This article is from the Tennessee/Lookout. Across Tennessee police-oversight boards were created to play a role in mediating between a critical public and an often self-regulating police force. Each of the four largest cities in Tennessee have a police-oversight board, each with their own ordinances, bylaws and inception dates. Both Chattanooga and Nashville’s police-oversight boards were […]
Election Day!
Today, May 3, is election day in Hamilton County. Polls in East Ridge open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Unlike the last election when all registered voters in East Ridge voted at Camp Jordan Arena, this year the election commission reverted to the traditional polling place in town. Your voting precinct is […]
HCSO Corrections Personnel Celebrate National Correctional Officer Week
This week the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating National Correctional Officers Week beginning Sunday, May 1. Nation Corrections Officer Week originally began in 1984 when then President Ronald Reagan issued Proclamation 5187 entitled the National Correctional Officers Week, in which he called upon officials of state and local governments and the people of the […]
ERPD Arrests April 25-May 1
According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from April 25-May 1. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. CLARK, MICHAEL CHAD3204 […]
VIDEO: City Council Meeting of April 28
Harthorn New Community Relations Director at East Ridge Residence
East Ridge Residence, an independent living community, is welcoming Jessica Harthorn as the new Community Relations Director. She started on April 18, 2022. You may recognize her smile: Jessica was a morning anchor for WTVC NewsChannel 9’s Good Morning Chattanooga. Jessica spent 16 years in television news. Her journalism career took her family across the […]
April 29 Police Briefs
The following information was compiled from ERPD “pass along reports.” April 27 Day Shift 6700 Ringgold Road (suspicious person): A passing motorist observed a suspected homeless man walking with an orange or red tubular object affixed to the front of his pants. The subject was making obscene gestures towards traffic with the fixture. Police searched […]
TBI Releases Annual ‘Crime on Campus’ Report
NASHVILLE – On Thursday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its annual ‘Crime on Campus’ publication, detailing the volume and nature of crime on Tennessee’s college and university campuses. The report compiles data submitted to TBI through the state’s Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Among the report’s findings: Crime reported as having occurred on […]
TDEC Opens Applications for American Rescue Plan Funds
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced the application process is open for non-competitive grants from the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP), which TDEC is partially administering for the state. The funds are targeted for improving water infrastructure in communities throughout Tennessee. The American Rescue Plan of 2021 was designed […]
Joanna Alder Pleads Guilty to 2019 Murder
Gets 30 Years in Prison Joanna Michelle Alder, who is now 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the January 23, 2019 murder of a 60-year-old woman. Judge Don Poole approved the plea agreement, in which Alder agreed to serve 30 years in the state prison at 100 percent. Executive Assistant District Attorney Cameron Williams said the […]
HCSO Identifies Body Recovered Near Possum Creek Boat Ramp
The body recovered from Possum Creek on Tuesday April 26, 2022 has been identified by the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office as 20-year-old Christian Nehemiah McClure. The cause and manner of death is still under investigation. Anyone with information concerning this case is asked to call the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office at 423-622-0022.
Police Briefs for April 28
The following information was compiled from ERPD “pass along reports.” April 24 – Day Shift 5910 Ringgold Road (burglary): Police responded to East Ridge Bicycle Shop for an audible alarm in a storage shed behind the business. During the initial contact all doors were secure. However, a short time later, officers discovered a small cut […]
April 27 Police Briefs
The following information was compiled from ERPD “pass along reports.” April 22 – Day Shift 6700 Ringgold Road (warrant service): Dayna Melton was arrested on an active East Ridge warrant following a traffic stop at this location. (22-005611) 1509 Tombras Avenue (underage consumption/evading): While patrolling the park for unattended juveniles, police observed the older female […]
Tennessee American Water, Hamilton County Coalition & Others Announce Upcoming Drug Take Back
Walgreens in East Ridge is Participating The spring National Drug Take Back will be held on Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern time zone. The event provides residents the opportunity to rid their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted medications. Residents may simply drive to a Drug Take Back […]
Tennessee Court Rules Educators Not Due Emotional Distress Claims after Bus Crash
This article is from Tennessee/Lookout Should a school bus contractor that ignored 1,000 speeding complaints against a driver who went on to cause a crash that killed six students at a tiny Chattanooga Elementary School have known educators there might well suffer “emotional distress” as a result? The Tennessee Court of Appeals says no. Durham School […]
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