Weather Update: Saturday – April 27, 2024
Vigilance, care urged after back to back Chattanooga shootings
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Cleveland City Schools says it will not arm teachers
UPDATE:
April 26, 2024
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) — Cleveland City Schools responded to the recent new Tennessee law that allows schools to arm teachers.
The school system will join both Bradley and Hamilton County Schools in continuing to only use school resource officers.
Cleveland City Schools made this statement:
“We continue to believe our partnership with the Cleveland Police Department and their specially trained School Resource Officers remains the best way to keep our students safe in Cleveland City Schools. We are thankful every day for their dedication to our school system.”
April 25, 2024
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) – The sheriff and school superintendent in Bradley County say they will not take advantage of the new law on arming school employees to provide security at this time.
Here is their joint statement:
“Sheriff Lawson and Dr. Cash are aware of the House Bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools. They have a great working relationship and both are very committed in keeping all of the children secure in the safest environment at all times. Sheriff Lawson will continue working diligently with Dr. Cash on ensuring the future safety of our children. Currently, all of the Bradley County schools are staffed with a School Resource Officer and some have more than one SRO. Also, our new budget makes a provision for one more School Resource Officer by the start of the next school year. This will result in both high schools and both middle schools being staffed with 2 SROs at each of the 4 schools. Because of our dedication and partnership with the Bradley County School District, we firmly believe that we have some of the safest schools around.”
Earlier this week, Hamilton County Schools made a statement that they do not want to arm their teacher either.
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Person shot in Eastgate Loop Friday morning
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — One person was shot in the Brainerd area Friday morning, according to Hamilton County 911.
It happened just after 10 a.m. 911 logs show the address where the shooting took place was 951 Eastgate Loop.
According to CPD spokesperson Victor Miller, a man was walking toward a business near the 5700 building across from Eastgate Mall when he was shot.
It is currently unknown how many suspects there are. But police said the suspect(s) pulled up in a car and began shooting at the man. The motive for the shooting is also unknown at this time.
First responders have taken him to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries, which are life-threatening.
As of noon on Friday, police have not made any arrests in this case.
However, CPD asks the public to remain alert at all times when in public spaces.
This is the second shooting in a public space within 24 hours in Chattanooga. The other happened at the Champy’s on MLK Boulevard. There have not been any arrests made in that case either.
Chattanooga Police’s Crime Scene Unit is currently on scene along with other investigators.
This is a developing story, and we are working to learn more.
Weather Update: Friday – April 26, 2024
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Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Mild. Lows: Mid 50’s. Winds: SE @ 5 MPH.
Friday: Early Showers, Mostly cloudy. Mild. Highs: high 70’s to near 80. Winds: breezy at times, NE @ 5-15 MPH, gusts to 20 MPH.
Overnight: More clouds again. Mild. Lows: low 60’s. Winds: remaining breezy from the south at 5-15 MPH, gusts 25 MPH.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, mild, breezy. Winds: S @ 5-15, gusts to 25 MPH. Highs: low 80’s.
Overnight: Partly cloudy, Mild. Winds: SE @ 5-15 MPH, gusts to 20 MPH. Lows: low 60’s.
Sunday: Sunshine. Dry. Mild. Winds: S @ 5-15 MPH. Gusts 25 MPH. Highs: low 80’s.
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The temperature swings are in “full swing” as we move into the middle of the spring season. Temperatures were well above normal through much of last week, with no dips in the jet stream bringing us some of that still chilly, Canadian air. We will have another day with below normal temperatures to start the work week, with lows in the lower 40’s and highs in the mid to upper 60’s today. Beginning Tuesday, we will be returning to those most pleasant, temperature regimes with lows not too far from 50 degrees and highs remaining in the 70’s, through the rest of the work week. The weekend will be slightly warmer, with lows back in the 60’s and highs in the low to mid 80’s.
