Baylor Swimmers Break 2 Southeastern Records

Monday, May 07, 2012

The Baylor Swim Club 15- and16-year-old boys broke two Southeastern swimming records at the 2012 Nike Invitational held at the Baylor School. 

The 200 medley relay of Lucas Kaliszak, Mathias Porter, Joey Carbone and Sam McHugh posted a time of 1:52.96 to break the old record of 1:54.34 set by the Birmingham Swim League in 2001.

In the 200 freestyle relay of Kaliszak, McHugh, Chandler Hinson and Carbone posted a time of 1:40.96 to break the old record of 1:44.96 set by BSL in 2001.


Heavy Rains Force Cancellation Of Sunday's Lookouts' Game.

The presence of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area resulted in the cancellation of Sunday's game with the Tennessee Smokies At AT&T Field. The Lookouts and Smokies will play two seven inning games beginning at 5:15 p.m. Monday. The Smokies have won the first two games of the five-game series. (click for more)

Spring Fling Softball Pairings Set By TSSAA

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The state sotball tournament brackets have been released by the TSSAA. In the Class A tournament, Whitwell (22-15) will play Forest (21-7), Tuesday at 5 p.m. Eastern at the Starplex complex. In Class AA, Meigs County (23-11) is matched with Unicoi County (26-5) at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Starplex, whiile East Hamilton faces Chester County at the same time ... (click for more)

Woman Found Dead On Lovell Road; Police Looking For Terry Releford

A woman was found dead on Sunday morning at 8912 Lovell Road, and police are seeking a "person of interest" in the case. Deputies responded to that location at approximately 8 a.m. on a suspicious death. On arrival "deputies found a dead female in her 30s deceased from an apparent homicide." A person of interest has been identified as Terry Releford, 34. He ... (click for more)

$1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Chattanooga

The exciting run of Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots culminated this weekend with winners of both mega-jackpots drawn. In Tennessee, both drawings created a total of over 173,000 winning tickets, with a $1 million Powerball ticket sold in Chattanooga. The lucky winner of the Powerball jackpot of $590.5 million purchased the ticket in Florida, while the winning tickets of ... (click for more)

Location Of The Delta Queen Is The Problem

The Delta Queen is a magnificent part of history and in many ways I'm pleased she is in town. Having the boat where she is is the problem. The boat blocks the view of and from the prettiest park in our town. The crew take many of the parking spots around the park leaving families to park across Frazier and schlep their kids, strollers and picnics to the park. You don't get fireworks ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: 50 Facts About Our Bodies

Maybe 20 years ago I became entranced by a book called “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.” It was co-authored by a surgeon, Paul Brand, and a Christian writer, Phillip Yancey, and gave one specific after another about the human body and how only God could have created such a miraculous machine. Today the book is a classic and I have marveled ever since over how unbelievable human ... (click for more)