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Chattanooga History Experience showcases past stories of city, county

Twelve thousand years of human history fit within 3,000 square feet at the Chattanooga History Experience.

Proposed changes to Head Start program could affect Alabama

Changes to the federal Head Start program could have major impacts across Alabama.

Jackson says he will cancel newly extended state contract if elected Georgia governor

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson says he will terminate his companies' contracts with the state if he is elected in November, but…

Democrat Jill Black leaves Hamilton County school board

Democrat Jill Black of Chattanooga resigned from the Hamilton County Board of Education, leaving her District 11 seat vacant.

Times Opinion: Democrats’ greatest divide isn’t race or money

Overeducated and underpaid: Welcome to the rising faction of voters pushing the Democratic Party to the socialist left and foreshadowing a clash…

UTC students featured on Discovery Channel for underwater archaeology work in Jamaica

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students and faculty were featured on an episode of Discovery Channel's "Expedition Unknown" after their…

TVA board OKs overdue power plan, budget with $3.5B gas plant. See all votes

The Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest public utility in the U.S., plans to invest $13 billion over the next three years to maintain and ex…

Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea

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Man sentenced for 4th DUI after police say he drove through Chattanooga church playground fence

A Chattanooga man pleaded guilty Friday to his fourth DUI after police said he drove through a church playground fence and struck a tree.

Avocado pickers in Mexico welcome restart of exports to US, but security fears remain

It didn't take long for Mexican avocado picker Francisco Isidro to get back to work after authorities announced the lifting of a U.S. security a…

Times Opinion: Hegseth is purging people of color. Trump’s war is killing them

Need another metric to show that, for President Donald Trump, "Make America Great Again" means regressing to a 1950s-style white patriarchy?

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Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Aug. 15, 2026.

Hixson man pleads guilty, sentenced to 15 years for killing father of six

A Hixson man will serve 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a second-degree murder charge as part of a negotiated plea agreement.

Harris works to rebuild Democrats’ momentum in Northwest Georgia at Ringgold town hall

At the height of the special election fervor to replace U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, Ga., Shawn Harris said he spoke to 200 people…

Mexican man sentenced to 15 months in prison after illegal U.S. reentry guilty plea

A Chattanooga federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Mexican man previously convicted of sexually abusing a child to 15 months in prison with on…

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Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Aug. 14, 2026.

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Chattanooga City Council approves $500K for Scenic Storefronts program

Scenic Storefronts, a program of River City Co., is set to continue for another year with the Chattanooga City Council's approval of a resolutio…