Concerning the other elements of the weather forecast, including chances for rain, it appears that most of the News12 viewing area will remain dry this week, despite the passage of a cold front on Wednesday and a warm front Friday into Saturday. Frontal boundaries always have the potential to generate precipitation, but there are times when moisture is limited in advance of these air mass boundaries. This will be the case on Wednesday, as a ridge of high pressure will stick around on Monday and Tuesday over the southeastern United States. The ridge will be so expansive that it will extend from the eastern Seaboard west through the lower Mississippi Valley, through Tuesday night. When these areas of high pressure extend well west through the western Gulf of Mexico into eastern Texas, they limit the amount of moisture that would be advancing north off those warm, gulf waters if these lower atmospheric high pressure systems were not in place. Additionally, fronts generate the strongest atmospheric lift when the air on each side of the boundary collides from nearly opposite directions such as, a northwest wind behind a cold front pushing into warmer air moving from the south or southeast. In meteorological terminology, this is called “convergence”. Convergence along the boundary on Wednesday will be a bit weaker, as winds just ahead of the cold front will be from a more westerly direction; almost due west according to some of the higher resolution, meso-scale computer models.
Therefore, when that cold front builds south across the News12 viewing area on Wednesday, we may see an increase in cloud cover without much, if any rainfall. When the warm front advances north across the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachian region on Friday, precipitation may be limited once again due to the strength of persistent, low level ridging over the southeastern U.S. and the more westward track of a late week, storm system across the northern Plains and western Great Lakes. Of course, a more westward tracking storm system, such as this late week system which will be associated with a surface low pressure center which crosses the Mississippi River well north, near Minneapolis, may not result in much rainfall over the eastern half of the nation. Alternatively, a storm system with a low pressure center which moves along a path where it crosses the Mississippi River near Memphis, or even farther north near St. Louis, on its way northeast through the eastern Great Lakes, would generate better moisture advection and atmospheric lifting over the eastern U.S., thus providing a better chance for rain across the Tennessee Valley and the beautiful city of Chattanooga.
Stay tuned to our forecasts throughout the week to keep track of any significant changes. We are not doing too badly on precipitation amounts as we move into the middle part of the spring season. Our annual deficit is only around one to two inches however, the rate of evaporation keeps increasing as we move further into the warm season. We may approach a deficit of nearly three inches by early next week, if we remain dry. We will likely have several periods of frontal convection as we move through the month of May. It certainly would be nice to advance through the hot summer months with a rainfall surplus!
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National Drought Summary for April 18, 2024
Summary
Moderate to heavy rain amounts fell across parts of the Southeast and Northeast this week, leading to localized improvements to ongoing drought and abnormal dryness in the Southeast, and mostly unchanged conditions in the Northeast, aside from western New York, which missed out on the heavier precipitation and saw minor degradations.
The central third of the contiguous U.S. saw a mix of improvements and degradations, based on where heavier precipitation did or did not fall and where dry and windy conditions continued. Parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, the Michigan Lower Peninsula, southern Missouri and southeast Kansas saw improving conditions after heavier rains fell there. Meanwhile, moderate drought expanded in northwest Missouri and portions of west-central Wisconsin, Minnesota, northwest Iowa, the far southern Michigan Upper Peninsula and far northeast Wisconsin. Much of Texas remained the same, with a few degradations in the southeast corner and several degradations in central and southern Texas where long-term drought conditions are still causing impacts. Recent dryness and warm and windy weather in northwest Oklahoma and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles led to abnormal dryness developing there.
Short-term dryness and high evaporative demand led to large areas of degrading conditions in northeast Wyoming, while west-central Wyoming, north-central Colorado, northeast Utah, western Montana, and the northern Idaho Panhandle all saw areas of improvement due to lower evaporative demand and improving snowpack recently. In Hawaii, an active trade wind pattern continued, leading to some improvements on the windward (northeast) slopes of the Big Island and Kauai, while a small area of moderate drought developed on the leeward (southwest) portion of Kauai. In Puerto Rico, a few improvements were made where recent rainfall has improved streamflows and crop stress, and lessened rainfall deficits and raised reservoir levels.
No changes were made to the Drought Monitor this week in Alaska.
– NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu
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Make sure you & your family stay in touch with us. Remember the Storm Team 12 app can always bring you the latest weather alerts for your location as well as Titan Radar. Download it for free from your app store – just search “WDEF Weather”.
The best time to prepare for severe weather is when nothing weather-wise is going on. Learn more about programming your weather alert radio with WDEF-TV News 12.
