Chattanooga based certified public accounting firm,    Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough, PLLC begins implementing its growth plan by announcing the merger with Brundige Payne & Company, PC effective Aug.   1. The combined company will operate as HHM Memphis and will move ... (click for more)

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe, and Textile Corporation of America Inc. officials on Monday announced the company will locate its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Pikeville.  Textile Corporation of America will invest approximately $27.1 million and create 1,000 new jobs in Bledsoe ... (click for more)

With the Hall tax dwindling, the Lookout Mountain, Tn., Commission on Tuesday night approved a 14-cent property tax increase.   The July meeting of the commission had been postponed until Tuesday so the amount of Hall state income tax that the town will receive for 2107 would be known before setting the property tax rate and finalizing the 2018 budget. The Hall tax makes ... (click for more)

One person was killed in a wreck on Birchwood Pike on Monday night.   At approximately  9:20 p.m. , Hamilton County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 11500 block of Birchwood Pike for the report of a single-vehicle crash. Upon arrival, deputies found the driver of the vehicle deceased. No one else was in the vehicle.  ... (click for more)

I am writing in response to the July 25th article, "Online Petition Seeks Removal of Bryan College President, Board Chair".  As a graduate of Bryan College (1984), I am saddened by the response of Dr. Stephen Livesay and the Board of Trustees regarding the online petition.  The purpose of the petition really has little to do with the school’s “clarification” of its ... (click for more)

To any of the millions who have served the United States on the field of combat, the most hallowed and prized distinction is our nation’s Medal of Honor. It is never given, it is always earned before it is ever awarded.  At least that’s the way it was up until a sun-splashed Wednesday three weeks ago in Vicenza, Italy. There is an Army base there that houses the 173 rd Airborne ... (click for more)