Here are the new marriage licenses from the County Clerk's office: KENNETH PIERRE BUSH                               MICHELLE DANYEAL WOODLEY 1318 N ORCHARD KNOB AVE                           284 W 36TH ST CHATTANOOGA, TN 37406   ... (click for more)

March Against Monsanto Chattanooga announced Friday that on on Saturday many concerned citizens will “March Against Monsanto.” The march will start at 2 p.m. at Miller Park, participants will march to Renaissance Park for a rally that will feature speakers Alex McGregor, Jami Brown, Garver Akers, and Rick Wright.  Patricia Bazemore, lead organizer of the March Against Monsanto ... (click for more)

Wade Hinton, who led Mayor Andy Berke's transition team, has been chosen as city attorney. It is a joint appointment with the City Council, and the move was endorsed by a number of council members who appeared with the mayor at a press conference on Friday morning. Mayor Berke did not retain Mike McMahan, the longtime city attorney. He passed over Phil Noblett, a longtime ... (click for more)

A man convicted of smuggling his young first cousin into Chattanooga and having sex with her has been sentenced to serve 15 years and six months in federal prison. German Rolando Vicente-Sapon, 41, of Guatemala, was sentenced by Judge Curtis Collier. Following a three-day trial, a jury convicted Vicente-Sapon in November 2012 for transporting a minor across the Mexican ... (click for more)

We do not have to pander to those in our country who were not invited and made their way here on their own. They are here against our laws that are already on the books which are not enforced.  They do not have negotiation rights to dictate to the United States government nor does our government have the right to pick and choose which laws are to be enforced or ignored so ... (click for more)

I’ve gotten hundreds of jokes since Tuesday when I wrote about feeling a little puny lately and expressing my belief that laughter is the best medicine. After breaking some bones in my arm as I slept last week and having no idea there were already some other fractures, it looked pretty certain I had a case of “The Big C.” I’ve always felt that stands for “courage” but the medical ... (click for more)