The Tennessee Department of Transportation is updating its 25-Year Long Range Transportation Plan to address the growing needs and changing demands of Tennessee’s transportation system. Officials said public input is critical in establishing the goals of the department and making the 25-Year Long Range Transportation Plan a success. Updated every five years, the plan will serve ... (click for more)

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga and AVA are seeking submissions from artists for an exhibit centered around the theme of home and Habitat’s mission to bring people together to build homes and communities. Interested artists will submit a proposal for an original work of art created utilizing repurposed materials, including materials from Habitat’s ReStore.   ... (click for more)

A federal grand jury in Chattanooga has returned a 9-count indictment, charging 12 people with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack”), and/or 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. Charged were Timothy Wade Sawyer, 45, of Chattanooga; Carol Chalk, 45, of Chattanooga; Eric Crockett, 37, of Ooltewah; Jackie M. Sawyer, 43, of Chattanooga; James ... (click for more)

Senator Lamar Alexander said Wednesday he was stunned after being told by law enforcement officers that his chief of staff was being investigated on charges of child pornography. He said Ryan Loskarn has been placed on administrative leave. Senator Alexander said,  “I was just informed by the United States Senate legal counsel’s office that law enforcement agents are ... (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)

Steven B. Smith, a Republican political activist with strong ties to the scurrilous Big Lick crowd that has defamed the entire Tennessee Walking Horse industry, was named as president of its powerful breed registry over the weekend. Just two days later – on Monday – three Tennessee men pleaded not guilty to 18 scorching indictments that charged each with aggravated animal cruelty ... (click for more)