According to a press release issued by the City of East Ridge, there was a case of rabies reported in the city. On December 28, 2017, an adult male raccoon was found deceased on Prigmore Road in East Ridge. It was retrieved by East Ridge Animal Services and submitted to the USDA freezer at our […]
Thongnopnua Seeking Democratic Nomination for House District 30
Several dozen people gathered Thursday morning at Pioneer Frontier playground as Joda Thongnopnua announced his candidacy for the Tennessee House of Representatives in District 30. According to a press release, Thongnopnua’s first bid for public office will center on concerns of working families and solutions that expand opportunity for the residents of his district and […]
Housing Authority Adopts Redevelopment Study Map
The East Ridge Housing and Redevelopment Authority met Wednesday morning at City Hall and voted to adopt a revised redevelopment study map. The map was developed over the past few months in collaboration with the Hamilton County Planning Agency, Hamilton County GIS and city staff. The study map is comprised of virtually all the commercial […]
Students Educate Leaders About Their Interest in a Tobacco Free Campus Policy
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN – Local high school students recently met with two County Commissioners to show their support for a more comprehensive tobacco free campus policy for all Hamilton County schools. The current Hamilton County school policy does not allow smoking inside school buildings, but does allow smoking on school grounds. The policy also does […]
Mayor Coppinger Announces Re-election Bid
Mayor Jim Coppinger announced his campaign for re-election for a second full four-year term as Hamilton County Mayor this morning as he addressed friends, supporters and community leaders during the Friends of Hixson breakfast, a non-profit community group that meets monthly. “I could never imagine when I grew up on our family farm that I […]
Senator Bell Gives Back Through Hunters for the Hungry
Nashville, Tenn. – Tennessee Wildlife Federation is excited to announce Senator Mike Bell’s support of Tennesseans through his generous donation to Hunters for the Hungry. Bell’s donation will fund processing and distribution of venison to food insecure families residing in communities in and near Tennessee’s 9th Senate District, which includes Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and Polk Counties. Last […]
ERPD Participating in SAFE Campaign
The East Ridge Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for its annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone (SAFE) campaign. This statewide initiative is designed to increase seatbelt usage and child passenger safety restraint usage through the implementation of occupant-protection programs, public events, and checkpoints throughout local communities across Tennessee. The SAFE […]
Gravitt Honored by Assessing Officers
Nashville, TN – Representative Marc Gravitt has been awarded the Tennessee Leadership Award by the Tennessee Association of Assessing Officers. Will Denami, Executive Director of the Tennessee Association of Assessing Officers, presented the award to Representative Gravitt on behalf of the statewide association. “Representative Marc Gravitt continues to study the issues and listen closely to his […]
Second Women’s March Boasts Impressive Turnout
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – More than 15,000 Tennesseans took to the streets of downtown Nashville on Saturday morning for the second annual Tennessee Women’s March. Starting at Public Square and rallying at Bicentennial Mall, the crowd organized in support of myriad issues facing women. Signs championed topics ranging from reproductive rights and wage gaps to environmental […]
ERPD Arrests Jan. 15-21
According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from Jan. 15-21. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. BENNETT, SANDRA S 3 SENSET […]
Municipal Court Docket Jan. 23
The following people are scheduled to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Court is held at City Hall on Tombras Avenue and begins with traffic cases at 3 p.m., followed by criminal cases. Randy Boles – Domestic/PTR. Travis Burroughs – Evading Arrest, Possession Schedule II. Kedarrian Higgins – Aggravated Domestic Assault, […]
Police Briefs Jan. 18
_ 6116 Ringgold Rd.: Police responded to the Citgo at this address, Monday evening, on a report of an attempted armed robbery. According to a police report, when officers arrived they spoke with the convenience store clerk. The man told officers that a black man entered the store at about 10 p.m., pointed a handgun […]
Schools Closed on Thursday
Hamilton County Schools will be closed on Thursday, Jan. 18 due to some icy roads in parts of the county, officials said. OLPH will have a two-hour delay in the beginning of classes. Accumulation as of early Tuesday evening was merely a dusting. However temperatures have remained well below zero not allowing some streets in […]
Officer Sustains Hand Injury Taking Wanted Man into Custody
Early Monday morning an East Ridge police officer was injured during an incident in the parking lot of the Waverly Motel. According to an affidavit of complaint, Allan David Rice, a 26-year-old homeless man, was charged with Aggravated Assault on Police, Possession of a Firearm while in Commission of a Felony and Resisting Stop, Frisk, […]
Police Thwart Burglars
East Ridge police apprehended a man and a woman, Monday afternoon, after a resident called police saying that his car was being stolen. Nathan Wilson, 33, of a Gibbons Road address in Chattanooga, was booked into the Hamilton County Jail on charges of Theft of Property over $10,000, Aggravated Burglary and Burglary of an Automobile. […]
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