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Hamilton County Schools suspend three employees

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - An investigation continues as three "Howard school" employees are suspended. A spokesperson for Hamilton County schools confirmed the suspension of Howard band director, Dexter Bell, Counselor Jenny Smith and Teacher Amelia James. It is said that suspensions were…

Manhunt intensifies for missing Tenn. teacher, student

(CBS News) - Police are searching this morning for a former teacher accused of convincing a teenage student to run away with him. Investigators in Tennessee believe Tad Cummins kidnapped 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas. Cummins was fired from his teaching job…

Saw dust fire at Wagner Pencil Company

SALE CREEK, Tennessee (WDEF) - Sale Creek firefighters battled a blaze of some sort at the Wagner Pencil Company Monday morning. They got the call to 660 Industrial Boulevard around 8:20 AM. They found smoke and flames coming from the…

Fugitive nabbed after using a store rewards card in Florida

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Key West police detectives nabbed a man wanted in Georgia for an assortment of violent crimes, including felony strangulation and aggravated assault with a weapon - after he used a store rewards card, which tipped authorities off to his whereabouts.

Ceremony to Remember Lynching of Ed Johnson

Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - Few events in Chattanooga have touched American history more than the lynching of Ed Johnson from the Walnut Street Bridge on March 19th, 1906, says "The Ed Johnson Project," an organization which seeks to promote racial…

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