Community

     Four and a half years after a tragic boating accident, a local young man is named a CNN Hero.
     We've introduced you to double amputee Jordan Thomas in the past.
     He started a foundation raising more than $400,000 for kids' prosthetics, and now he's being honored for that hard work.
     WDEF News 12's Mandy Odom has his story in a News 12 Update.

     The Majestic 12..is a "green" theatre.
     In this case, it means the new building is the first LEED certified theatre in the country.
     The formal opening was a film-cutting ceremony on the sidewalk at 311 Broad Street.
     RiverCity Company invested 7-million dollars in the building which is leased to Carmike theatres.
     Other funding came from the Benwood and Lyndhurst Foundations.
     It was not built in the traditional way.

     A Chattanooga ministry closes after 26 years of service to the community.

The cotton top tamarin was born 6 months ago...but zoo keepers only recently confirmed she was a girl.

     Catoosa County entrepreneurs and small business owners get a leg up.