The University of West Georgia Alumni Association has announced the first top 30 Under 30 list for 2013. The nomination process for the 2013 list was completed on March 15.    Rossville native Lacey Wilson is included in the esteemed list of 30. Ms. Wilson, now in Chickamauga, Ga., is the public relations coordinator for Blood Assurance in Chattanooga. Ms. Wilson ... (click for more)

By a unanimous vote of the faculty of Dalton State’s School of Business, Dr. Larry Johnson has been named the new Dean, and Dr. Mike D’Itri has been named Associate Dean.  Dr. Johnson, also named Professor of Economics, has served the last year as Interim Dean and previously was Associate Dean. He has been a member of the Dalton State faculty since 2005. Prior to coming ... (click for more)

Three people have been charged in Raleigh, N.C., with the murder last week of a 30-year-old woman, who had just moved from Cleveland, Tn. Arrested for the slaying of Melissa Dawn Huggins-Jones were Ronald Lee Anthony, 23; Sarah Rene Redden, 18, and Travion Devonte Smith, 20. The victim's body was discovered by her eight-year-old daughter in their apartment in the North Hills ... (click for more)

LDA Engineering has been selected to lead the team to develop and recommend a green infrastructure master plan for the city of Chattanooga to complement traditional “gray” infrastructure, namely man-made sewer and stormwater structures, with sustainable green alternatives, officials said Wednesday.   “We are honored to be selected to develop Chattanooga’s green infrastructure ... (click for more)

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department is very responsive and professional out in Apison, and I appreciate that.  We have some fine deputies serving Hamilton County.    I took a minute to call and tell them thank you, I hope my neighbors will also. Brian Wood Apison (click for more)

It has been about 25 years or so since I had the opportunity to visit every county in the state of Tennessee and, as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society at the time, I met cancer survivors and listened to their incredible stories. I remember one man in particular who had bone cancer and one night he said he rolled over in bed and literally broke his arm in a very simple ... (click for more)