Chattanooga State Community College will host its annual Spring Visit for area high school juniors and seniors on Thursday, March 20 from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Health Science Center on the main campus located at 4501 Amnicola Highway. Spring Visit gives students and their parents the opportunity to meet with administrators, faculty, and staff members to learn about the wide variety ... (click for more)

In a Hamilton County School Board budget work session, Superintendent Rick Smith said that in terms of payrolls, "We have budgeted well, we are fine." In a previous year, the Board had to borrow money toward the end of the year for the payroll. They also discussed making their budget more transparent. Any expenditures placed under the miscellaneous category will also be detailed ... (click for more)

A memorial service will be held Sunday for a man who was robbed and shot in the head on Hooker Road. The service for Warren T. Ransom, 33, will be at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services on McCallie Avenue. Survivors include his mother, Edith Ransom; sons, Warren T. Ransom Jr. and Demond Ransom; and brother, Michael Dewayne Ransom Jr. Family ... (click for more)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a favorable verdict from a jury in the Northern District of Ohio finding that Andrew W. Jacobs of Lancaster, Pa., and his brother Leslie J. Jacobs II of Cleveland, Ohio, committed insider trading in connection with the December 2009 tender offer for Chattem Inc., a Chattanooga.-based distributor of pharmaceutical products.  ... (click for more)

I live on Elder Mountain - have for over a decade - we love it - remote but close to all of Chattanooga. Last year at this time we would sit outside and listen to the birds - now we listen to the cannon blasts.  Let me report what I think is happening. From our home we have a view of Lookout Valley - several churches, a day care center, the high school, and a lot ... (click for more)

The people who were born and live in the United States of America are accustomed to hearing both sides of an argument and then deciding the outcome, often with a vote. That is the democratic way. But in the last several months our German guests who now graciously operate the Volkswagen assembly plant in Chattanooga seem unable to grasp that wonderful way by which we live. Had ... (click for more)