A man who was convicted in the rape of a 15-year-old girl in New York State has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for not registering as a sex offender after moving to Niota, Tn. Zachary Lowman appeared before Federal Judge Sandy Mattice in Chattanooga. In the incident in 2012 at Niagara Falls, authorities said Lowman sexually assaulted a girl who passed out after ... (click for more)

Here are the latest jail booking reports from Hamilton and Walker Counties: Hamilton County: BALLANGER, LATANYA MICHELLE 2001 SOUTH LYERLY STREET APT 123 CHATTANOOGA, 37404 30 Chattanooga     AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BENNETT, CORDARIUS DEMOND 2610 EAST 16TH STREET CHATTANOOGA, 37404 23 Chattanooga     CRIMINAL TRESPASSING BOSTON, DERRICK ... (click for more)

The public needs to intervene on the absolutely absurd Wilson Air Waste (WWW) at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport.  What this all comes down to is our elected officials have appointed board members to oversee the budget and decision making at the airport, and they clearly do not respect public resources.   Contrary to the Airport Authority CEO’s statement ... (click for more)

In the Broadway play, “The Civil War,” there is an emotional song called “Tell My Father,” the words that a dying Union soldier on a distant battlefield asked to be delivered when the other troops got back home. The reason Lt. Col. Mark Weber sang that very song with his oldest son Matt was because the highly-decorated officer was fighting Stage IV intestinal cancer at the ... (click for more)

With 72 days left until the start of the 2013 college football season, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs are already getting plenty of recognition from the preseason prognosticators.  UTC is included in the Lindy’s Sports Annuals, Athlon Sports and The Sporting News top-25 listings. Chattanooga checks in at No. 20 in the Lindy’s and Sporting News ... (click for more)

The Country Club Wavemakers have been a dominant force in the Chattanooga Area Swim League in years past when they were associated with Shepherd Hills. That was back about 30 or more years ago when they always had some incredible dual meets with the Cumberland Youth Foundation. Times have changed since those glory days, but coach Stan Corcoran is working hard to ... (click for more)