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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

The Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) announces the availability of its proposed 2026 Annual and 5-Year Plans for public inspection and comment as of 8:30 a.m. EDT, on Friday, August 1, 2025, at the CHA Central Office at 801 North Holtzclaw Avenue, and on the CHA website at www.chahousing.org.

UPDATE FOR EMERGENCY CLOSURE

Standifer Gap Road

• Standifer Gap Road is now reopened after emergency repairs were conducted
  to the stormwater infrastructure.

SPECIAL EVENT CLOSURE

Missionary Ridge Road Race

• S Crest Road between S Seminole Drive and Waheela Road will be closed to
  through traffic on Saturday, August 2nd, from 7:30 AM until 9:30 AM for the
  annual Missionary Ridge Road Race.

Not Your Basic Back To School Bash

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Chattanooga Police Department is
investigating a robbery in the 6500 block of Pine Manor Drive that resulted
in one person being shot.

EMERGENCY CLOSURE

STANDIFER GAP ROAD

Standifer Gap Road is closed to all through traffic between Jenkins Road
and Walker Road due to emergency stormwater repairs. Yesterday, flooding
approached the Hamilton County Jail and Detention Center due to a damaged
stormwater pipe. The Chattanooga Department of Public Works has crews
on-site to conduct emergency repairs, ensuring that the expected rainfall
tonight and through the weekend will not threaten the jail and the
surrounding area. The work is expected to be completed by late
afternoon/early evening.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.  – On July 29, 2025, the Chattanooga Police
Department’s Fugitive Unit, with assistance from the Smoky Mountain
Fugitive Task Force, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), and the
U.S. Marshals Service, arrested 30-year-old Khavell Mailik Williams.

Williams is charged with two counts of First Degree Murder in connection to
two homicides that occurred on December 1, 2020.