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Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. UPDATE: Hamilton County launches new immersive history experience now open in Downtown Chattanooga (local3news.com) — A new Chattanooga–Hamilton County History Experience is now open at 231 Broad Street, offering an interactive look at the city's past with $10 adult and $5 child tickets. Created with help from local students and funded by tourism taxes, the pop-up space uses films and exhibits to highlight untold community stories while giving young people hands-on creative experience.
2. Ex-Chattanooga cop Lawrence Goodine convicted of 2023 murder of Kara Akins (wdef.com) — A Hamilton County jury has convicted former Chattanooga police officer Lawrence Goodine of multiple charges, including first-degree felony murder, in the 2023 killing of Kara Akins. Akins' family says the verdict brings long-awaited justice and hopes the case sparks stronger responses to domestic violence as Goodine faces life in prison plus additional sentencing in October.
3. After 6 listening sessions, Rock City says public feedback will shape gondola plans (newschannel9.com) — Rock City says feedback from six recent listening sessions will influence its proposed gondola linking Chattanooga Valley to the Lookout Mountain attraction. Residents raised concerns about traffic, noise, and environmental impacts, while the company prepares sewer, noise, and environmental studies and touts an all-electric system designed to reduce cars on Ochs Highway.
4. Then and Now: Caves (wdef.com) — The piece explores how Chattanooga's dramatic geology and cave systems shape the region's identity, from Lookout Mountain and Ruby Falls to Ellison's Cave in Georgia. It also recounts Johnny Cash's reported spiritual turning point in Nickajack Cave near the Chattanooga city limits, hinting at many more underground stories still to be told.
5. Signal Mountain fire chief resigns after review of controversial social media post (newschannel9.com) — Signal Mountain's fire chief has resigned after town officials reviewed a controversial personal social media video, though they have not disclosed what it showed. The police chief is now acting fire chief while an interim leader is chosen, a notable change for residents on Chattanooga's nearby mountaintop community who rely on the department's emergency response.
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