The Downtown Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division, the Hamilton County Master Gardeners, and BI-LO have partnered with Hamilton County Soil Conservation District to distribute free trees to the public.  This “Tree Day” event will be observed on Friday, March 14, inside Northgate Mall (near JC Penney) and Hamilton Place ... (click for more)

After serving as the seasonal volunteer coordinator for the Salvation Army during Christmas 2013, Stacey Lynn Crisp now joins the Salvation Army team full-time as the director of Volunteer Services and Special Events.    “Stacey brings years of experience in event planning to this position,” states Community Relations and Development Department Head, Kimberly George. ... (click for more)

Marcus Oneal Birt has been charged with the murder of a man whose body was found along Hooker Road on Saturday. Birt, 32, is charged with criminal homicide, especially aggravated robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm in the slaying of 33-year-old Warren Ransom. The victim was shot once in the head. On Thursday at 1 p.m., the Chattanooga Police Fugitive Unit along ... (click for more)

An eight-woman, four-man Sequatchie County jury took just three hours Thursday to convict Susan Lynette Baker of felony murder. The decision, which was announced shortly before 4 p.m. Central time, came less than half a day after defense and prosecution attorneys agreed, during their respective closing arguments, that the jury was not being asked to decide whether Ms. Baker ... (click for more)

Most Chattanoogans will not recognize the name of Andy Roth.  He passed away at the too early age of 55.  He was an architect with Derthick, Henley, and Wilkerson Architects.   And although you might not recognize his name, most of you drive by his work every day.  Finley Stadium, Covenant Transport, Unum, and many other buildings in Chattanooga are the result ... (click for more)

I was as saddened as any Erlanger Hospital employee over the weekend when a barrage of emails arrived from hospital friends. Each bemoaned the sad news that continuing losses had forced the determined management team to temporarily freeze paid-time-off accruals for 4,000 people I care a lot about. In January the hospital lost $3.8 million and February’s finances are going to be ... (click for more)