Dallie Jo Oresik, 84, a resident of Decatur, Tennessee, passed away Saturday evening at the family residence. Mrs. Oresik was the daughter of the late Maggie Lunsford Freeman and James Freeman. Her first husband, Alvin Lankford, her second husband, Joseph Oresik, her sisters, Ollie Greene, Rosetta Webb, Daphne Jones and Billie Ruth Williams and her brothers, Robert Freeman, ... (click for more)

Eva Jane Solomon, 89, of Ringgold went home to be with the Lord Wednesday August 16, 2017. She has been a resident of North Georgia for over 50 years, and was a member of Boynton Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Survivors include Eva’s loving husband of 70 years, Doc Solomon; daughters Rhonda (Mike) Jones of Calhoun, Ga., Rena ... (click for more)

Sharon Hennessee Vantrease, 71, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, passed away on August 21, 2017.  Sharon graduated from Sequatchie County High School, where she was a majorette and attended Carson Newman College. She was a member of Red Bank Baptist Church of Chattanooga. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alex "Jot" and Marie ... (click for more)

Mary Arwin Routt, 87, of Soddy Daisy, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2017. Mary retired from Oster Manufacturing Company after many years of service and attended East Daisy Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willard and Edna Smith; brothers, Willie E. Smith, E.C. Smith, Larry Smith and Willard Smith, Jr.; sisters, Virginia Jo Gann and Sally Louise ... (click for more)

The girlfriend of William Howard Wright testified Tuesday that Wright and "Little Tony" were with two youths whose bodies were afterward found in a cemetery at Shepherd. General Sessions Court Judge Clarence Shattuck bound two counts of criminal homicide and especially aggravated robbery to the Grand Jury against Wright. A 17-year-old is facing similar charges. The girlfriend ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Police officers will be earning more under a $1.4 million pay improvement plan announced Tuesday. New officers would get increases in each of their first six years with the department, which has been dealing with a number of newly trained officers going to other cities. City officers now make $35,913 upon joining the force. Under the plan, they will receive about ... (click for more)