Ben Benton
Staff Writer at Chattanooga Times Free Press
Longtime local reporter covering Southeast Tennessee for the @TimesFreePress.
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6 days ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
Friday's accumulation of 0.26 inches of precipitation unofficially pushed Chattanooga over the record for the month of 12 inches set 96 years ago, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall for May 2025 edged 1929 record by just two-hundredths of an inch, according to meteorologist Sam Roberts at the weather service office in Morristown, Tennessee.
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6 days ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a dispute over whether Grundy County has the authority to stop a private company from operating a sand mine. The state attorney general sided with the county, records show. The county's act was updated with two resolutions by 2019 to include quarries, rock crushers and gravel pits, which put the Tinsley operation on the spot when it started construction at the site on Clouse Hill Road north of Tracy City a couple of years later.
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1 week ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
May rainfall breaks 25-year high mark, threatens historic record set in 1929 4 minutes ago by Ben Benton Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / The Republic Center and Liberty Tower reflect in a flooded parking lot on May 28, 2025. Rainfall totals in the Chattanooga region in May broke a 25-year high of 11.55 inches by Wednesday morning, and by Saturday, accumulations could topple the 96-year-old record of 12 inches set in 1929.
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1 week ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
Bradley Central High School's community in Cleveland, Tennessee, is grieving after a popular Bradley Bears student and football player died Saturday from injuries he sustained in a car crash. "It's with heavy hearts that we inform everyone that we lost a great Bear today," a post on the school's social media page said on Saturday. "Brodie King has passed away today, and we will be honoring his life tonight at 6 p.m. at Bear stadium.
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2 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
Moccasin Bend study turns up more than 3,700 artifacts 8 minutes ago by Ben Benton Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute Archaeological Resources Survey / This photo plate shows a collection of historic artifacts found in a 2024 archaeological survey of 20 acres on Moccason Bend in Chattanooga.
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I-75 portion of split project delayed over coordination of CSX rail and interstate traffic in the construction of new bridge. https://t.co/VsG0l1szsD
TBI seeking info on 10 suspicious fires in Palmer, Tennessee. $5,000 reward offered. https://t.co/NcTN4WSbj9
McCallie tunnel to alternate sides during the closure for an electrical project set for Aug. 30 completion. https://t.co/JuIGFC0tD4