Hilton Head, SC – The Dalton State Lady Roadrunner tennis team downed the Northwestern College Red Raiders 5-0 in a rain shortened Friday afternoon match in the PTR Spring TennisFest. Dalton State improved to 6-2 on the season, while Northwestern dropped to 2-4. Four of Friday’s singles matches were in progress when the match was stopped. Singles action that was ... (click for more)

The Taylor softball team rolled past Tennessee Temple, 11-0 and 10-1 on Friday in Chattanooga, pushing its current win streak to eight for the program's longest streak in over a decade. Taylor entered the doubleheader boasting the NAIA's No. 3-rated offense with 8.6 runs per outing and improved on that average by outscoring the Crusaders, 21-1, in Friday's sweep. TU has scored ... (click for more)

A memorial service will be held Sunday for a man who was robbed and shot in the head on Hooker Road. The service for Warren T. Ransom, 33, will be at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services on McCallie Avenue. Survivors include his mother, Edith Ransom; sons, Warren T. Ransom Jr. and Demond Ransom; and brother, Michael Dewayne Ransom Jr. Family ... (click for more)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a favorable verdict from a jury in the Northern District of Ohio finding that Andrew W. Jacobs of Lancaster, Pa., and his brother Leslie J. Jacobs II of Cleveland, Ohio, committed insider trading in connection with the December 2009 tender offer for Chattem Inc., a Chattanooga.-based distributor of pharmaceutical products.  ... (click for more)

I live on Elder Mountain - have for over a decade - we love it - remote but close to all of Chattanooga. Last year at this time we would sit outside and listen to the birds - now we listen to the cannon blasts.  Let me report what I think is happening. From our home we have a view of Lookout Valley - several churches, a day care center, the high school, and a lot ... (click for more)

The best news of the week is that Johnny Shulman has been hired as the basketball coach at The McCallie School because it’s the best fit since Vince Lombardi joined the Packers. Shulman, the former UT-Chattanooga coach, has three sons who will tell you what a giant of a dad he is but now there will be hundreds more who will soon adore him. I have known Johnny – and he’ll always ... (click for more)