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The Chattanooga Fire Department has opened Brainerd Recreation Center for
parties being evacuated due to flooding.

More info to follow.

The Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management’s Emergency Operations
Center can confirm three fatalities following the severe weather that hit
Chattanooga and Hamilton County Tuesday night. Saturated ground caused a
large tree to fall on a car in the 1100 block of South Moore Road in East
Ridge early Wednesday morning, killing two adults and a child. Hamilton
County Mayor Weston Wamp is meeting with OEM officials and East Ridge first
responders this morning to survey the damage from severe flash flooding and

WHAT:

The Office of Mayor Tim Kelly will host a formal Swearing In Ceremony for
Chattanooga Fire Chief Terry Knowles. This event marks the official
transition of leadership within the Chattanooga Fire Department, honoring
Chief Knowles’ decades of service and commitment to protecting the
Chattanooga community.

WHEN:

Thursday, August 28, 2025
2:00 PM (Doors Open at 1:00 PM)

WHERE:

The Walker Theatre

399 McCallie Ave

RSVP:

RSVP at cha.city/firechiefceremony

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.  – The Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) quickly located and arrested 64-year-old Guster Harfield in connection with the August 8, 2025 homicide in the 7700 block of Lee Highway.

On August 8, 2025, at 9:10 p.m., CPD officers responded to a report of a
person shot in a motel parking lot. Upon arrival, officers found the
victim, a 43-year-old man, deceased from apparent gunshot wounds.

Third Suspect Charged in Read Avenue Homicide

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.  –The Chattanooga Police Department has taken the
third and final suspect into custody in connection with the July 20, 2025
homicide of a 15-year-old male.

Eighteen-year-old Eric Collier turned himself in last night and is now in
custody at the Hamilton County Jail and Detention Center. The homicide
occurred in the 1700 block of Read Avenue.

CHATTANOOGA FIRE ACADEMY 2025 GRADUATION
 WHEN: Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 6 PM
 WHERE: Bayside Baptist Church (6100 TN-58)

 A class of 32 cadets made it through our six-month fire academy to become
 the newest members of the Chattanooga Fire Department! They successfully
 completed Emergency Medical Technician training and learned about all of
 the different aspects of the fire service from other highly skilled,

On Friday, August 8th and Saturday, August 9th the following closures and
restrictions will be in place from 5 PM until 11 PM:

• Chestnut Street in front of Finley Stadium will be closed
• Reggie White Blvd in front of Finley Stadium will be closed
• W 19th Street in front of Finley Stadium will be closed
• The westbound right lane of W 20th Street between Chestnut Street and Main
  Street will be closed.

Cocoa Cafe: Farmers Market

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.  –  Applications will be accepted through August 29,
2025 for the Fall 2025 Chattanooga Police Department's Community Police
Academy (CPA).

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The City of Chattanooga Public Works Department is
proud to announce the ongoing efforts of  "Back to School Blitz," an
initiative designed to enhance student safety and community pride in the
weeks leading up to the new school year for schools within Chattanooga city
limits.

The "Back to School Blitz" is a comprehensive effort that focuses ongoing
Public Works operations on school zones across the city. Crews are
dedicated to a range of critical tasks, including:

Multiple Chattanooga Fire companies are on the scene of a commercial fire
at Buzzi Unicem USA’s Signal Mountain Plant. At 2:26 PM on 8/4/25, Green
Shift personnel were dispatched to the cement plant at 1201 Suck Creek Road
on reports of a commercial fire. Multiple 911 callers reported seeing smoke
in the area and heavy smoke was visible as firefighters were enroute to the
scene. Firefighting operations were launched to tackle the large burning