Thomas “Tommy” Ballard, Rhea County Commissioner for the Seventh District, passed away Saturday. He has been commissioner ...

Patsy Lee Landers Thornton, 74, of Rossville, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025, surrounded by her family. Patsy was born on July 7, 1951, to the late Frank and Mary Landers.

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a shooting Monday afternoon in East Ridge.