The Cheesecake Factory, named to the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for five consecutive years, is opening a new location in Chattanooga this December, and is looking to hire 270 staff members to join the team. Hospitality-minded individuals who take pride in their work and thrive in an energetic, fun environment are encouraged to apply online now for positions ... (click for more)

Three restaurants were given permits to sell beer by the City Beer Board on Thursday.   Pizza Brothers, 501 Cherokee Blvd., will serve beer to go along with New York style pizza. Davis Wayne’s, 9454 Bradmore Lane, Suite #100, is a new “meat and three,” said owner Antonia Poland. She said food will be good, healthy and made from scratch. There also will be a full ... (click for more)

The county schools will push forward with an equity effort that appeared to have been paused after board members Rhonda Thurman and Joe Smith in May said  they rejected the idea that county schools need to “racially and economically integrate.” An equity task force did not meet for several months and the schools did not move forward on hiring an outside consultant to help ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Red Wolves Soccer Club is building a state-of-the-art, soccer-specific facility, where the team will host home games beginning in 2020. For its inaugural season, the club will play at Chattanooga Christian School’s David Stanton Field in 2019.   David Stanton Field seats 3,500, and the club plans to install additional temporary seating allowing up to approximately ... (click for more)

I attended the meeting to discuss the placement of the sewage treatment plant at the Cambridge Center in Ooltewah today. My problem with the meeting (aka) dog and pony show, is that the meeting started out with the agenda of the Ooltewah Community Council.  After living in this area for 45+ years I have never heard of this group.  I would like for someone to answer ... (click for more)

It has been my experience that of all the tribes and herds of different people on earth, sports writers are among the funniest people of all. Oh, there isn’t anything real sexy about Villanova beating Georgetown or a baseball player hitting for the cycle. Now, if a player hits a single, double, triple and homer in that order, that’s “a natural cycle,” and that is kind of fun to ... (click for more)