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Volunteers Continue Efforts to Rebuild Ringgold

The tornadoes of April 27th destroyed lives, property, and memories. One of the hardest hit towns in our area was Ringgold, Ga. More than nine months after the vicious storms, volunteers still work to bring this town back to what it once was....... Full story

GDOT to Spend $1M in Catoosa, Dade and Walker Counties

Construction work could soon begin on a state project to resurface various city streets in three counties in Northwest Georgia. Georgia DOT has just awarded a contract valued at close to a million dollars, for resurfacing 15.510 miles on 18 city...... Full story

Technical College Could Build Campus in Ringgold

Georgia Northwestern Technical College is considering building another campus near Interstate 75 in the northwest Georgia town of Ringgold. College and county officials are considering building the campus on 50 acres owned by Catoosa County across...... Full story

Silverdale Academy Student Killed In Crash

NewsChannel 9 has confirmed that a Silverdale Baptist Academy student died in the crash on Interstate 75 Friday afternoon. On its Facebook page, the school confirmed that senior Tony Baughman died in the rollover crash. Another senior, Logan...... Full story

Sheriff Summers Not Running For Office

The face of the Catoosa County Sheriff's Department will certainly change at the end of the year. Sheriff Phil Summers has announced he is not running for re-election. Summers came into office back in 1991. After 21 years at the helm, he hopes to...... Full story

New Web Site Helps Catoosa Businesses

A new web site aims to help people and businesses in Catoosa County, continue to recover after last April's tornadoes. HelpCatoosa.com is aimed at supporting local businesses, by helping them with web-based marketing. The web site began as a...... Full story

State Engineer Looks At Drainage Problem

Within a week of a NewsChannel 9 story about a resident's drainage problem off of Cloud Springs Road, the state responds. This morning, Georgia Department of Transportation Area Engineer Devon Brooks drove up from Dalton to get a firsthand look at...... Full story

Local Banks To Merge

Two locally-based banks are merging. First Volunteer, which is based in Chattanooga, has reached an agreement to buy Gateway Bank and Trust, which is based in Ringgold. The transaction must be approved by shareholders and federal regulators....... Full story

The Sharrocks Reflect on EMHE's End

The ABC series "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" has been building new homes for deserving families, for nine seasons, but Friday night's episode from Joplin, Missouri was the last.The series had a big impact on the Sharrock family from Rossville who...... Full story

Rain Drain Problem Off Cloud Springs

Every time it rains, Teddy Ladd said his yard floods. The problem: the rainwater has nowhere to go. Ladd lives off of the recently elevated and widened Cloud Springs Road. His yard now sits in a bowl-like basin. Initially, he thought the state,...... Full story

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