UPDATE: The East Ridge Police Department reported on Friday that the woman driving the car that struck the motorized cyclist gave a false name to authorities. The woman’s true identity is Breanna Wilson. She has been charged with Criminal Impersonation. Authorities also said that the man that was struck on the motorized bicycle has been […]
Comptroller’s Office Marks Record Achievment
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline is marking a record achievement in its effort to help uncover the misuse of government funds and property. According to a report on the comptroller’s Website, confidential tips to the hotline helped to identify a record $1,112,500 in confirmed thefts, shortages and questioned costs for the fiscal year […]
Christmas Nights of Lights Closed Saturday
The Christmas Nights of Lights, scheduled for tonight at Camp Jordan, has been cancelled due to the flooding in the park. East Ridge Parks and Recreation Director, Stump Martin, said a big crowd was again expected tonight. “We told Titan Lights Show executives Ritchie and Dodd King two years ago that we experience the creeks […]
UPDATED: Flood Waters Continue to Menace City
The skies cleared briefly on Saturday morning after the city received a record rainfall on Christmas day. But, many residents were still keeping a keen eye on rising floodwaters which are menacing parts of East Ridge. Rex Wheeler, who has lived on Notingham Drive for many years, haled out boxes of valuables from the garage […]
Longley Wins Christmas Lights Contest
Donnie Longley has been decorating the outside of his home on Marion Avenue for the past several years to put his family in the Christmas spirit, in particular his granddaughter Khloe. This year his labor of love during Christmastime paid off, as Longley was selected in a poll of East Ridge News Online readers as […]
Cinnamon Sugar Dutch Puff
Hosting a big Christmas morning breakfast has been my thing for about ten years now. A typical Christmas morning looks like this: I rise early in the morning and start the preparations, friends and family arrive around ten, starving from all their present opening, and we feast. Everyone leaves, I wash all the dishes and […]
UPDATED: Work Underway to Raze Raymond James Stadium
Workers with a demolition company began dismantling East Ridge High School’s Raymond James Stadium on Friday. As of early Saturday afternoon, the four-man crew from Modern Day Wrecking out of Nashville had razed about a quarter of the 56-year-old facility. One of the crew said the entire stadium may be leveled by Monday afternoon. Once […]
Corvette Club Makes Donation to Needy Child Fund
Members of the River City Corvette Club cruised over to City Hall Friday to present a check to the city for its Need Child Fund. Ron Kellogg, president of the 156-member organization, handed over a check to Interim City Manager Mike Williams in the amount of $2,700. Kellogg said the money was one-third of the […]
Don’t Be A Victim This Christmas!
The following are safety tips courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department. Get Involved! No one individual or agency working alone can prevent crime. It takes police and citizens working in partnership together to prevent crime and build safer neighborhoods. With the holidays fast approaching and holiday packages being delivered daily, everyone needs to pay more […]
Isbell Facing Multiple Charges
The East Ridge Police Department has charged a man with numerous charges after he allegedly fired shots into the air at his girlfriend’s house on Wednesday. According to a press release from the department, Chattanooga Police Department requested East Ridge Police Department to check the vicinity of 3315 Frawley St. for any signs of shots being […]
DAR Donates Books to ER Library
The Nancy Ward Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution donated a two-volume set of books to the East Ridge Library, Wednesday. The books, “Legacies of Our Great Grand Mothers, Early Tennessee Women,” were presented by DAR member Christy Torok, a longtime resident of East Ridge. “All across the state, the Daughters of the […]
Authorities Investigate ‘Suspicious Package’
Emergency personnel from East Ridge Fire and Police were called to the At Home store on South Terrace Monday morning to investigate a “suspicious package.” According to authorities, employees of the At Home store noticed a “briefcase/suitcase style” bag near a garbage can on the sidewalk in front of the store at about 8:45 a.m. […]
$100 Christmas Contest
You can feel it in the air, hear it on the radio and in department stores, and of course see it in lights as dusk sets in every evening. Help us spread merriment and cheer by sharing photo’s of your Christmas Display. It doesn’t matter if its classic and simple, gaudy and grand, or if […]
ERPD Increases DUI Enforcement
The East Ridge Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office to enhance DUI enforcement from December 18 to January 3, surrounding the holiday season. The statewide Booze It and Lose It campaign is part of a national mobilization to prevent drunk driving. During the first nine months of this year, Tennessee […]
OLPH’s Todd Wins Art Contest
OLPH seventh grade student Annamarie Todd was the Middle School Division winner of the annual Hamilton SHINES Billboard Art Contest. The contest is part of the Mayor’s initiative to stop littering in Hamilton County. County Mayor Jim Coppinger came to school to present Annamarie with a plaque, pin, and a poster-size rendition of her billboard. […]
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