There is a special section down the right field line at Yankees Stadium in New York called "The Judge's Chambers." Each night during a home game, fans dress in all kinds of "judge's" regalia to honor the Yankees' rookie right fielder Aaron Judge. And honor him they should. Judge has created more excitement in Yankee Stadium than any rookie since Mickey Mantle. Check these numbers ... (click for more)

A full slate of 30 regular season matches awaits the 2017 edition of the Covenant volleyball program as the schedule has been finalized. The Lady Scots will play in three non-conference tournaments, face national and regional powers, and play nine matches inside Barnes PE Center. The season gets started at Birmingham Southern for a weekend classic against Sewanee ( Sept. ... (click for more)

Briston "B.J." Smith told a Criminal Court jury on Friday afternoon that he never ordered Adram "A.B." Young to shot Charles "Chas" Holsey in a North Chattanooga drug deal that cost a life. Smith, who was 18 at the time and is now 20, asked the jury not to put him behind bars for life. The state is seeking a life sentence (51 years) on a first-degree felony murder charge. ... (click for more)

A Criminal Court jury found 27-year-old Michael William Milner guilty of reckless endangerment in an attack on a cancer patient at an East Ridge motel on July 12, 2016. Milner had been charged with aggravated assault, which would have carried a possible prison sentence of 6-10 years because he was a Range II offender due to his prior record, prosecutor Bates Bryan said. The ... (click for more)

The Hamilton County Commission just grouped a bunch of departments together in an attempt to reign in the CVB. I haven't spoken to any commissioners, but I truly believe it was unknowingly. By mandating that all non profits that receive 25 percent of their revenue follow county procurement policies, they might as well have padlocked all local volunteer fire departments. We expect ... (click for more)

I am constantly amazed by the many emails that I receive every day. Quite curiously, I get a heavier load than I would ever have thought because the big search engines on the Internet send my Chattanoogan.com stories far and wide. Even the local ones on the Chattanooga area bring comments and I am deeply flattered. I try to read them and lament I haven’t the time to respond the ... (click for more)