Prosecutors said a Cleveland, Tn., man has agreed to plead guilty in Federal Court in Chattanooga to child pornography charges. Neil Mulder faces up to 10 years in federal prison, it was stated. The arrest was made based on an undercover investigation where a video file and two still images of child pornography were downloaded from a file sharing account identified as ... (click for more)

The County Commission on Wednesday approved hiring a firm to work on collecting money owed various county offices. Commissioner Joe Graham said well over $50 million is owed the Criminal Court clerk's office alone. Accepted were proposals from Professional Recovery Consultants and Automated Collection Services. They were given two-year contracts. (click for more)

I had to laugh at the headline advising workers at the McDonald's on Brainerd Road. These protesting employee's are demanding a wage increase to $15 an hour.   What education and work history do these people possess? Have any of these people researched typical wages for fast food workers?   I suggest these workers research what occupations offer pay levels at the ... (click for more)

A carefully-hatched plan by loathsome yet desperate men to block federal efforts that would strengthen the Horse Protection Act of 1970 may have just been foiled by an ironic twist of fate. As both Congress and the Senate ponder bills that would finally put teeth into a horse industry gone horribly awry, a notorious trainer and three others were indicted in Maryville earlier this ... (click for more)

The Marion County High School football team will skip spring practice and extend the summer "dead period" from 2-4 weeks as self-imposed penalties for recent incidents in which two assistant coaches were charged with vandalizing the school's field house prior to the game with rival South Pittsburg. The TSSAA has accepted the penalties. TSSAA Executive Director Bernard Childress ... (click for more)

Forty years ago this week, I was an eighth-grader at Baylor School and was enjoying a treat as a football fan that I did not realize at the time was so fleeting. After having watched as a student and fan the Baylor high school varsity team finish second in the state the year before, I was getting ready to travel aboard some buses with other students and staff to Memphis to watch ... (click for more)