Girls Inc of Chattanooga will present the 2014 Unbought and Unbossed honorees at a reception held in their honor, on Thursday, from 5:30-7 p.m. at Nova Copy Chattanooga, 1936 Central Ave.,Chattanooga, Tn. 37408.  Named for the phrase coined by Congressmember Shirley Chisholm, the awards honor Hamilton County women who through their career and/or community service have improved ... (click for more)

The Holiday Starlight Parade will be held on Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. and Volkswagen Chattanooga will serve as presenting sponsor. The event is produced by Chattanooga Presents in cooperation with the city’s Youth and Family Department.  The parade route will follow Market Street from M.L.King to 3rd Street before disbanding at Broad.  The review stand, emceed by Channel 3 ... (click for more)

Two people were shot at a party on Bishop Drive on Saturday night. At 11:29 p.m., Chattanooga Police officers were dispatched to a local hospital after a man arrived by personal vehicle with a gunshot wound. Tyler McCrary, 19, said he was at a party at 7627 Bishop Dr. when a unknown person started shooting. McCrary suffered a single gunshot wound to the leg. ... (click for more)

The sudden retirement of Cleveland Police Chief Wes Snyder Friday came after the recent discovery of a video showing him meeting with the director of Main Street Cleveland at a storage unit. A police report said items found in the unit at Rhodes Climate Controlled Storage on Old Tasso Road included baby wipes, paper towels, a mirror, a hair brush and a bottle of brandy. It also ... (click for more)

This situation with Police Chief Snyder’s alleged affair reminds me of a story my dad once told me when he was in the military. One day a woman came running to his commanding officer screaming that she caught her husband, who was one of this commanding officer’s soldiers, cheating on her with another woman. The woman demanded that the commander make an example of this man and dishonorably ... (click for more)

The United States spends $150 billion each year to fund the badly-maligned Department of Veterans Affairs. There are 7 million veterans who depend on the VA for health care and over 300,000 Americans who are employed at 152 medical centers across the country. It is the second-largest government agency, right behind the Pentagon, and no one is happy with it. A recent story in ... (click for more)