A man has been arrested in Catoosa County for the murder of the teen whose vehicle was involved in a wreck in North Chattanooga on Monday night. Briston Smith was taken into custody at the home of a family member on Pinto Lane. Smith was to  be charged with possession of marijuana for resale in Catoosa County and the murder of 19-year-old Charles Holsey in Hamilton County. ... (click for more)

Fanatics bar has been given a three-day beer license suspension after an employee drank on the job and then struck a firefighter who was directing traffic.   In the incident on Feb. 1, Chattanooga Police Officer Brian Blumberg responded to an accident on East Brainerd Road. When he arrived, he found Larry O'Rear, who had been helping direct traffic at the site of ... (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)

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore Jasmine Joyner (Southaven, Tenn.) posted a double-double with a career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds and led the Mocs to a 78-44 win over UNCG Thursday afternoon at Kimmel Arena. Joyner was 9-for-10 on the day from the field and pulled down eight defensive boards. She added four blocked shots to her SoCon record for 122 on the ... (click for more)

All TSSAA state basketball tournament games scheduled for today have been postponed due to extremely hazardous road conditions.  Today’s schedule will resume tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. in order to allow extra time to for road conditions to improve in the morning.   Friday’s scheduled semifinal games will be played on Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m. due ... (click for more)