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Workers at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant voted to unionize in April of 2024, and the upcoming contract talks between VW and the United Auto Workers (UAW) are the next step in the process and slated to start this week. UAW President Shawn Fain joined the VW Chattanooga workers over the weekend as the contract negotiations …
Tennessee’s fourth-ranked Class 1-A Whitwell Tigers, at 3-0 on the season, were scheduled to play at Lookout Valley on Friday, but the game’s date has been changed. Because of possible bad from the incoming hurricane, the game will take place on Thursday night at 6 p.m. So far, this is the only game change we’ve …
On Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy Unit investigated several separate threats of mass violence on school properties. The first occurred at Hixson Middle School, where the HCSO SRD was informed that a student stated he was going to “shoot the gym up”. During the investigation, statements were gathered …
On September 9th, 2024, at approximately 1:30 P.M., Hamilton County Department of Education Officials received a QuickTip Alert. The alert, which originated from a student at Hunter Middle School, indicated that another student stated they would bomb the school. The HCSO School Resource Deputy assigned to Hunter Middle School was quickly contacted, and the student …
As we’ve been reporting, there have been several threats of mass violence against schools in the Chattanooga area. In the first 21 days of this school year, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office charged eight students with making threats, compared to seven in the entire 2023-24 school year. Under Tennessee law, threats of mass violence include …
On September 5, 2024, at approximately 6:30 A.M., the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy (SRD) assigned to Hunter Middle School was contacted by a school administrator and made aware of possible threats of mass violence made against Hunter Middle School by a student. The student was located and immediately isolated by school administrators …
Problems continued Wednesday in Hamilton County. A school administrator notified the Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy assigned to Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences of a group text message between students and a former student involving a threat to CSAS. The student posted several images of schematics for an explosive device and armor-piercing bullets …
We have an update on a lawsuit against the Town of Jasper and two police officers. In August 2023, we brought you a story about Jasper Police making a traffic stop and arresting 52-year-old Samuel Hrynecwicz from Dunlap. He alleges 11 rights violations occurred during this incident in the lawsuit filed last month. The Town …
Another day, another issue at a Hamilton County School. On Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at approximately 10 A.M., Administrative staff at East Hamilton Middle School received a tip that a student had brought a weapon with them to the campus. The school’s administration searched the student’s locker and found two backpacks. One backpack contained a …
What is going on at Chattanooga area schools? There have been multiple students arrested over the past week. According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department, students at Red Bank High School, Brown Middle School, and Chattanooga Preparatory School were charged with making Mass Violence Threats against the school they attended. A firearm was recovered at …
