Greg Payne, 54, of Pikeville, TN, died on Friday, February 27, 2015. He was retired from Taft Youth Center. Greg was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver Payne and Bonnie Ferguson. Survivors include his daughters, Ashley (Neal) Payne Armour, of Chattanooga, Leah (Jason Turner) Payne, Whitwell, TN; grandchildren, Hayden McGuigan, Aysiah McGuigan, Jaron Turner, Austyn ... (click for more)

James Stanley “Buddy” Harris, 80, of Pikeville, TN, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2015.  He was a brick mason by trade. He loved to watch football and listen to the Edmons family play Bluegrass. He was born in Chattanooga on April 27, 1934 to the late George W. (Ethel) Harris; and was also preceded in death by his wife, Glenna Harris; and two granddaughters, Ashley ... (click for more)

J.W .  Mayne , 77 of Rossville, died on Monday, March 2, 2015. He had lived in the North Georgia area for most of his life and was of the Christian faith. He retired from Yates Bleachery in 2010 after more than 51 years of service and enjoyed traveling, going to the Smokey Mountains and had a passion for caring and taking in animals. Survivors include his loving wife ... (click for more)

Edith Frances Weinthal died Monday morning, February 23, six days short of her 83rd birthday after a short yet very painful battle with cancer. Originally from upstate New York Edith, moved to Lookout Mountain with her husband and two children, calling the Chattanooga area home since. Originally a homemaker, Edith was very art-centric creating her own line of clothes briefly ... (click for more)

An Ooltewah woman testified Tuesday that her son's girlfriend told her they had no regrets for trying to kill her by setting her house on fire. Paula K. Shouse said she asked Gladys George, "You tried to kill me" and she replied, "Yes, we did." She said she asked Ms. George, "Do you regret what you did" and she answered, "No, not at all." Ms. Shouse also said the only reason ... (click for more)

Charles Holsey, 19, was shot and killed Monday night. The preliminary police investigation indicates that during a drug transaction at 310 Sylvan St., a fight broke out and Holsey was shot once.  Holsey then left in his vehicle later wrecking in the 700 block of North Market Street.  One other person involved in the crash was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. ... (click for more)