Who can participate?
This is a community project. Everyone can help, young, old, and in-between. The only requirements are an enthusiasm for watching and reporting weather conditions and a desire to learn more about how weather can affect and impact our lives.
What will our volunteer observers be doing?
Each time a rain, hail or snow storm crosses your area, volunteers take measurements of precipitation from as many locations as possible (see equipment). These precipitation reports are then recorded on our Web site www.cocorahs.org. The data are then displayed and organized for many of our end users to analyze and apply to daily situations ranging from water resource analysis and severe storm warnings to neighbors comparing how much rain fell in their backyards.
Who uses CoCoRaHS?
CoCoRaHS is used by a wide variety of organizations and individuals. The National Weather Service, other meteorologists, hydrologists, emergency managers, city utilities (water supply, water conservation, storm water), insurance adjusters, USDA, engineers, mosquito control, ranchers and farmers, outdoor & recreation interests, teachers, students, and neighbors in the community are just some examples of those who visit our Web site and use our data.
https://cocorahs.org/Content.aspx?page=application
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Weather Update: Thursday – April 25, 2024
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Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Mild. Lows: Mid 50’s. Winds: SE @ 5 MPH.
Friday: Early Showers, Mostly cloudy. Mild. Highs: high 70’s to near 80. Winds: breezy at times, NE @ 5-15 MPH, gusts to 20 MPH.
Overnight: More clouds again. Mild. Lows: low 60’s. Winds: remaining breezy from the south at 5-15 MPH, gusts 25 MPH.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, mild, breezy. Winds: S @ 5-15, gusts to 25 MPH. Highs: low 80’s.
Overnight: Partly cloudy, Mild. Winds: SE @ 5-15 MPH, gusts to 20 MPH. Lows: low 60’s.
Sunday: Sunshine. Dry. Mild. Winds: S @ 5-15 MPH. Gusts 25 MPH. Highs: low 80’s.
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The temperature swings are in “full swing” as we move into the middle of the spring season. Temperatures were well above normal through much of last week, with no dips in the jet stream bringing us some of that still chilly, Canadian air. We will have another day with below normal temperatures to start the work week, with lows in the lower 40’s and highs in the mid to upper 60’s today. Beginning Tuesday, we will be returning to those most pleasant, temperature regimes with lows not too far from 50 degrees and highs remaining in the 70’s, through the rest of the work week. The weekend will be slightly warmer, with lows back in the 60’s and highs in the low to mid 80’s.
Concerning the other elements of the weather forecast, including chances for rain, it appears that most of the News12 viewing area will remain dry this week, despite the passage of a cold front on Wednesday and a warm front Friday into Saturday. Frontal boundaries always have the potential to generate precipitation, but there are times when moisture is limited in advance of these air mass boundaries. This will be the case on Wednesday, as a ridge of high pressure will stick around on Monday and Tuesday over the southeastern United States. The ridge will be so expansive that it will extend from the eastern Seaboard west through the lower Mississippi Valley, through Tuesday night. When these areas of high pressure extend well west through the western Gulf of Mexico into eastern Texas, they limit the amount of moisture that would be advancing north off those warm, gulf waters if these lower atmospheric high pressure systems were not in place. Additionally, fronts generate the strongest atmospheric lift when the air on each side of the boundary collides from nearly opposite directions such as, a northwest wind behind a cold front pushing into warmer air moving from the south or southeast. In meteorological terminology, this is called “convergence”. Convergence along the boundary on Wednesday will be a bit weaker, as winds just ahead of the cold front will be from a more westerly direction; almost due west according to some of the higher resolution, meso-scale computer models.
Therefore, when that cold front builds south across the News12 viewing area on Wednesday, we may see an increase in cloud cover without much, if any rainfall. When the warm front advances north across the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachian region on Friday, precipitation may be limited once again due to the strength of persistent, low level ridging over the southeastern U.S. and the more westward track of a late week, storm system across the northern Plains and western Great Lakes. Of course, a more westward tracking storm system, such as this late week system which will be associated with a surface low pressure center which crosses the Mississippi River well north, near Minneapolis, may not result in much rainfall over the eastern half of the nation. Alternatively, a storm system with a low pressure center which moves along a path where it crosses the Mississippi River near Memphis, or even farther north near St. Louis, on its way northeast through the eastern Great Lakes, would generate better moisture advection and atmospheric lifting over the eastern U.S., thus providing a better chance for rain across the Tennessee Valley and the beautiful city of Chattanooga.
