Here are the new business licenses from the County Clerk's office: BOOK APE 5101 BESS MOORE RD STE B APISON, TN 37302   DYNAMIC EXPRESSIONS 305 YORKSHIRE LANE CHATTANOOGA, TN 37415   EAST RIDGE RESIDENCE LLC 1417 N MACK SMITH RD EAST RIDGE, TN 37412   FIRST CALL AMBULANCE SERVICE LLC 2728 KANASITA DR HIXSON, TN 37343   FROM ... (click for more)

Senator Lamar Alexander will be the keynote speaker at the Better Business Bureau Luncheon Tuesday at noon at the Chattanoogan Hotel.   Senator Alexander will present local businesses with the BBB’s Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics and will present area seniors with the BBB Student of Integrity Scholarship Awards. (click for more)

TBI was executing a narcotics search warrant at 6302Talladega Ave. in Chattanooga on Friday and uncovered a dog fighting operation. Officials said it consisted of numerous pit bills, a fight ring, a treadmill and blood-stained carpets and paneling. Mcckamey Animal Services personnel were processing the fight scene. The search warrant was being executed by the ... (click for more)

City officials may move forward on a $47 million project to upgrade the narrow Wilcox Tunnel through Missionary Ridge. The City Council on Tuesday is to consider a resolution to apply for a $25 million federal TIGER grant. The city would still have to come up with $21,825,000 through "local funds or grants." The city has already spent $175,000 on the project. Improving ... (click for more)

Memorial Day is the time for Americans to reconnect with their history and the core values that make this country great by honoring those who gave their lives for the ideals we cherish. Soldiers are people who come from all walks of life, from every corner of this great land of ours. They are our fathers, our sons, our mothers and our daughters, our friends, and our neighbors.  ... (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)