For the second time in a week, East Ridge police officers have arrested someone in possession of MDMA, more commonly known as “ecstasy.” Marquelle Alexander Rhodes, 25, of a Grove Street address in Chattanooga, is facing multiple drug charges after police found almost 10 grams of MDMA in a backpack that allegedly belongs to him. […]
Citizens Give Input during Recreation Meeting
East Ridge officials gave citizens an opportunity to potentially shape the future of recreation in the city, Saturday morning, as they hosted a community involvement meeting at the Community Center. City Manager Scott Miller said the purpose of the meeting was to get public input about what people wanted to see in East Ridge in […]
CARTA Gets Input from Residents on Future Bus Service
Dozens of residents gathered at the Community Center to discuss with CARTA and city officials the future of bus service in East Ridge, Thursday evening. A three-year grant that CARTA used to provide limited bus service to East Ridge through a pilot program is set to expire in August 2018. The purpose of the meeting […]
‘He Was My Brother; He Was a Human Being’
Joshua Wright has no illusions that he will ever see his brother, Noah Brandon Davis, alive again. It’s been 34 months since Wright contacted the authorities to report his then-24-year-old brother was nowhere to be found. The last time Joshua saw Noah was when Noah picked up Joshua’s personal belongings from an area jail and […]
Eagle Academy at Spring Creek
About the Program: Spring Creek Elementary hosts Eagle Academy, a before and after school enrichment program funded through the 21st Century Learning Centers grant. The Academy offers a variety of learning activities free to all Spring Creek students. The goal of the Academy is to promote academic growth and excellence through enrichment opportunities in a […]
Chief Williams: City ‘Really Lucky’ Escaping Major Storm Damage
The storms which raked Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia on Tuesday evening did only minor damage in East Ridge, officials said Wednesday. East Ridge Fire Chief Mike Williams said the city suffered “minor damage in general” from straight line winds that blew trees down and left tens of thousands of people without power in the […]
ERHS Band Room Dedicated to Vandergriff
“Walk slow, breathe deep.” _ Perry Vandergriff In an intimate ceremony Thursday evening, the band hall inside the school’s art center was dedicated to former East Ridge High School band director Perry D. Vandergriff. Dianne Vandergriff, Perry’s widow, cut a ribbon in front of the double doors in the lobby beneath a bronze plaque memorializing […]
Planned Field House at RJS Moving Forward
Members of the East Ridge Alumni and Supporters Association heard from Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd, Monday night, at the organization’s meeting at East Ridge High School. Commissioner Boyd said that the county school board’s transfer of the high school and middle school’s athletic fields to the City of East Ridge was “a done deal.” […]
City Rolls Out Plan for Beautification of Exit 1
During its only meeting of March on Thursday night, the East Ridge City Council adopted a proposal from an engineering firm to beautify Exit I on Interstate 75. The council approved phase I of the project proposed by ASA Engineering for civil engineering, landscape architectural design, construction documents and bid services in the amount of […]
IDB Extends Incentives to Developer
The city’s Industrial Development Board voted unanimously Tuesday evening to provide one million dollars in incentives to an area businessman who intends to build a strip mall in the 6100 block of Ringgold Road. Suhash Patel told IDB members that he is moving forward on building a 6,500 square-foot building at the corner of Truman […]
Volunteers Help Spruce Up Spring Creek Elementary
More than two dozen volunteers chipped in Saturday morning to give Spring Creek Elementary School a spring cleaning. Well, it was a little more involved than just taking some Mr. Clean to the floors and counters, as parents, teachers, volunteers from the East Ridge Council of the Chamber of Commerce and students from across the […]
Government Files Suit Against Heltons for Back Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service has filed a civil lawsuit against East Ridge Municipal Judge Cris Helton and his ex-wife, Esther Helton, claiming the Heltons owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes to the government. According to the suit filed in U.S. Federal Court on Feb. 24, the government is seeking $438,556 in back […]
UPDATED: HCSB Approves Transfer of Athletic Facilities
The Hamilton County School Board, in its regularly scheduled meeting, voted unanimously Thursday night to deed over athletic facilities at East Ridge High School to the City of East Ridge. The deal, long in the making, will divest Hamilton County Schools of any responsibility in maintaining football, baseball and the softball fields as well as […]
Miller: New Motels, Retail and Restaurants on the Way
East Ridge City Manager Scott Miller briefed the Industrial Development Board Tuesday night at City Hall telling them among other things that the city is negotiating with the owner of the 4As Inn to raze the aging motel and build a new one. “We’ve met with them three or four times and we are trying […]
UPDATED: Postal Worker Tips Police to Murder/Suicide
UPDATE: East Ridge Police have identified the two people found deceased from an apparent murder/suicide on Shelby Circle. Joseph (Charlie) Yates and Ellen McKenzie were found after a mail carrier found a note on the mailbox and notified police. The victims were taken to the Hamilton County medical examiner’s office an investigators are waiting […]
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