The Tennessee Wars Commission and the Tennessee Historical Commission announced today that applications for a new grant program that will provide funding to protect Civil War and Underground Railroad sites in Tennessee will be available Dec. 1. Funding for the grants is made possible by the Tennessee Civil War Sites Preservation Act of 2013, which was passed this year by the ... (click for more)

Details about life in Tennessee during the Civil War are emerging through a new project of the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA). Archivists and volunteers at TSLA have created an online database of records from provost marshals, who served as military police for the Union Army during the war. The TSLA Union Provost Marshal Database will be of great benefit to genealogists, ... (click for more)

A Criminal Court jury on Friday night found Michael Orlando Freeman guilty of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault and attempted aggravated rape. Prosecutor Matthew Rogers said he faces 8-12 years on the attempted murder and aggravated assault and 3-6 years on the attempted rape. He said Freeman was on parole at the time for robbery and likely will ... (click for more)

Wes Snyder is stepping down as Cleveland, Tn.'s police chief - a post he has held since 2004. Janice Casteel, Cleveland city manager, said, "Chief Snyder announced his retirement effective January 5th, 2014 - which marks his 10th year as Chief of Police and 33 years of service with the city of Cleveland. "We wish him well in his retirement." Chief Snyder ... (click for more)

My husband and I gathered signatures on petitions over the Thanksgiving holiday. Given the future impact of the domestic benefits ordinance narrowly passed by the City Council, we felt it was important for all Chattanoogans to have an opportunity to be heard at the ballot box.    We have lived here for decades; we are both recently retired (TVA management and ... (click for more)

Allow me to write very little today so that Nelson Mandela might say a lot. “Madiba,” as he was lovingly called by a nation of blacks and whites who equally adored him, died on Friday after becoming one of the greatest heroes the world has ever known. I have tried to studiously watch his every move for over the last 20 years and can say that I have loved his mantra and his teachings ... (click for more)