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Wamp wants federal aid for Kingston ash cleanup

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, a Republican who has announced plans to run for governor in 2010, said today that members of Congress should push for federal assistance to clean up the ash spill at TVA’s Kingston Steam Plant.

Georgia teen arrested on murder charge

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

A 17-year-old Resaca, Ga., man is in Gordon County Jail, charged with murder after police found another man’s body near a Kmart parking lot in Calhoun.

Erin Brockovich comes to Kingston, Tennessee

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is scheduled to meet this afternoon with residents harmed by TVA’s fly-ash spill at the Kingston Steam Plant.

Tennessee: Court enjoins BlueHippo, issues $1 million asset freeze

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

Shelby County Chancellor Walter Evans has ordered a temporary injunction to last six months until trial and a $1 million asset freeze in a lawsuit Tennessee filed against several related businesses alleged to have made false statements to lure low-income and credit-challenged consumers to use their financing services for electronic items while failing to disclose the exact terms of the agreements.

TVA pledges 'first rate' cleanup from Kingston spill

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

TVA President Tom Kilgore said today the federal utility “will do a first-rate job of remediation of the problems caused by the spill” at the Kingston Steam Plant.

Hixson man arrested in shooting over money; victim in hospital

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

An argument about owed money between two men led to a shooting in Hixson on Wednesday evening, police said.

Fatal fire in Bradley County claims three lives

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

A fire in a Bradley County home has killed a mother and two small children, according to officials with the Bradley County Sheriff’s Department.

Chattanooga: Brock endorses Wamp for governor

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Brock, R-Tenn., endorsed GOP gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp today, calling the Chattanooga congressman a “strong leader” who will “be a great governor for Tennessee.”

Help sought in Flintstone slaying case

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Walker County Sheriff’s Office are asking for help in a homicide investigation that occurred just before Christmas.

Chattanooga: Two people sought in auto thefts

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

Chattanooga police auto theft investigators need help identifying two people considered persons of interest in several auto thefts that occurred in the area of the Gateway Towers at 959 Gateway Ave.