The Georgia Department of Labor announced on Thursday that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January was 6.4 percent, its lowest level since July 2008 when it was 6.3 percent. The rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 6.6 percent in December. The rate in January 2014 was 7.3 percent. “Our unemployment rate dropped for the seventh ... (click for more)

TU/10 Hixson Council Community Coffee 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Hamilton Funeral Home: 4506 Hixson Pike Free event.   TU/10 Export Boot Camp 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. TN Small Business Development Center: 100 Cherokee Blvd. Seminar will provide the nuts and bolts of information needed to become a successful exporter. Topics will ... (click for more)

Juvenile Court Judge Rob Philyaw on Thursday morning ordered that 17-year-old Cortez Sims be tried as an adult in a College Hill Courts shooting that left one woman dead, a toddler paralyzed, and two others wounded. The order was given after emotional testimony from two of the victims in the Jan. 7 early morning mass shooting at 773 W. Main St. Bianca Horton and Marcell "Baby ... (click for more)

The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for Hamilton County warning of icy roadways on Thursday night and Friday morning. ...ICY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... WIDESPREAD RECENT RAINFALL WILL BEGIN FREEZING THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. PATCHES OF SNOW...ICE AND LIQUID MOISTURE FROM EARLIER MELTING TO QUICKLY TURN TO BLACK ICE. ... (click for more)

There has been quite a bit of hoopla over the proposed new Walmart grocery store in Middle Valley.  Since my family has lived in Middle Valley in a home they built by hand way back in 1954 and said house is now housing generations 3, 4 and 5 I feel that I can give my opinion based on nothing more than life experience.    When this house was built there was a gravel ... (click for more)

Last April, in the special way that only some older men are lucky enough to possess, the childish imp came out in Father Ray Kelly. A parish priest in Oldcastle, Ireland, he was conducting wedding vows for a handsome couple when the 62-year-old decided to surprise them with a totally-unscripted rendition of Leonard Cohen’s beautiful song, “Hallelujah.” When he did, there soon ... (click for more)