ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit said this week that this weekend's slate of college football contests is full of "monster" games. A couple of them are in the Southeastern Conference. Thankfully for Tennessee fans the Vols don't play in one. Ole Miss is idle Alabama at Vanderbilt Vandy coach Derek Mason said this week that his Commodores have "something" for Alabama. ... (click for more)

After two weeks between home matches, the Covenant volleyball team was greeted with a large and boisterous crowd and used that advantage to build a two-set lead before holding on for a 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21) victory over Maryville on Wednesday night inside Barnes PE Center. Covenant (6-6, 1-0 USA South) wins its USA South opener for the second year in a row. It is ... (click for more)

More than a dozen people were forced from their homes early Thursday morning when fire broke out in their apartment building.   The Chattanooga Fire Department received the alarm at  2:58 a.m.  and responded to Rainbow Creek Apartments at  7604 Standifer Gap Road  with six fire companies. Seeing a significant amount of fire upon arrival, a ... (click for more)

The lone survivor of a massacre at a Lookout Valley trailer park on April 9, 2014, testified Wednesday that he is 100 percent sure that Derek Morse was one of the two shooters. Matthew Callam said he was thrown off initially by the fact that Morse had facial hair at the time, but he said when he was shown a recent photo of Morse soon after the incident "it was like I was looking ... (click for more)

I have seen a lot of responses to the question of whether or not our city and county should financially support the Ed Johnson Memorial at the Walnut Street bridge. Some fully support government pitching in and some say that private individuals and civic organizations should pitch in. Both are correct.  Our city has become a very sought after place to live. From our hometown ... (click for more)

If I am reading my Ouija Board right, I suspect the Hamilton County School Board will vote to allow a controversial “partnership” to be formed with the state Board of Education tonight at its monthly meeting. State Education Commissioner Candice McQueen has said she will demand the one-sided partnership to take over the operation of five at-risk schools in Hamilton County and, if ... (click for more)