A large tree fell across a road and flattened a passing Kia, and firefighters arrived to discover a woman was still alive in the “mangled vehicle.” It happened around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and photos show the front of the vehicle was reduced to knee-height.

The grand opening of Chase’s new branches at Hamilton Place (2120 Gunbarrel Road) and Northshore (306 Cherokee Blvd.) on Thursday bring the bank’s Tennessee retail footprint to about 30 branches and makes it official: Chase now has a statewide retail presence across all of Tennessee’s major markets.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The company held grand opening events for not just one, but two new branches in the heart of the Scenic City. The celebrations began with a ribbon-cutting at Chase’s Gunbarrel Road branch at 9 a.m. This was followed by another at the Northshore branch at 11 a.m.

This comes after President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders calling for deportation of undocumented migrants that have led to sweeping immigration raids across the country.

Residents around East Tennessee awoke Tuesday morning to flyers instructing immigrants to "self-deport" and recruiting "white protestants" to join the cause of the Ku Klux Klan.

An amendment that would have removed a provision creating a Class E felony for Tennessee elected officials to vote for sanctuary cities spurred a raucous debate

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BOTTOM LINE: Chattanooga will try to keep its three-game home win streak intact when the Mocs play East Tennessee State. The Mocs are 6-3 on their home court. Chattanooga has a 0-2 record in one-possession games.

KKK flyers found in East Tennessee prompted police investigations and community concern, with a legislative response proposed.

Anyone paying attention knows that Tennessee's GOP supermajority in the state legislature and Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who pledged weeks ago to use the state National Guard to assist with President Donald Trump's mass deportations,

Every Tennessean and American should be horrified by a provision in Governor Bill Lee’s proposed bill that would criminalize elected lawmakers for how they vote on immigration policy. This is a dangerous idea for any politician to consider, whether liberal or conservative.

Lawmakers passed seven bills through 17 committee hearings in a span of a day. Final votes set for Thursday on vouchers and immigration.