The Soddy Daisy Trojans opened the tennis season on a strong note with 9-0 (girls) and 7-2 (boys) wins against region foe and host Bradley Central. At Baylor - in a match of defending champion girls teams, Baylor defeated Chattanooga Christian, 9-0, as did the Baylor boys against CCS. Baylor is three-time defending D-II champs, while CCS won the D-I A-AA girls title ... (click for more)

Two veteran Boyd-Buchanan teams showed why they among the best in the area in A-AA tennis, while Brainerd girls and Central boys also posted wins Tuesday in high school matches at the Brainerd Courts.   Boyd-Buc vs. CSAS – The defending district champion BBS girls opened the season with a 9-0 win against visiting Arts and Sciences (0-2), while the ... (click for more)

Authorities said late Tuesday that a 21-year-old woman sought in the murder of a Dalton convenience store clerk had been taken into custody in Bartow County. Officials had been looking for Skyy Raven Marie Mims in Atlanta, but she was found at a residence on Southmont Drive after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation received a tip that she was there. The GBI contacted the U.S. ... (click for more)

In a press conference given in response to the Chattanooga Housing Authority's acceptance of the city's bid to buy the Harriet Tubman housing site, Mayor Andy Berke said, "When I took office almost a year ago, I said I was going to create stronger neighborhoods and grow the economy. Today we took another step forward in that vision." The city plans to make the site a light industrial ... (click for more)

How does the city of Chattanooga really think it saves money by only picking the brush when someone calls 311. I called the other day and they came and picked up my brush and passed 10 other piles of brush in my area, some of which were only a few doors down from my house. Now they will have to come back 10 more times as people call in and some will not call so those piles will ... (click for more)

Taylor Smith’s 13 th birthday was last Thursday and a big celebration was held. Many hundreds sent gifts from every direction and, just like she really wanted, each was the exact same thing. Needless to say, her spirit soared, which was the whole idea to begin with anyway. Earlier this year, during the first week of January to be exact, Taylor Scout Smith, age 12 of Johnson ... (click for more)