Chattanooga News http://www.topix.com/city/chattanooga-tn http://www.topix.com/rss/city/chattanooga-tn.xml Local news for Chattanooga, TN continually updated from thousands of sources on the web. en-us Copyright 2008, Topix Topix http://www.topix.com/ http://www.topix.com/pics/topix_homepage_logo2.png Chattanooga Nears Knoxville In Quest To Become Tennessee's 3rd Largest City http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/chattanooga-nears-knoxville-in-quest-to-become-tennessees-3rd-largest-city?fromrss=1 Submitted by Joe Legge on November 7, 2007 - 5:48pm. New census figures put Chattanooga on pace to become Tennessee's third largest city sometime in theA 2030's. An initial estimate by the federal government ... via WDEF-TV Chattanooga

]]> WDEF-TV Chattanooga Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:49:16 GMT 071111STGPAT 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Chattanooga's Moccasin Bend park maps out its future http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/chattanoogas-moccasin-bend-park-maps-out-its-future?fromrss=1 A planned interpretive center for Moccasin Bend park in Chattanooga should reflect the Bend's past on today's and tomorrow's world. via WMC-TV Memphis

]]> WMC-TV Memphis Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:40:34 GMT 071110DM5EIQ 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 One-year anniversary of Chattanooga Zoo fire Thursday http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/one-year-anniversary-of-chattanooga-zoo-fire-thursday?fromrss=1 "We now have a beautiful, open space with hardwood floors and vaulted ceilings, where we host many events"

One year ago Thursday a fire broke out in the education building at the Chattanooga Zoo that housed many of the facility's program animals. via WTVC Chattanooga

]]> WTVC Chattanooga Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:21:01 GMT 071107VHE36Q 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Man Gets Shot Four to Five Times Last Night http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/man-gets-shot-four-to-five-times-last-night?fromrss=1 Officers are searching for two possible shooting suspects, whom this morning they say are still on the loose in Chattanooga. via WTVC Chattanooga

]]> WTVC Chattanooga Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:55:57 GMT 0711064LBE3O 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Road not likely near Nolan Elementary http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/road-not-likely-near-nolan-elementary?fromrss=1 The Tennessee Agriculture Department is opposing a proposal to build a road through the Prentice Cooper State Forest near Chattanooga. via FOX 61 TV

]]> FOX 61 TV Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:35:07 GMT 071105CP3U1P 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Fire Destroys An East Lake Home http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/fire-destroys-an-east-lake-home?fromrss=1 Submitted by Amanda Odom on November 1, 2007 - 12:42pm. News An East Lake home goes up in flames Thursday morning. via WDEF-TV Chattanooga

]]> WDEF-TV Chattanooga Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:46:03 GMT 071105FMT8CO 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 3 Arrests Made, Property Recovered in School Burglaries http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/3-arrests-made-property-recovered-in-school-burglaries?fromrss=1 Submitted by WDEF News 12 on November 2, 2007 - 1:02pm. News Crime A A A A Hamilton County deputies and Chattanooga Police arrested three suspects for several school burglaries from last weekend. via WDEF-TV Chattanooga

]]> WDEF-TV Chattanooga Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:15:07 GMT 0711045KN51O 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Three Arrested for School Burglaries http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/three-arrested-for-school-burglaries?fromrss=1 "They attempted to break into coke machines, anything they could do to get money."

Police say they confessed to a crime spree last weekend, stealing more than $60,000 in equipment from four Hamilton County schools. via WTVC Chattanooga

]]> WTVC Chattanooga Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:44:05 GMT 071103FFJCNM 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Cookeville business owner injured in accidental shooting http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/cookeville-business-owner-injured-in-accidental-shooting?fromrss=1 "Both guns had magazines loaded with six rounds each and were ready to fire"

Mary Jo Denton Herald-Citizen Staff COOKEVILLE -- A Cookeville business owner was injured yesterday when one of two guns he was carrying went off, apparently accidentally, police said. via Cookeville Herald

