The City of Cleveland will be hosting its Fourth Annual Cleveland Recycles 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk at 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 9. "The goal of this event is to raise awareness about the benefits of recycling and reducing litter in our community. This year, the selected course takes you to downtown Cleveland and offers a scenic route through the heart of our city," organizers ... (click for more)

A weeklong event beginning Monday will be centered around the standards of conduct and internal controls. Compliance Week provides training and panels to city employees and information to the public covering an array of topics from Equal Employment Opportunities to protections under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “The City of Chattanooga is required to conduct annual training ... (click for more)

Travis Reinking, 29, the suspect in the shooting at a Waffle House near Nashville on Sunday, has been taken into custody, according to police. Reinking, who killed four people and injured two others at a Waffle House near Nashville on Sunday morning was on the loose Monday morning and had been added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's ‘Top 10 Most Wanted’ list. ... (click for more)

A pet raccoon that was destroyed in order to test for rabies after biting a neighbor child did not have rabies, Chattanooga attorney Chris Jones. The family has been advised it can pick up the remains of Boomer at the Chattanooga Hamilton County Health Department. Attorney Jones, who specializes in wildlife cases, earlier argued there was no valid reason for health ... (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)

I adore the fact so many of America’s high school and college students are very active in our battle against violence in our schools but bemoan the fact that when you combine youth and ‘lack of experience’ they often are misguided and ill-informed. The best example came on Saturday when a reporter for Campus Reform walked around the Cal State-Santa Barbara campus asking the students ... (click for more)