It took 13 months to build at a cost of nearly three quarters of a million dollars, but the brand spanking new Pierce Enforcer fire engine was ceremoniously nudged into its bay at East Ridge Fire Department’s Station 2, Friday during the traditional “wash down” and “push-in” ceremony. “We’ve come a long way,” Chief Mike […]

UPDATE: More than a dozen RVs were destroyed by Friday evening’s fire at Camping World. According to a technician who works at the facility, the employees working in the structures that were destroyed by the fire had left and locked up at about 6 p.m. A short time later, the fire was detected by surveillance […]

Free dental, vision and medical services coming to East Ridge  Remote Area Medical – RAM® – a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision and medical care to those in need – will hold a free, two-day clinic on Sept. 9-10. RAM will be set up at the Camp Jordan Arena, […]

Action Church is moving from its current location on Germantown Avenue into the former Spring Creek Road Baptist Church. According to an email statement from Action Church Pastor Daniel Beard, Action Church closed on the purchase of the Spring Creek facility on August 28.  “Our desire is to continue to provide a place of hope, […]

Speaker Sexton, Rep. Pearson Give Different Accounts of Incident This article is from Tennessee/Lookout A special session of the General Assembly designed to improve public safety in the wake of the Covenant School mass shooting wrapped up with violence and anger. The House and Senate agreed to spend $110 million on an array of safety measures. But […]

On Friday, Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett, joined by Tennessee Senator Bo Watson, County Mayor Weston Wamp, and Soddy Daisy City Mayor Steve Everett, announced his intent to expand the HCSO’s School Resource Program to include all local charter schools within Hamilton County. There are currently eight charter schools in Hamilton County, two of which, […]

On Thursday night, local fire, EMS, and law enforcement agencies responded to a chemical fire at 482 McBrien Road near the RAVE Theatre just off I-24. The incident  prompted a mandatory evacuation for residents within a half mile radius of the fire’s location.  Officials said an 18-wheeler hauling organic peroxide and sodium hydroxide caught fire […]

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First Female to do so in Two Decades  Sheriff Austin Garrett is proud to announce the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has graduated its third D.A.R.E. Instructor to teach the D.A.R.E. Program in Hamilton County Schools. On Friday, June 30, Hamilton County School Resource Deputy Sarah Riggle successfully graduated from the intense 80-hour D.A.R.E. Officer’s Training […]