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A fourth suspect in the homicide that left a Chickamauga man dead has been arrested. Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson announced yesterday afternoon that 23-year-old Brayden Whatley or Rossville had surrendered to authorities at the jail on Wednesday morning. Whatley has been charged with... Read More.

The Walker County Sheriff's Office arrested an 18-year-old at Ridgeland High School on Tuesday for assaulting two students.  The school incident report says Clark Imhoff stabbed the victim in the hand with a pencil after they offered Imhoff an oatmeal cream pie.  The sheriff's... Read More.

Yesterday afternoon the Walker County Sheriff's Office announced the arrests of three people in connection with a murder that happened on Halloween.  Police responded to a call just after midnight on November 1st on Johnson Road in Chickamauga.  Officers found the body of 25-year-old Dakota... Read More.

A Rossville man has been sentenced to 66 years in prison.  41-year-old Jarred Hosh pled guilty on November 8th to three counts of sexually exploiting a child, one count of soliciting another to commit child molestation and one count of soliciting another to sexually exploit... Read More.

An update on a story from last week about injuries that happened on a school bus in the Ridgeland High School parking lot. The incident happened last Wednesday, November 6th.   According to news reports, a video from the bus shows several students standing up in... Read More.

A Chattanooga man was killed Tuesday night in Chattooga County while on the run from police.  56-year-old Anthony Wayne Holcomb was pronounced dead at the scene.  The Chattooga County Sheriff's Office tried to make a stop on the vehicle driven by Holcomb just after... Read More.

IN ROSSVILLE, WALKER COUNTY OFFICIALS BROKE GROUND ON IT'S FIRST SO CALLED SIGNATURE PARK YESTERDAY.  ADVENTURE ACRES... OFF SALEM ROAD WILL HAVE A NATURE-THEMED PLAYGROUND, SPLASH PAD, WALKING TRAIL AND PAVILION WITH   RESTROOM FACILITIES.  COMMISSION CHAIR SHANNON WHITFIELD SAYS THE NEW COMPLEX SHOULD INCREASE... Read More.

The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is asking for help in finding two missing teens.  Tobias Gambrell is 14-years old.  Gambrell left a location on Roswell Road sometime between 1:30am and 8am Sunday morning.  He was spotted yesterday at a Mapco gas station on Lee... Read More.

Administrators with Walker County Schools and law enforcement are investigating an incident involving a school bus on Wednesday.  Superintendent Damon Raines says a school bus driver was moving at a slow speed on Ridgeland High’s campus when the driver was forced to make an... Read More.

Four felony arrests in Walker County on Wednesday.  Among those arrested, 45-year-old Devine Demont Clark.  Clark was booked on simple battery and second-degree criminal damage to property.  Millie Ann Buckner, 42-years-old, was charged with exploitation or intimidation of an elderly person.  You can view... Read More.

The election is not over for everyone.  There is still one race left to be determined.  The District 3 Board of Education race is set for a run off.  Incumbent Tina Painter and Travis Q. Middleton were the top two vote getters.  They will... Read More.

More than 32,000 ballots were cast yesterday in Walker County.  That's 74% of the registered voters in the county.  Local election returns from yesterday.  Walker County Board of Education District 3.  We will have a runoff.   The Republican incumbent Tina Painter picked up 33%... Read More.