William Lindsey "Bill" Hill passed away on September 21, 2017, at Standifer Hospice Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee after fighting cancer since 1968. Bill was born March 25, 1930 in an area called Seven Springs in Rhea County, Tn., now covered by Watts Bar Lake. He graduated from Spring City High School in 1948, served honorably in the United States Navy for six years, ... (click for more)

Marcella Marie Klein Grady, 93, passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at a Chattanooga hospital. She was born Sept. 19, 1924, to Luella and Frank Klein in Howard, SD. Marcella graduated from St. Agatha High School and attended Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, IA until 1944 when she contracted polio. While in college she did volunteer work for service men during the ... (click for more)

Anna Kathleen Henley, 33, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 18, 2017. Anna worked as an Information Technology Sales consultant for MSA. She was a graduate from Boyd Buchanan High School and received a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Research Psychology. Anna worked as a graduate assistant for United Way. ... (click for more)

Dorothy Roberts Leader, a resident of Signal Mountain, died of pneumonia on Monday, September 18, 2017, at Memorial Hospital. She was 91 years old. Her father, Curtis Roberts, was a physician stationed with the United Fruit Company in Nicaragua when he met and married Angelita Delgadillo, a native Nicaraguan. Following their marriage, the couple returned to Dr. Roberts’ home ... (click for more)

The County School Board on Thursday night voted 7-2 to join in talks with the State Department of Education leading to a Partnership Zone for five low-performing schools. Joe Smith and David Testerman voted against the plan. Other board members said the only alternative was for the state to take over several low-performing schools under the Achievement School District in which ... (click for more)

A Criminal Court jury on Thursday was told about an incident behind the Food Lion on Brown's Ferry Road that authorities say was the motive for an April 9, 2014, massacre at a Lookout Valley trailer park. Brandon Jackson said the incident five days earlier involved Derek Morse, who is standing trial on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree ... (click for more)