A pregnant woman is facing multiple charges, including a viable fetus as a victim, after a wreck on Wilson Road. Melanie D. Hawk, 24, of 1824 Bayhill Dr., Hixson, was also charged with DUI, failure to maintain lane, not having insurance, violating the implied consent law, felonious reckless endangerment, failing to exercise due care, a registration violation, a seat belt law ... (click for more)

The W-Road has been temporarily closed by the HCSO due to a tractor-trailer truck trying to proceed up the mountain and getting stuck.   Deputies are working to assist getting the tractor-trailer back down the mountain.   The road is estimated to be closed for approximately two hours. (click for more)

Re: City Police donating two patrol cars to Kevin Muhammad's Nation of Islam: While I know it's unpopular to mention the wisdom of separation of church and state, this sets a dangerous precedent and should meet with concern from everyone who values religious and secular freedom. What's next? Southern Baptists getting old city parking scooters to patrol church parking lots ... (click for more)

When Jose Fernandez was killed early Sunday morning in a boating accident, he was 24 years old yet had already lived a life much larger than almost all old men. He had spent part of a year in an unimaginably cruel Cuban prison, this when he only 14 years old and sandwiched in an inhumane cell among grown criminals. There were murders daily – in his very cell -- and nobody cared. ... (click for more)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs is the SEC Offensive Player of the Week and end Derek Barnett the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week. This week's honor marks the first time this season that a Vol has earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week. Dobbs was the last UT player to win the award in Week 6 of 2015 following his performance in the Vols' ... (click for more)

The blistering-hot temperature and the artificial turf was not enough to slow the Lee women's soccer team as they handily defeated host Shorter University 5-1 for its fifth straight victory  on Sunday  afternoon.   Summer Lanter and Kinsey Cichowitz combined to score all five of Lee's goals. Lanter now has six goals on the year and midfielder Cichowitz ... (click for more)