UPDATE: East Ridge News Online has been informed by Reverand and City Chaplin Denny Manning that he will be doing the invocation and pledge of allegence at Monday’s Memorial Day Ceremony. American Legion Post 95 will spearhead the annual East Ridge Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday. The event is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. […]
Stone Signs with Georgia Northwestern
For the second time in two weeks an East Ridge High School girls’ basketball player has signed to further their athletic career at the college level. On Wednesday morning, Jayla Stone committed to play hoops with Coach David Stephenson’s Georgia Northwestern Technical College team. Stone, a high scoring guard, joins teammate Kyanna Kendrick on the Bobcat […]
Want to Sponsor Earnhardt? Bobby Dale Earnhardt to Drive No. 3 Car for Hixson Motorsports
Have you ever wanted to sponsor Earnhardt’s car? Get ready – You can! A grass roots sponsorship effort to help a hard-working driver, by the name of Earnhardt, is your opportunity to help field the No. 3 Chevy. It starts with a simple email! Hixson Motorsports (HMS), based in Soddy-Daisy Tennessee, has announced thatBobby […]
Food City Burglarized
Two masked men broke through the rear wall of Food City and burglarized the grocery store, early Monday morning. According to a police report, officers were dispatched to the store at 6723 Ringgold Road at 4:15 a.m. in regard to a burglar alarm. When an officer went around to the back of the building he […]
Proposed Budget Includes CSU Officers
The City of East Ridge will hire six new employees next year, including two police officers to combat drug crimes and gang violence. In Thursday night’s regular City Council Meeting, City Manager Scott Miller presented his proposed budget for next fiscal year. The budget will include the addition of two traffic police officers and two […]
ERPD Makes Robbery Arrest
East Ridge police have arrested a Chattanooga man and charged him in the May 3 robbery of a woman outside a local business. Antwone Clevon Boykin, 18, of a Woodmore Terrace address, was charged with Robbery, Assault, and Driving without a License. He was jailed on a bond of $8,500 and is due to appear […]
Judge Helton Files for Bankruptcy
East Ridge Municipal Court Judge J. Cris Helton has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief. According to a 46-page petition filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on April 27, Helton claims assets of $480, 648 with liabilities of $724, 540. The petition shows that his monthly income of $11,800 […]
Police Investigating Armed Robbery
The East Ridge Police Department is investigating an armed robbery of title loan store that happened mid-morning on Tuesday. According to a police report, officers were called to the Title Max at 4317 Ringgold Road at 10:18 a.m. When a responding officer arrived, other law enforcement personnel were already looking for the suspect’s vehicle, a […]
IDB Finalizes Development Agreement
East Ridge’s Industrial Development Board met Tuesday afternoon and finalized a development agreement for the development of a retail complex on Mack Smith Road. The IDB will provide $30,000 a year for the next 20 years to Mack Smith Commons LLC, the legal entity building a 5,500 square-foot building on the corner of Mack Smith […]
County Commission Approves $50K for RJS Restrooms
On Wednesday, Hamilton County Commissioners approved spending $50,000 on restrooms that will be built at Raymond James Stadium. Commissioner Tim Boyd said the funds came via discretionary money earmarked for District 8, which includes East Ridge. Boyd had earlier pledged to match anything above $50,000 that the East Ridge Alumni and Supporters raised last year […]
Planning Commission Approves Pair of Rezonings
The East Ridge Planning Commission met Monday night and approved two requests for rezoning, officials said. Michael and Courtney Flavin were asking for a single family home on Tombras Avenue across the street from City Hall that has been used as rental property to be rezoned from R1 to Office 2. The Flavin’s want to […]
Rhodes Jailed on ‘Ecstasy’ Charges
For the second time in a week, East Ridge police officers have arrested someone in possession of MDMA, more commonly known as “ecstasy.” Marquelle Alexander Rhodes, 25, of a Grove Street address in Chattanooga, is facing multiple drug charges after police found almost 10 grams of MDMA in a backpack that allegedly belongs to him. […]
Citizens Give Input during Recreation Meeting
East Ridge officials gave citizens an opportunity to potentially shape the future of recreation in the city, Saturday morning, as they hosted a community involvement meeting at the Community Center. City Manager Scott Miller said the purpose of the meeting was to get public input about what people wanted to see in East Ridge in […]
CARTA Gets Input from Residents on Future Bus Service
Dozens of residents gathered at the Community Center to discuss with CARTA and city officials the future of bus service in East Ridge, Thursday evening. A three-year grant that CARTA used to provide limited bus service to East Ridge through a pilot program is set to expire in August 2018. The purpose of the meeting […]
‘He Was My Brother; He Was a Human Being’
Joshua Wright has no illusions that he will ever see his brother, Noah Brandon Davis, alive again. It’s been 34 months since Wright contacted the authorities to report his then-24-year-old brother was nowhere to be found. The last time Joshua saw Noah was when Noah picked up Joshua’s personal belongings from an area jail and […]
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