UPDATE: East Ridge Police identified the victim’s in Sunday afternoon’s crash on I-75. They are Lane Smith, 23, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, and David Huggins, 61, of Dawsonville, Georgia. A Tractor trailer driver from south Florida has been charged in a multi-vehicle wreck on I-75 northbound on Sunday afternoon that claimed two lives. Joseph Antoinier, 65, of […]

Fire did significant damage to a commercial building on Ringgold Road early Saturday morning. East Ridge Fire Department officials said they were alerted to the fire by police at about 4:45 a.m. at the building at 3507 Ringgold Road. The building houses Sabor Catracho restaurant and RNR Tire Express. Fire Chief Mike Williams said that […]

UPDATE: As of 6 p.m., westbound Ringgold Road is open eastbound lanes are still closed as officers are conducting their crash investigation. The large propane tank has been emptied by a contractor and is considered safe.  According to East Ridge police, on Wednesday afternoon Ringgold Road between Keeble and Burns Streets has been shut down […]

Avian Flu Has Taken 52 million Chickens since 2024 This article is from Tennessee Lookout As Americans look toward the Easter season, and the price of eggs continues to climb, many Tennesseeans are considering changing their usual Easter plans in order to keep eggs on their menus and hidden in their yards. Ginny Minniger’s grocery budget […]

The State Supreme Court ruled last week that elected Municipal Court Judges must reside in the city where they were elected. The ruling may effect East Ridge Municipal Court Judge Tracy Cox, who does not reside in East Ridge. According to a report by the Chattanoogan.com, two Sessions Court judges filled in for Cox on […]

East Ridge police are investigating a shooting on Garner Circle Tuesday night that left one man dead. According to Police Chief Clint Uselton, police were called to an address in the 1500 block of Garner Circle at about midnight. Officer found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Police began administering life-saving […]

The driver of an out-of-control pickup truck was rushed to a local hospital after crashing her vehicle into the side of the East Ridge Fire and Police Services Center at about 4:20 on Monday afternoon. According to law enforcement officials, the truck was traveling east on Ringgold Road just past the Marlboro Avenue intersection when […]

TDOT announced that nightly Lane closures will occur on the Interstate 75/Interstate 24 reconfiguration project beginning on Sunday. Those closures will be from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on  I-75 North and South between Exit 1 (East Ridge) and Exit 3A (East Brainerd Road/ SR-320) and on I-24 East and West from Germantown Road to […]

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Public Health and Taxpayers RINGGOLD _  Catoosa County filed a lawsuit in State Court to protect the public’s health and taxpayers from the cost of cleaning up and properly disposing of toxic materials used by chemical and carpet manufacturers and dumped in the Catoosa County landfill in violation of the Georgia […]

This article is from Tennessee Lookout The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director is reversing course about violent acts by a Venezuelan gang after he told the governor in a November 2024 budget that Tren de Aragua is operating in the state’s four largest cities. In a Dec. 19 letter to state Rep. John Ray Clemmons, TBI […]