Stay tuned to our forecasts throughout the week to keep track of any significant changes. We are not doing too badly on precipitation amounts as we move into the middle part of the spring season. Our annual deficit is only around one to two inches however, the rate of evaporation keeps increasing as we move further into the warm season. We may approach a deficit of nearly three inches by early next week, if we remain dry. We will likely have several periods of frontal convection as we move through the month of May. It certainly would be nice to advance through the hot summer months with a rainfall surplus!
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National Drought Summary for April 18, 2024
Summary
Moderate to heavy rain amounts fell across parts of the Southeast and Northeast this week, leading to localized improvements to ongoing drought and abnormal dryness in the Southeast, and mostly unchanged conditions in the Northeast, aside from western New York, which missed out on the heavier precipitation and saw minor degradations.
The central third of the contiguous U.S. saw a mix of improvements and degradations, based on where heavier precipitation did or did not fall and where dry and windy conditions continued. Parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, the Michigan Lower Peninsula, southern Missouri and southeast Kansas saw improving conditions after heavier rains fell there. Meanwhile, moderate drought expanded in northwest Missouri and portions of west-central Wisconsin, Minnesota, northwest Iowa, the far southern Michigan Upper Peninsula and far northeast Wisconsin. Much of Texas remained the same, with a few degradations in the southeast corner and several degradations in central and southern Texas where long-term drought conditions are still causing impacts. Recent dryness and warm and windy weather in northwest Oklahoma and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles led to abnormal dryness developing there.
Short-term dryness and high evaporative demand led to large areas of degrading conditions in northeast Wyoming, while west-central Wyoming, north-central Colorado, northeast Utah, western Montana, and the northern Idaho Panhandle all saw areas of improvement due to lower evaporative demand and improving snowpack recently. In Hawaii, an active trade wind pattern continued, leading to some improvements on the windward (northeast) slopes of the Big Island and Kauai, while a small area of moderate drought developed on the leeward (southwest) portion of Kauai. In Puerto Rico, a few improvements were made where recent rainfall has improved streamflows and crop stress, and lessened rainfall deficits and raised reservoir levels.
No changes were made to the Drought Monitor this week in Alaska.
– NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu
Got #weatherpix to share for our @WestShoreHome #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay? E-mail them to [email protected].
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Make sure you & your family stay in touch with us. Remember the Storm Team 12 app can always bring you the latest weather alerts for your location as well as Titan Radar. Download it for free from your app store – just search “WDEF Weather”.
The best time to prepare for severe weather is when nothing weather-wise is going on. Learn more about programming your weather alert radio with WDEF-TV News 12.
Who can participate?
This is a community project. Everyone can help, young, old, and in-between. The only requirements are an enthusiasm for watching and reporting weather conditions and a desire to learn more about how weather can affect and impact our lives.
What will our volunteer observers be doing?
Each time a rain, hail or snow storm crosses your area, volunteers take measurements of precipitation from as many locations as possible (see equipment). These precipitation reports are then recorded on our Web site www.cocorahs.org. The data are then displayed and organized for many of our end users to analyze and apply to daily situations ranging from water resource analysis and severe storm warnings to neighbors comparing how much rain fell in their backyards.
Who uses CoCoRaHS?
CoCoRaHS is used by a wide variety of organizations and individuals. The National Weather Service, other meteorologists, hydrologists, emergency managers, city utilities (water supply, water conservation, storm water), insurance adjusters, USDA, engineers, mosquito control, ranchers and farmers, outdoor & recreation interests, teachers, students, and neighbors in the community are just some examples of those who visit our Web site and use our data.
https://cocorahs.org/Content.aspx?page=application
IF YOU’D LIKE A WDEF NEWS 12 METEOROLOGIST TO VISIT WITH YOUR SCHOOL, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW.
