MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Baylor School and Girls Preparatory School are separated by 3.8 miles in Chattanooga. Softball teams representing the two private schools drove 112 miles earlier in the week to reach Murfreesboro and the Division II-AA state softball tournament. On Wednesday evening, the Red Raiders and Bruisers went head-to-head on Field 3 at the Starplex softball ... (click for more)

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Baylor came into Wednesday night’s Division II Class AA soccer semifinal as the defending state champion – but also as the underdog. Competing against undefeated and top-ranked Montgomery Bell Academy, the Red Raiders proved early that they weren’t going to relinquish their title without a fight. Baylor led MBA for 41 minutes and played with the score ... (click for more)

Three people have been charged in Raleigh, N.C., with the murder last week of a 30-year-old woman, who had just moved from Cleveland, Tn. Arrested for the slaying of Melissa Dawn Huggins-Jones were Ronald Lee Anthony, 23; Sarah Rene Redden, 18, and Travion Devonte Smith, 20. The victim's body was discovered by her eight-year-old daughter in their apartment in the North Hills ... (click for more)

LDA Engineering has been selected to lead the team to develop and recommend a green infrastructure master plan for the city of Chattanooga to complement traditional “gray” infrastructure, namely man-made sewer and stormwater structures, with sustainable green alternatives, officials said Wednesday.   “We are honored to be selected to develop Chattanooga’s green infrastructure ... (click for more)

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department is very responsive and professional out in Apison, and I appreciate that.  We have some fine deputies serving Hamilton County.    I took a minute to call and tell them thank you, I hope my neighbors will also. Brian Wood Apison (click for more)

It has been about 25 years or so since I had the opportunity to visit every county in the state of Tennessee and, as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society at the time, I met cancer survivors and listened to their incredible stories. I remember one man in particular who had bone cancer and one night he said he rolled over in bed and literally broke his arm in a very simple ... (click for more)