Here is the latest jail booking report from Hamilton County: ATKINS, RICHMOND TANNER  5012 HIGH VALLEY DR BRENTWOOOD, 37027  Age at Arrest: 19 years old Arresting Agency: UTC POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE --- BARCLAY, RONELL HARRIS  2506 CHAMBERLIN AVE CHATTANOOGA, 37411  Age at Arrest: 21 years old Arresting Agency: Chattanooga CRIMINAL ... (click for more)

A Soddy Daisy man pleaded guilty on Monday to sexual battery by an authority figure and statutory rape by an authority figure. Scott A. Montgomery received concurrent 15-year and six-year sentences. Montgomery, 42, of Dallas Hollow Road, appeared before Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman. The indictment says the rape was of a female, who was under 13 years old when ... (click for more)

In Mayor Berke's April 19 version of the Berke Bulletin, he announced plans to establish a Council on Hate and indicated a focus on tolerance. I beg of him to reconsider that plan. One problem in Chattanooga and in other places in America is that there are some people who have already established an informal version of a Council on Hate. I suggest that a more productive plan ... (click for more)

Of all the vows, pledges, and bonds born unto the human race, nothing overrides “The Code.” It is an unwritten but deeply important knowledge that men should abide with equal respect, fierce loyalty, and chivalrous understanding of one another. For example, The Code dictates you must not and can never date a good friend’s ex-girlfriend, or ex-wife. Rather, you respect your friend ... (click for more)

It was a cold, miserable, soggy day at Pinehurst No. 9 for the second round of the Southern Conference Men’s Golf Championships. It showed for the Chattanooga Mocs as they dropped into a tie for second with ETSU at 594. “We got off to a great start over the first three or four holes and I thought this could be a really good day,” Coach Mark Guhne began. “Then we started to ... (click for more)

Veteran coach David Conrady will take over as the McCallie Blue Tornado varsity basketball coach for the 2018-2019 season, bringing an experienced leader and motivator to the Ridge to lead the Blue Tornado basketball program, school officials said. Conrady, who comes to McCallie from Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas, replaces John Shulman, who left McCallie following ... (click for more)