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UPDATE: Some school buses could be delayed this afternoon due to the bridge railing collapse, according to an alert sent to parents from Hamilton County Schools. https://t.co/06u4uQWJuP

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The Market Street Bridge will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic Sunday from 8 a.m. to no later than 2 p.m. as testing is performed. https://t.co/PRpNTCaPHS

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OPINION: Here's betting in a few months the whispers of a tax increase for schools (and general county operations) could become loud. https://t.co/OEmLwtWH4j

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The Hamilton County Board of Education has a some key tasks on its agenda today. Follow reporter Meghan Mangrum as she reports from the meeting. https://t.co/lXjkamcGUO

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The application for the Housing Choice Voucher Program will be from 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Thursday and will only be available online. https://t.co/1RqHIf4DU1

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A Hamilton County judge is considering a bond reduction in a 2009 cold-case slaying after the accused's attorney argued Tuesday that state evidence "barely meets probable cause" to charge his client. https://t.co/sGUyIGKPnW

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Before a single ballot is cast in early voting, which begins Friday, the contest to succeed a term-limited Gov. Bill Haslam is already the most expensive gubernatorial contest in state history. https://t.co/uwF5iUJzxL

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Hamilton County election commissioners voted this morning to hire a Nashville attorney to defend the commission against a lawsuit filed Monday by the Tennessee Democratic Party. https://t.co/taP5NZhiJS

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Curbside glass recycling isn't coming back in Chattanooga, at least not anytime soon. https://t.co/4MoQyRAgOn

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LIVE: Five major candidates seeking to be the next governor of Tennessee will discuss key issues facing the state and how they will address them at a forum hosted by the Chattanooga Times Free Press this evening. https://t.co/1x9QMAQnBE

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Apartment rental rates rose nearly five times faster than worker wages in Chattanooga last year as demand for rental housing continued to grow, even as more properties were added to the market. https://t.co/fs82iQ74j1

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Some Tennessee Supreme Court justices seemed sympathetic to a local attorney's argument Thursday that a fee system used in DUI prosecutions is unconstitutional. But without a legal framework for how to deal with possible abuses, others weren't as swayed. https://t.co/6YH1CFZ3bm

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The Tennessee Valley Authority was overcharged nearly $4.4 million by a contractor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant for construction of the Unit 2 reactor from 2013 to 2015, according to an audit released Wednesday. https://t.co/3q98WCctho

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Karitsa Mosley Jones has officially announced her re-election bid for the District 5 seat on the Hamilton County Board of Education. https://t.co/MIDHA8RjGY

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An array of new housing downtown, coupled with a strengthening local economy, is helping fuel a faster pace of population growth in Chattanooga, according to U.S. Census Bureau data and city officials. https://t.co/pA7Y4jD7ub

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A city panel has endorsed rate increases in Chattanooga's water quality fees over the next five years that will cost the typical homeowner an extra $68.34 a year by 2023 and leave Chattanooga with the highest such fees of any city in Tennessee. https://t.co/42qHYtwxpQ

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Nine new principals were announced Monday for the Hamilton County Schools system. https://t.co/Q23TfZqvAq

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Jaden Medley said he wants to be a "champion" and "get belts," and thanks to Mike Dawson, the founder of Capital Punishment Boxing, he's got a better shot than most, so long as he keeps coming to this small gym on Chattanooga's Westside. https://t.co/TXqWHGvCRE

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Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger said he wants to do more for public safety and roads, along with building two new schools, in the fiscal year that starts July 1. https://t.co/qfMTEUjQic

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Tim Boyd, the indicted commissioner who clinched his third term representing District 8 earlier this week, will stand before a special judge today to plead not guilty to his criminal extortion charge. And he wants the judge to dismiss it, too. https://t.co/zLOHcBOoqr