The Lee University Flames baseball team opened the 2012 season, Friday, earning a doubleheader sweep over Talladega College, 14-2 and 4-1. The two squads will conclude the weekend series, playing a single game, Saturday, beginning at noon. In Friday’s first game, the Flames fell behind, 1-0, in the second inning on an unearned run scored off Lee starting pitcher, Kris Hall. ... (click for more)

One of the most talented female athletes to ever wear the Maroon and White had her jersey No. 2 retired during halftime of the Lee University and Southern Wesleyan University basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 2. In the fall of 2008 Jamie Achten became a member of the Lady Flames soccer team and over the next four years the team would produce the greatest achievement in NAIA ... (click for more)

A $750,000 settlement has been reached in Hamilton County Circuit Court in a case in which a bicyclist was struck by a Chevrolet Tahoe and seriously injured. Sean Sanderson and his wife, Dr. Stephanie Sanderson, of Cleveland, Tn.,had filed suit against Benjamin Wilson and Oscar Wilson. At the time of the wreck, Mr. Sanderson was riding a Trek bicycle on Ooltewah-Georgetown ... (click for more)

Rep. Gerald McCormick said the Legislature may take action this session to give physicians more say-so at Erlanger Hospital. The House majority leader from Hixson said, "With the recent financial losses at Erlanger, there is a desire on the part of the medical community to have more of a role at the hospital and to have more board representation." The Hospital Authority Board ... (click for more)

My wife was disgusted to see all the tents and trash on the Hamilton County Courthouse lawn when she went to renew our vehicle tags yesterday.  She described to me all the tents, dirty blankets, trash and  general filth she saw around our historic courthouse.  So last night as I sat and pondered first why the protesters were protesting, then why they were allowed ... (click for more)

Years ago, once when famed Alabama football coach Bear Bryant was reflecting on his success, he spit a fleck of tobacco off his tongue and summed it up with a laugh, “Aw, all it boils down to is being able to talk an 18-year-old into making a decision in 15 minutes.” Since then, college recruiting has reached the point the University of Tennessee now budgets $2.3 million a year ... (click for more)