday afternoon, on a disturbance. The complainant said a man was yelling and waiving a […]

The East Ridge City Council adopted a $13.6 million budget  and awarded a $5.7 million bid for the reconfiguration of Exit 1, Thursday night during its regular meeting. The fiscal year 2017-18 budget represents an increase of almost $1 million over the actual 2016 budget and  includes a three percent cost of living raise for […]

On Monday afternoon, the East Ridge Beer Board met to consider sanctions against a local restaurant. More importantly, perhaps, one board member introduced the idea of allowing beer to be sold in Camp Jordan during special events. The beer board heard from Tony Giannourakis, the new owner of Portofino’s. Several issues had arisen recently regarding […]

  City Manager Scott Miller rolled out an ambitious plan Thursday night during the City Council Agenda Work Session to turn the old McBrien School and the surrounding seven acres into what he called a “Town Center.”  Miller is asking the council to consider hiring a planner/architect to devise a master plan for transforming the […]