Charleston News

Staff photo by Patrick Smith U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks with the Times Free Press editorial board Wednesday about health care reform and the United States' involvement in Afghanistan.

Bradley County Fire and Rescue crews had to use ropes and a stokes basket... what's known as a "high angle rescue" ... to remove a seriously injured man from a barge on the Tennessee River Monday afternoon around 3:30. Stan Clark, a spokesperson for Bradley County EMS, said the 45-year-old man was working on a barge around on the Tennessee River by ...

The Bradley County Sheriff's Office and Caldwell Paving Company are asking the public for help identifying participants in the theft of a truck and other property from their office in Charleston, Tenn.

On Saturday November 14, Bradley County EMS will be participating in a multi-agency disaster drill in Bradley County.

The Bradley County Sheriff's Office has charged three people in an investigation that cleared nine home burglaries in the city and county covering several weeks.

Submitted by WDEF on November 10, 2009 - 4:01pm. BONUS Video Weather Video Polk County News A A A Our crew of Bill Mitchell and Allen Fairbanks were standing on Highway 64, shooting the rock slide from this morning.

Four Southeast Tennessee industries have received state grants for worker training, according to news releases.

Property crimes detectives at the Bradley County Sheriff's Office are seeking information about three vehicles that were reported stolen overnight from the Charleston, Tenn.

Charleston's only free-standing bank will close sometime in early 2010. The Regions Bank at 8746 Hiwassee St.

Volkswagen AGa s Golf TDI and Audi A3 TDI are among five finalists for Green Car Journala s 2010 Green Car of the Year.

The Charleston-Calhoun-Hiwassee Historical Society will hold Its regular monthly meeting Sunday, Oct.

The Calhoun Police Department has released information about traffic control efforts it's been involved in over the past six months, coordinated with the Governor's Highway Safety Office.

Cumberland County has set two public hearings on amendments to the planned growth areas of its growth plan.

Ramsey House Plantation will celebrate its 45th annual Country Market Fall Festival on Saturday, October 24th and Sunday, October 25th.

Local authors will sign their books at the Friends of the Library booth this Saturday, Oct.

A month after Calhoun Mayor Gary Barham named several citizens to a town planning committee, he apologized to the Commission for overstepping his authority.

A proposal to convert an old mine into a TVA coal-ash landfill amid Cumberland County's green mountains and bucolic countryside - a draw for retirees and tourists alike - has rattled the staid community.

Wright Brothers Construction Co. Inc. of Charleston, Tenn., has been awarded a $55 million highway project that will add lanes and improve bridges on an 8-mile section of Interstate 20.

No McMinn or Meigs projects are included in the list of state structurally deficient bridges scheduled to be repaired or replaced, but one bridge on a major highway artery connecting McMinn with Bradley County is on there.

Three-time defending Tennessee Women's State Amateur Senior champion Maggie Scott finds herself three-shots off the lead going into today's second round of the 2009 Women's State Senior Amateur at Jackson Country Club.