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2 days ago | foxchattanooga.com | Hope Salman

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tensions are escalating between federal immigration agents and Metro government leaders over how a recent immigration enforcement operation has been handled. While U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are urging more cooperation from local agencies, some in Nashville's leadership, including Mayor Freddie O’Connell, are critical of the approach taken by ICE.

2 days ago | foxchattanooga.com | Julia Haley

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — After spending nearly two decades beneath the surface, Brood XIV cicadas are emerging across Western North Carolina in one of nature's most fascinating and loudest events. These insects belong to a group known as periodical cicadas, which surface in large numbers every 13 or 17 years. Brood XIV is on a 17-year cycle, meaning the last time they appeared was back in 2008. Chrissy Cochran, education specialist at the WNC Nature Center, says the buzz has already begun.

3 days ago | foxchattanooga.com | Ted Rossman

You’ve likely heard that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Or that April showers bring May flowers. Here’s another truism to add to that list: Credit card balances don’t rise in the first quarter of the year. That was once again true in 2025, as balances fell to $1.18 trillion in Q1, down $29 billion (2.4 percent) from Q4 2024, according to the New York Fed. Over the past 22 years, credit card balances fell from Q4 to Q1 on 21 occasions, and they were flat once (in 2023).

4 days ago | foxchattanooga.com | Alexx Altman-Devilbiss

The Houston-based low-cost carrier said it would charter flights from Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona, utilizing three Boeing 737-800 aircraft in collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Andrew Levy, Avelo's founder and chief executive, stated that the agreement to work for ICE would help the company expand and protect jobs. “We realize this is a sensitive and complicated topic,” he said.

4 days ago | foxchattanooga.com | Monti Carlo

You think you know a place until you taste it. That’s the thing about food—it refuses to lie. It’s memory, migration, defiance, survival. And sometimes? It’s a croissant cinnamon roll the size of a fist that makes you reconsider everything you thought you knew about Reno, Nevada. In the first two episodes of Let's Eat, I devoured Charleston’s polished charm and San Antonio's spice and swagger. But here, in the shadow of the Sierra foothills, Reno caught me off guard.