Police: 2 shot near Chattanooga Champy’s on MLK Blvd.
UPDATE:
April 26, 2024
Chattanooga Police confirmed the Thursday evening shooting outside of Champy’s resulted in two people becoming injured.
Their injuries were not life-threatening.
They went to the hospital by a personal vehicle and were already gone once police arrived on scene.
The shooting happened just after 6:30 p.m. on April 25.
As of Friday morning, police have not made any arrests in this case.
This is a developing story and we are working to learn more.
April 25, 2024
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Two people were shot Thursday evening near the MLK Champy’s, Chattanooga Police confirmed.
The shooting happened outside near the Champy’s.
It is currently unclear what led to the shooting or who was involved.
Police say the two have non-life-threatening injuries.
We are working to learn more about this incident and will provide updates as they are available.
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Finley Stadium welcomes newly renovated Ultra Club
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Finley Stadium is welcoming its newly renovated “Ultra Club” event space.
“This has been a few years in the works, just lots of planning. We started construction earlier this year in January and we just wanted to complete it. We’re really excited for this space. We want this to be a community space that people can use,” said Samantha Brennan, Event Booking Manager at Finley Stadium.
The Ultra Club is located inside the premium entrance of Finley Stadium.
The event space offers amenities and a great view of the stadium for private and corporate events all year round.
Samantha Brennan with Finley stadium believes the club suite was overdue for a renovation.
“We really wanted to modernize it, upgrade it, give it a little bit more of an upscale feel without boxing out too many clients,” said Brennan. “So, we made it casual for game days. We are really excited to be able to host a variety of events and really have so many more people in our stadium throughout the year.”
According to Finley Stadium, Ultra Club can accommodate up to 250 guests standing and 150 guests for comfortable seating.
Brennan says Ultra Club can be used for various events.
“For Chattanooga Football Club, they have been utilizing half of it. They will utilize half for their merch store, and then the other half is kind of an all-inclusive, all you can eat food package, as well as the bar. UTC uses it as well with merch on the far side and then kind of some are their donor spaces. We will have tons of private events,” Brennan said. “We have already got a wedding reception on the books, a birthday party, some graduation parties, as well as a couple of corporate events.”
And in the future, Brennan hopes the Ultra Club will create a memorable experience for folks to enjoy.
“We are really looking for this to be a space that everyone can use. As if you want your wedding here, your kid’s birthday party, whatever you want,” Brennan concluded.
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Bradley County decision on whether to arm school teachers
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) – The sheriff and school superintendent in Bradley County say they will not take advantage of the new law on arming school employees to provide security at this time.
Here is their joint statement:
“Sheriff Lawson and Dr. Cash are aware of the House Bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools. They have a great working relationship and both are very committed in keeping all of the children secure in the safest environment at all times. Sheriff Lawson will continue working diligently with Dr. Cash on ensuring the future safety of our children. Currently, all of the Bradley County schools are staffed with a School Resource Officer and some have more than one SRO. Also, our new budget makes a provision for one more School Resource Officer by the start of the next school year. This will result in both high schools and both middle schools being staffed with 2 SROs at each of the 4 schools. Because of our dedication and partnership with the Bradley County School District, we firmly believe that we have some of the safest schools around.”
Earlier this week, Hamilton County Schools made a statement that they do not want to arm their teacher either.
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Spring events around the Chattanooga area
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — From carnivals and barbecues to spring markets, there is plenty going on the next few months around the scenic city. With spring and warm temperatures finally here, many people are ready to get out and enjoy it.
Sometimes though, it’s hard to keep up with all that is going on.
So, here is a list of upcoming spring events in and around the Chattanooga area.
April
April 27 – Chattanooga River Market from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in front of the TN Aquarium.
April 23-28 – Cornbread Festival Carnival at 221 S Cedar Ave. in South Pittsburg. Event times vary by day.
April 26-28 – Chattanooga Seafood Bash at Coolidge Park. Event times vary by day.
April 26-27 – Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival, at 4-H Camp McCroy 1058 Hwy 30 in Reliance, TN. Event times vary by day.
April 27 – Collegedale Airport Movie Night featuring “Planes.” Event starts at 6:30 p.m., movie begins at 8 p.m.
