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  • Ala. police chief convicted of DUI
    Ala. police chief convicted of DUI
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 8:04 pm
    Associated Press - March 10, 2010 10:04 PM ET FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - A north Alabama police chief removed from his job after being charged with driving under the influence has been found...
  • Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth
    Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 7:46 pm
    Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.
  • Math and English classes could be standardized
    Math and English classes could be standardized
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 7:46 pm
    Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of...
  • Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
    Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 7:46 pm
    When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.
  • Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online
    Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 7:46 pm
    Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.
  • WRCB - *Eye on Health
  • Weight Loss & Wine
    Weight Loss & Wine
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 4:11 pm
    A little weight gain as we age is normal, but there are those women who never seem to gain much at all. Turns out they might have a secret weapon.
  • Telemedicine Technology
    Telemedicine Technology
    Published: 4 March 2010 | 10:51 pm
    Technology is helping women with high risk pregnancies get the care they need.
  • Spiritually Based Weight Loss
    Spiritually Based Weight Loss
    Published: 25 February 2010 | 2:33 pm
    Looking to a higher power when it comes to weight loss...
  • High Blood Pressure
    High Blood Pressure
    Published: 24 February 2010 | 2:30 pm
    It affects 73 million Americans,triggers one in three heart attacks and is responsible for one in every six deaths.   Yet experts say hypertension, or high blood pressure has fallen off the radar as a public health priority. Today: a call to action for patients and doctors.
  • Wrist Angioplasty Growing in Popularity
    Wrist Angioplasty Growing in Popularity
    Published: 23 February 2010 | 3:52 pm
    We're all familiar with the use of stents to open a clogged heart artery. That's the procedure Former President Bill Clinton just underwent. But how you get to the heart is changing.
  • WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : Recalls
  • Toyota Recall Info Details
    Toyota Recall Info Details
    Published: 9 February 2010 | 2:39 pm
    Brake problems involving two Toyota models are prompting the Japanese automaker to recall another 437,000 cars. The latest announcement brings the total number of Toytas being recalled to 8.5 million, including those recalled last month because of...
  • Toyota Recall
    Toyota Recall
    Published: 22 January 2010 | 12:42 pm
    Toyota says it's still working to develop a solution to a problem with accelerator pedals that has prompted arecall of 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S.           The recall includes the Camry, Corolla and Avalon models. It comes just months...
  • Crib Recall
    Crib Recall
    Published: 20 January 2010 | 4:08 pm
    The death of a six-month old child has prompted the recall of about 635,000 cribs sold by Kmart, Sears,Wal-Mart and other stores.      The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Tuesday of 20 models of Dorel Asia cribs with both...
  • Graco Stroller Recall
    Graco Stroller Recall
    Published: 20 January 2010 | 12:05 pm
    There's been a recall Wednesday of more than a million Graco strollers. This is very similar to a recent recall of Maclaren.Baby's fingertips can get pinched, cut, or even cut off in a canopy hinge.  They have the brandnames -- Graco Passage, Alano...
  • Manufacturer Recalls H1N1 Vaccine
    Manufacturer Recalls H1N1 Vaccine
    Published: 15 December 2009 | 2:48 pm
    The Tennessee Department of Health is working to notify health care providers of a nationwide voluntary non-safety recall of 800,000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine. Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., is recalling four lots of H1N1 vaccine in 0.25 ml pre-filled...
  • WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : Regional News
  • Maryville man charged after dead roosters found
    Maryville man charged after dead roosters found
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 10:16 am
    MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Blount County authorities have charged a Maryville man with aggravated animal cruelty after finding dead roosters in his yard.The Daily Times quotes a statement from Blount County Sheriff's spokeswoman Marian O'Briant who...
  • Girl, 3, fatally shoots self in Wilson County
    Girl, 3, fatally shoots self in Wilson County
    Published: 8 March 2010 | 10:24 am
    LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - A Middle Tennessee child who might have thought a loaded handgun was a video game controller has fatally shot herself.WTVF-TV in Nashville quoted Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe, who said the 3-year-old girl picked up her...
  • Ga. Pair Accused of Selling Sex With Teen Daughter
    Ga. Pair Accused of Selling Sex With Teen Daughter
    Published: 3 March 2010 | 2:51 pm
    EASTMAN, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in central Georgia have arrested a couple they say traded sex with their 14-year-old daughter for payments on their minivan.Dodge County sheriff's Capt. Tony Winborn says the parents were arrested Monday and are in...
  • 2 crashes kill 2 children, mother
    2 crashes kill 2 children, mother
    Published: 1 March 2010 | 12:14 pm
    JELLICO, Tenn. (AP) - Two children and one of their mothers have been killed in separate weekend traffic crashes in East Tennessee.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Tricia Reece of Bradford, Ohio, reached for a water bottle and lost control of...
  • Memphis cop sentenced for sex with prostitutes
    Memphis cop sentenced for sex with prostitutes
    Published: 26 February 2010 | 10:25 am
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A former Memphis police officer who coerced sex from prostitutes, including a 15-year-old, will serve six months in prison and six years of probation.Criminal Court Judge John Colton Jr. on Thursday denied James George's...
  • WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : Strange News
  • Bungling Burglar Gets Stuck
    Bungling Burglar Gets Stuck
    Published: 9 March 2010 | 3:00 pm
    ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) - A Carter County deputy didn't have to look far to make an arrest in a weekend burglary.Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Durham said he saw 19-year-old William Brian Deel III climbing a bank after getting his car stuck in a field next...
  • Cuss Free Week in California
    Cuss Free Week in California
    Published: 26 February 2010 | 10:28 am
    Watch your language!That's the message from California lawmakers. The state Assembly has passed a resolution to make the first week of March "Cuss Free Week."The state Senate is now considering the cussing ban. But Californians won't have to worry...
  • Bill Would Allow Fish Tanks in Barber Shops
    Bill Would Allow Fish Tanks in Barber Shops
    Published: 23 February 2010 | 4:08 pm
    Barber shop owners in Tennessee could have fish tanks in their establishments under a measure making waves in the Legislature.The proposal sponsored by Democratic Rep. Ty Cobb of Columbia passed the House Health and Human Resources Committee on a...
  • Cow tips man at UT ag school, victim not hurt
    Cow tips man at UT ag school, victim not hurt
    Published: 5 February 2010 | 12:26 pm
    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - People probably can't tip cows, but a cow tipped a person in Knoxville. Then it stepped on him.An ambulance was called to the University of Tennessee agriculture campus Friday morning.Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran told...
  • Student Arrested for Desk-Doodling
    Student Arrested for Desk-Doodling
    Published: 5 February 2010 | 8:17 am
    A New York City junior high student has been arrested for doodling on her desk with a marker.      Twelve-year-old Alexa Gonzalez scribbled "Lex was here 2/1/10" on her desk Monday at Junior High School 190 in Queens. She also wrote "I love my...
  • WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : Election News
  • Wamp Ruffles Feathers of Bird Lovers
    Wamp Ruffles Feathers of Bird Lovers
    Published: 8 March 2010 | 11:54 am
    Bird enthusiasts say they're dismayed by U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp's recent assertion that surface coal mining is good for the state's feathered flocks.Wamp made the statements at a Republican gubernatorial candidate forum last month. Wamp says he spoke...
  • Congressman Deal Delays Decision to Step Down
    Congressman Deal Delays Decision to Step Down
    Published: 4 March 2010 | 1:38 pm
    Republican gubernatorial hopeful Nathan Deal is pushing back his resignation date from Congress citing the looming vote on health care.Deal said in a statement on Thursday that he would step down March 31, instead of March 8, as originally planned....
  • Deal Resigning from Congress to Run for Governor
    Deal Resigning from Congress to Run for Governor
    Published: 1 March 2010 | 7:27 am
    Georgia Congressman Nathan Deal (R) has announced he is resigning his postion so he can devote his full attention to his campaign to become Georgia's next Governor. Deal is one of seven Republicans seeking the GOP nomination for governor.In an...
  • Election season influences legislative pace
    Election season influences legislative pace
    Published: 26 February 2010 | 1:21 pm
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Election season is a driving factor behind a push by lawmakers for an early conclusion of the legislative session. It might also be to blame for keeping the session from immediately kicking into high gear.In the month since...
  • Kyle Withdraws Bid for Tenn. Governor
    Kyle Withdraws Bid for Tenn. Governor
    Published: 26 February 2010 | 12:58 pm
    Memphis Senator Jim Kyle (D-Memphis) announced today that he will be withdrawing from the 2010 Tennessee Gubernatorial race, and issued the following statement:"After careful consideration and consultation with my family, I have decided that I will...
  • WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : Investigative Reports
  • Witness Comes Forward in Fatal Erlanger Taser Incident
    Witness Comes Forward in Fatal Erlanger Taser Incident
    Published: 2 December 2009 | 10:42 am
    A witness has come forward in the case of the man who died after Erlanger officers shocked him with a Taser.NewsChannel 9 has made the decision to hide this woman's identity because she is concerned about retaliation.When asked why she came...
  • New East Ridge Flood Plan On Fast Track
    New East Ridge Flood Plan On Fast Track
    Published: 16 October 2009 | 1:31 pm
    Any predictions of heavy rain will send shivers down the backs of many people in East Ridge, whose backs have been broken by last month's flooding.  Apparently, enough is enough, for East Ridge administrators.  Tonight, we have discovered a task...
  • Sewage Pond Flooding
    Sewage Pond Flooding
    Published: 25 September 2009 | 2:15 pm
    So what caused the sewage to back up in East Ridge during this week's flooding?  Mark Harrison with the W-W-T-A says, flood waters tangled with raw sewage that came from homes with sump pumps, and leaking or damaged home sewer lines.  The authority...
  • An HIV-AIDS Update for SE Tennessee
    An HIV-AIDS Update for SE Tennessee
    Published: 18 September 2009 | 1:02 pm
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, every nine-and-a-half minutes, someone in the U-S is infected with H-I-V.  Is it NOT the "death sentence" it once was?.. A NewsChannel 9 investigation has found out that people living with H-I-V...
  • School Zone Speeders
    School Zone Speeders
    Published: 4 September 2009 | 1:34 pm
    Last year, Chattanooga police say 76 drivers got tickets for speeding in school zones.  One-third of those tickets were issued during the month of August.. With school now back in session, we decided to take our investigative cameras undercover, to...

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