Nationwide, an estimated six million individuals are disenfranchised because of their criminal backgrounds and over three-quarters of these individuals have completed their sentences, reports the Sentencing Project. These data, as well as the complex process of restoring voting rights in Tennessee, will be the topic of the June League of Women Voters meeting, open to the public, ... (click for more)

The Mainstreet Cruise-In continues Saturday from 1-6 p.m.  This will kick off the Cruise In season after rain dampened the April event.  Car enthusiasts will show their vehicles as all types of cars are displayed from classics to special interest and current models.   Cleveland downtown streets will be filled with vehicles and spectators are invited to view the ... (click for more)

A man was found with a home-made explosive device outside businesses in Hixson late Tuesday night.   A business was evacuated and portions of Highway 153 and Hamill Road were cordoned off while the device was taken away.   Joshua Redden, 34, was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession ... (click for more)

A man was shot in a home invasion early Wednesday morning.   Chattanooga Police responded to a person shot on the 6000 block of Arlena Circle at 4:40 a.m. Upon arrival, police located the victim, Edward Greatheart, 41,  who was suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound.   Mr. Greatheart was treated on the scene and transported to a local hospital ... (click for more)

May 26-27 is the 1890’s Day Jamboree in Ringgold. I encourage any reader to attend and enjoy that wonderful community. I love having grown up in Northwest Georgia and celebrating our veterans, including both of my grandfathers who served in WWII.  But I also want to describe how the 1890’s were for my ancestors, living here in a singularly turbulent time. Based on, among ... (click for more)

I was 13 when the first of 24 James Bond movies came out and, at a time when my sap was just beginning to rise, I will never forget Ursula Andress stepping out of the sea wearing that white bikini. Our hero walks over to the dripping Honey Ryder – that was her name in “Dr. No” – and she says in the Swiss accent, “Are you looking for shells too?” And the first classic reply of thousands ... (click for more)