The Catoosa County Historical Society will meet on Monday, March 10, 2014, at 7 PM in the Old Stone Church Museum, Ringgold, GA. Marshall M. Bandy, Jr., a member of the society, will be the speaker. He is a local attorney and was born, reared and attended public schools in Ringgold, GA.  He graduated from Mercer University in Macon, GA in 1971 and received his J.D. from ... (click for more)

While it is still Black History Month, I thought it would be appropriate to add to the information in my earlier article on the brouhaha over the multi-lingual rendition of “America the Beautiful” in Coca-Cola’s Superbowl commercial. First, a bit of correction.  The Spanish were indeed the first European power to plant a colony in the land of the later United States of ... (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)

With spring weather finally here, there are going to be more bicyclists on the roadways. So remember to pack your air horn and mace in case one of them tries to attack you.  But seriously, a bicyclist has little or no chance to walk away from a collision (or even a near-miss) with a car or truck.  Fortunately, we have laws designed to give bicyclists a fighting chance.  ... (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)