Demorhea Beatrice Simpson Vandergriff, of East Ridge, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, in Lakewood Memory Gardens with Harold McClure officiating. Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family. The family will receive friends from 12-1 p.m. on Thursday, June ... (click for more)

Joseph Allen Ford, 87, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Lenoir City, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Martin and Ava Ford and was preceded in death by his son, Joseph A. Ford, Jr., two sisters and five brothers. Mr. Ford was a veteran of the United States Navy having served his country in WWII. He retired, after 35 years, as a sales representative ... (click for more)

Louise  Thomas  Denton,  83,  of  LaFayette, GA,  died  Monday, June 17, 2013. She is survived  by her  husband,  Hugh  Denton;  daughter,  Lisa  and  husband  Wade  Gilbert;  sister,  Kathryn  Thomas,  of  Chattanooga;  brother, Gene and  wife  Martha ... (click for more)

Daniel Layne McIntyre, 38, of Rossville, GA and formerly of Dalton, GA, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at Parkridge Hospital In Chattanooga, TN.  He was preceded in death by his mother, Patricia Bowman McIntyre; sister, Deborah Jean McIntyre; and grandparents, Fletcher Wilson and Vera Bowman.  Daniel was a gentle giant, always making people happy and was loved ... (click for more)

Attorneys were arguing before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati this morning on whether former Sheriff Billy Long should get a further reduction in his sentence. He was initially sentenced by Federal Judge Sandy Mattice to serve 168 months in federal prison after his conviction on a variety of charges related to his involvement with Eugene Overstreet. That ... (click for more)

Police said a Highland Park woman helped crack a mystery about a rash of recent gasoline thefts involving the cutting of expensive gas lines. Thomas Bouch was arrested after Bridgitte Brody told of looking out a window of her house last Thursday and seeing a white male standing by a 24-seat van at Tennessee Temple University. She said the man had a rubber tube near ... (click for more)