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Six Vehicles and Semi Involved in Fiery I-75 Crash

May 11, 2025 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Gunshots Ring Out at Parkridge East

May 5, 2025 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

No Injuries Reported; Building Struck by Gunfire East Ridge police are investigating a late-afternoon shooting incident at Parkridge East Hospital on Monday. According to a Facebook post by the ERPD, at approximately 4:35 p.m., police received a dispatch call to 941 Spring Creek Road, Park Ridge East Hospital, on reports of shots fired. Officers arrived […]

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Fire Damages Commercial Building on Ringgold Road

April 26, 2025 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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 […]

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UPDATE: Car Crash Compromises Propane Tank Next to Ringgold Road

April 2, 2025 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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 […]

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State Poultry Experts Say Egg Prices to Remain High

March 24, 2025 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

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 […]

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State Supreme Court Rules Elected Municipal Court Judges Must Reside within City Limits

March 12, 2025 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Business Expo Slated for Community Center

March 8, 2025 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

The East Ridge Council of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of East Ridge are excited to announce the 2025 East Ridge Business Expo, a premier event designed to bring local businesses together to connect, showcase their products and services, and foster new opportunities. This year’s expo will take place on Thursday, […]

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Police Investigating Fatal Shooting on Garner Circle

February 26, 2025 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Driver of Truck Hospitalized after Crashing Vehicle into Fire and Police Headquarters.

February 3, 2025 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Lane Closures on I-75 to Begin on Sunday

February 1, 2025 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Catoosa County Goes to Court to Recover Cost of Cleaning Up Toxic Waste Dumped by Chemical and Carpet Manufacturers

January 21, 2025 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Suspect in Pursuit Crashes into Home on Bennett Road

January 17, 2025 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

On Friday morning, East Ridge Officers received a License Plate Reader (LPR) hit on a stolen Mercedes Benz. Crime Suppression Investigators located the vehicle parked in a commercial lot in the 1000 block of South Seminole Drive.  During their observation they determined the suspect was with another party in a dark SUV parked beside the […]

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TBI Director Backs off Talk about Venezuelan Gang Violence

January 8, 2025 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

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 […]

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HCSO Deputies Shoot, Kill Suspect during Traffic Stop

December 31, 2024 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

On Tuesday shortly after midnight, two sheriff’s deputies conducting a traffic stop in the Publix parking lot located at 7326 McCutcheon Road were involved in a Deputy Involved Shooting with a male suspect. Preliminary information from the scene reveals deputies were conducting a traffic stop on a subject on a motorcycle. The suspect was identified […]

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UPDATE: Son Charged with Criminal Homicide in Killing of his Father

December 20, 2024 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

UPDATE: East Ridge Police have charged Caleb Disterdick with Criminal Homicide in connection with the death of his father, Jason Disterdick. On Friday, police said that the victim was 52-years-old and was originally from Conway, Arkansas. Police said that his son Caleb had moved into the house on Greenslake Road in February of this year. […]

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