Ben Benton
Staff Writer at Chattanooga Times Free Press
Longtime local reporter covering Southeast Tennessee for the @TimesFreePress.
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1 week ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
The Tennessee Army National Guard has deployed two Black Hawk helicopters to Polk County to support firefighters battling a blaze near the North Carolina border. Two helicopters from Knoxville's 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion departed for Polk County between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. Tuesday from McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base to combat wildfires just southeast of Turtletown, military officials said in a news release.
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1 week ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
JASPER, Tenn. – Plans for an expansion at the jail in Marion County dissolved in 2020 when the pandemic struck and inmates were released to create social-distancing room. Now, a $6 million expansion is ready to begin. Wednesday, jail administrator Sgt. Tammy McAlpin counted 28 women housed in the jail's female pod. The pod is certified by the state to hold 18 women, Sheriff Ronnie "Bo" Burnett said during a tour of the jail in the Marion County Justice Center.
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2 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. -- It's about supporting their hopes and dreams for the future, and a new pair of shoes. Tennessee first lady Maria Lee spent two days in Bledsoe County this week as part of a partnership with global nonprofit Samaritan's Feet, a humanitarian aid group, to distribute more than 1,400 new pairs of shoes and socks to every student in the county.
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2 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
Garmin International, the Kansas-based company that makes navigation devices, denies allegations a Garmin device gave false information that led to the deaths of a Tennessee deputy and the woman handcuffed in the back seat. The family of Tabitha Marie Smith, 35, who was found handcuffed in the back of Meigs County Sheriff's Deputy Robert John "R.J." Leonard Jr.'s patrol car on Feb.
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2 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ben Benton
The Chattanooga area on Sunday got more than half the normal precipitation total for April, according to the National Weather Service. The slow-moving system dumped rain on West Tennessee over several days before inching its way into East Tennessee on Sunday, according to Kyle Snowdin, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Morristown, Tennessee. "I'm looking at 2.71 for Sunday rainfall, which was actually a daily record.
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