April 27 – Decatur Spring Around the Square from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 365 Abel Avenue.
April 27 – Picnic at the Post at Barnhardt Circle in Fort Oglethorpe, GA, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
April 27-28 – National Cornbread Festival at 221 S Cedar Ave. in South Pittsburg. Event times vary by day.
April 30 – Running of the Chihuahuas at First Horizon Pavilion, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
May
May 4 – Spring City Blooms Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Front St. in Spring City, TN.
May 4 – Memories of Mayberry in Valley Head, Alabama from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
May 4 – Red Bank Jubilee at 3817 Redding Rd. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
May 4 – Louder Together Music Festival from 2 to 10 p.m. at Burr Performing Arts Park in Dalton, GA.
May 4-5 – Chattanooga Taco Festival at Camp Jordan in East Ridge. Event times vary by day.
May 5 – Strawberry Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1801 Reggie White Blvd. in Chattanooga.
May 6-11 – Strawberry Festival in downtown Dayton, Tennessee. There are different events each day.
May 9-19 – Thrillville Fair at Camp Jordan Park in East Ridge, TN. Event times vary by day.
May 11 – Dolly Days in Ringgold from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
May 11 – Big Pig Festival from 11:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the First Horizon Pavilion in Chattanooga.
May 11 – Mountain Laurel Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pisgah Civitan Park, 650 County Road 374.
May 13-19 – Chattanooga Pizza Week 2024.
May 17 – Food Truck Friday in Red Bank from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 3817 Redding Road.
May 18 – Down Home Days in downtown Chickamauga from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.
May 24 – Nightfall in Chattanooga happens each Friday until August 30, starting at 7 p.m. Located at Miller Park and Miller Plaza.
May 24-25 – 1890 Days in Downtown Ringgold, GA. Event times vary by day.
We will continue updating this list as we find more events.
Chattanooga Police adding speed signs to Hixson Pike after crash
HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Chattanooga Police Department has begun placing speed signs on Hixson Pike in an effort to persuade drivers to slow down.
The sign collects data on traffic patterns so that CPD knows where to patrol to enforce safe driving.
This follows the serious four-vehicle crash that occurred on Saturday morning at Hixson Pike by Boy Scout Road. There were six people involved in the wreck, and five people were injured.
The wreck happened on April 20 just before 10:30 a.m. One person involved in the wreck had life-threatening injuries, one had serious injuries and three had minor injuries.
There was a Chrysler 300, a Ford Escape, a Jeep Grand Cherokee and Rivian involved.
Authorities completely shut down this portion of Hixson Pike for about three hours.
CPD explained this is what happened in the wreck:
“The preliminary investigation shows a Chrysler 300 was traveling southbound on Hixson Pike when it struck the rear of a Ford Escape. The impact caused the Ford Escape to continue southbound, spin, and cross the center. The Jeep Grand Cherokee and Rivian 7FC were traveling northbound on Hixson Pike. The Jeep Grand Cherokee was struck by the Ford Escape that had spun into the northbound lanes. After striking the Ford Escape, the Chrysler 300 continued southbound and crossed the center, then struck the Rivian 7FC head on.”
Chattanooga Police are also promising more traffic enforcement methods throughout the city in the near future.
Cooking mishap results in fatal Bradley County house fire
UPDATE:
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — A Bradley County Government spokesperson identified the two people involved in the fire on Sunday.
The two who died in this fire were 68-year-old Dnese Moore and 93-year-old Myrtle Irene Moore.
BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — A cooking accident in Bradley County resulted in a fatal fire on Sunday.
The fire began in the kitchen of the house, and authorities deemed it as an accidental fire.
Unfortunately, two people died as a result of the fire.
The fire took place at a home on the 100 block of North Brook Drive NE in Bradley County.
Two people, a 93-year-old mother and 68-year-old daughter, were in a bedroom at the time of the fire.
First responders searched the house, found the two victims and took them to the hospital. There, Bradley County authorities said they died from their injuries, primarily smoke inhalation.
The names of the two victims have currently not been released.
Bradley County EMS, Bradley County Fire Rescue and Bradley County Sheriff’s Office all assisted in the incident.
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