]]> Cookeville Herald Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:24:34 GMT 07110254L20F 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Chattanooga Police Seek Suspect in Early Morning Shooting http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/11/chattanooga-police-seek-suspect-in-early-morning-shooting?fromrss=1 Submitted by WDEF News 12 on November 2, 2007 - 1:05pm. News Crime A A A A Chattanooga Police search for a suspect who shot a man several times this morning. via WDEF-TV Chattanooga

]]> WDEF-TV Chattanooga Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:18:21 GMT 07110250EAEL 7 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 add new comment http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/add-new-comment?fromrss=1 Submitted by WDEF on October 22, 2007 - 11:53pm. Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield decides to put former councilwoman Marti Rutherford back on the city payroll for three more days so she can qualify for medical ... via WDEF-TV Chattanooga

]]> WDEF-TV Chattanooga Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:33:30 GMT 071023GV5O2R 8 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Off-Duty Officer Involved in Crash http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/off-duty-officer-involved-in-crash?fromrss=1 A three-vehicle crash at the intersection of McBrien Road and South Terrace in Chattanooga has left an Alabama woman in critical condition. via WTVC Chattanooga

]]> WTVC Chattanooga Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:55:43 GMT 071023JQPF5R 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 History Museum Announces History Makers Honorees http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/history-museum-announces-history-makers-honorees?fromrss=1 In 1981, a time when the City of Chattanooga was in an economic decline, with no plan for its future, the Lyndhurst Foundation, under the direction of John T. Lupton and his wife, Alice, altered its course to ... via Chattanoogan.com

]]> Chattanoogan.com Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:24:18 GMT 071023UL6FUI 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Shooting Suspects Arrested http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/shooting-suspects-arrested?fromrss=1 Chattanooga Police have arrested Jermichael Baker of 2425 13th Ave and Ronald Fox of 3726 Wilcox Blvd for Especially Aggravated Robbery in the connection of an armed robbery from person at 1700 S. Willow St. via WTVC Chattanooga

]]> WTVC Chattanooga Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:05:50 GMT 0710225UR6QV 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Teen hurt in stolen vehicle accident http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/teen-hurt-in-stolen-vehicle-accident?fromrss=1 "The owner of the vehicle had gone out to his vehicle early that morning getting ready to go somewhere, but it was chilly and he decided to go back inside and get a jacket. "W hen he came back out, the vehicle was gone."

Mary Jo Denton Herald-Citizen Staff COOKEVILLE -- A 14-year-old boy from East Tennessee was seriously injured on Chocolate Drive here early Saturday when he wrecked a vehicle he allegedly stole in Ridgecrest ... via Cookeville Herald

]]> Cookeville Herald Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:45:18 GMT 0710228BBH7I 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Armed Robber Captured http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/armed-robber-captured?fromrss=1 Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson says that one of two armed robbery suspects involved in the Friday night armed robbery of the MAPCO convenience store in Flintstone, Georgia, has been arrested by Chattanooga ... via WTVC Chattanooga

]]> WTVC Chattanooga Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:35:49 GMT 071022PQEN0S 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Early Fall Foilage Tours Seeing Mostly Green http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/early-fall-foilage-tours-seeing-mostly-green?fromrss=1 People coming to southeast Tennessee to see the fall colors may see mostly the greens of summer. via WVLT-TV Knoxville

]]> WVLT-TV Knoxville Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:21:01 GMT 071022PLIJSB 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Police Learn More About Deadly Vine Street Shooting http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/police-learn-more-about-deadly-vine-street-shooting?fromrss=1 "This is mostly a elderly neighborhood."

Submitted by Kristen Johnson on October 21, 2007 - 9:15pm. Chattanooga police have now named and charged a man in connection with a shooting yesterday. via WDEF-TV Chattanooga

]]> WDEF-TV Chattanooga Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:44:55 GMT 071021O62T8H 0 35.0517648121808 -85.2534412515604 Grand Illumination Finds a Way to Provide Nativity Scene http://www.topix.net/city/chattanooga-tn/2007/10/grand-illumination-finds-a-way-to-provide-nativity-scene?fromrss=1 The Chattanooga Downtown Partnership has found a way to provide a nativity scene at this year's Grand Illumination celebration and "avoid legal entanglements." For over twenty years our community has gathered ... via WTVC Chattanooga

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