Hamilton county has placed a moratorium on building projects for as long as four years.
     But it isn't tied to the weak economy.
     Hamilton county mayor Claude Ramsey says a number of projects, including remodeling or replacing county buildings, are on hold unless the money has already been set aside.
     County finance administrator Louis wright says there is a full load of long term and short debt on the books right now.

     Investigators first thought a downtown fire outside some law offices was gang related.
     But now, Several months later, They have moved in a different direction.
     The fire was set outside at the entrance Dome Building last October.. But it burned out before doing any damage.

     There is more unemployment in Ooltewah.
     A-L-C Collegedale told workers today that they are laying off  to consolidate their operations.
     They did not announce numbers today.. But there are 45 people working at the facility on Mountain View Road.
     The work goes to their Texas facility.
     Workers will be given the option of moving there.

There are new developments tonight in a controversial public housing project in North Chattanooga.

The Hamilton county regional planning commission was poised to kill plans by the Housing Authority to re-build the Fairmount Avenues Apartments.

A effort among local schools and the community to help children in Haiti nets over $4,000.  James Howard plans to take the money raised last month at East Brainerd Elementary and East Hamilton Middle High to Haiti personally.