Brenda Perkins Ithier died on July 29, 2014, in Bronx, NY.  She was a 1967 graduate of Howard High and employed by Chase Bank. Services will be on Aug. 2, at St. Benedict’s Church at 10 a.m., handled by Benta’s Funeral Home in Bronx, NY. Announcement is by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 622-9995. (click for more)

Samuel Bradley Cromer, 19, of Chattanooga, died on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 4, at OLPH Catholic Church with Reverend Jim Vick officiating. Memorial contributions can be made to the OLPH Football Program, 501 South Moore Road, Chattanooga, Tn. 37412. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Monday, ... (click for more)

Betty Lane, 80, of Cleveland, TN, passed away early Thursday morning, July 31, 2014 in a local health care facility surrounded by her family.  Mrs. Lane was the daughter of the late Ethel M. Gordan Williams and Winfred Lee Williams; and was also preceded in death by her husband, Ray D. Lane; and her brother, Aaron Lee Williams. Mrs. Lane was retired from Cleveland Community ... (click for more)

Philip Lamar Nale, 49, of Dunlap, TN, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at his home after a long and courageous battle with cancer.  Survivors include his mother, Margaret Ann O'neal and step-dad, Noal B. O'neal; sister, Paula Annette Rickets; brother, Robert Lee Nale Jr.; girlfriend, Debra L. Brock; sons, Philip Lamar NaleJr. and Adam Lee ... (click for more)

In a ruling Friday, a Federal Court Judge in Rome agreed with Hutcheson Medical Center and Regions Bank to grant the request for an injunction, effectively stopping the foreclosure efforts of Erlanger Health System against Hutcheson. In stopping the foreclosure set for next Tuesday, the judge held that the public interest in keeping the hospital doors open was “insurmountable.”  ... (click for more)

A mediated global resolution has been achieved in 63 lawsuits pending in U.S. District Court involving more than 850 plaintiffs asserting claims against the Tennessee Valley Authority arising from the 2008 ash spill at Kingston Fossil Plant. The resolution, outlined in documents submitted Friday to the U.S. District Court in Knoxville, comes after nearly two years of ... (click for more)