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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 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. […]

One woman plans to present a petition to the East Ridge City Council at its Dec. 10 meeting asking that the city move its Animal Services Department away from Yale Street. Rhonda Benton Haskew, who volunteers several days a week at the city’s animal shelter, said she has collected 600 names of citizens who want […]