It’s going to be up to the new City Council to fine-tune the details of the city’s ordinance that deals with extended stay motels. In Thursday’s regularly scheduled East Ridge City Council Meeting, the board continued to discuss the sticky issue of limiting guest stays in the city’s hotels/motels and the possibility of hiring a […]

A Thursday night fire damaged an outbuilding of a house on Belvoir Crest Drive. Firefighters responded to the call in the 800 block of Belvoir Crest Drive at about 8:45 p.m., officials said. When they arrived flames were leaping from a pool house behind the house. Firefighters were quickly able to extinguish the flames which […]

The East Ridge Planning Commission grappled with two residential re-development issues, Monday, during its monthly meeting. One of the applicants had his project approved, provisionally, while a second was rejected. Angel Coz Guox and Jaime Vicente wanted the board to change the zoning of their property in the 4300 block of Lazard Street from R-1 […]

On Thursday afternoon East Ridge police helped resolve a situation in which an emotionally distressed man was threatening to harm himself. According to a press release from the department, officers responded to the scene at 730 Germantown Circle. The man was alone, armed with a handgun, and refusing to exit his apartment. East Ridge PD Patrol […]

    UPDATE: BCA officials said they have received good news about crossing guard Shirley Huff on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Huff has no broken bones and is in good spirits surrounded by family and friends. There is no news when Mrs. Huff may return to her post as crossing guard in front of BCA.   […]

Motorists in the 700 block of South Moore Road were briefly inconvenienced Wednesday afternoon after a construction crew working at a house struck a natural gas line. Officials said the incident at 709 Moore was reported at 3:19 p.m. Firefighters immediately responded to the scene to assess the potential threat, said Chief Mike Williams. “We […]