Connect Marketing will be hosting Eric Buchanan as he leads a free lunch seminar for local insurance agents at the DoubleTree Hotel Downtown on Thursday Aug. 7 at 11:30 a.m. The theme will be ‘Helping Insurance Agents Be a Hero to Their Clients’.  Mr. Buchanan is a local attorney who routinely speaks to insurance groups, HR professionals, and attorney associations around ... (click for more)

Derryberry Public Relations, a full service public and government relations firm headquartered in Chattanooga, has expanded and opened a Nashville office. The firm provides services including, but not limited to media relations, crisis communications, strategic planning, branding, marketing, special events and promotions. Heading up the Nashville office is Derryberry PR ... (click for more)

The House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to authorize funding for a new lease and expanded Veterans Affairs clinic in Chattanooga. This veterans’ package has been approved by the House and Senate Conference Committee.  Rep. Chuck Fleischmann said, “I am proud to announce the legislation passed this afternoon will fund a new lease for a multi-specialty ... (click for more)

The Cleveland City Council will hold a special called meeting next Monday to consider an interim appointment of a city judge. It will be at 11:45 a.m. at the City Council’s regular meeting place in the Cleveland Municipal Building, 190 Church Street, NE. The council will also establish the process for application for city judge. Longtime City Judge Bill Moss died July ... (click for more)

Just think about this;  a person highly qualified applying for a job.  As he is just about finished filling out his papers for his interview, he sees at the bottom there is a place for him to check Democrat or Republican.  He would think, “if I mark the wrong one I may not get the job.” Being a real leader requires honesty, integrity, and, most importantly, fairness. ... (click for more)

I got a warm feeling Tuesday when it was announced Pat Trammell will be among those in the inaugural class of the Jackson County (Ala.) Sports Hall of Fame. When the august group is enshrined at Scottsboro’s Goose Pond Civic Center on Nov. 1, most folks won’t even know who Pat Trammell was but I knew all about him in my very first year as a fledgling sports writer back in 1967 and, ... (click for more)