The first annual Campbell Memorial Scottish Highland Games will take place this weekend, September 23 and 24 at the David Campbell Memorial Park. The park is on Highway 30 in Rhea County, just a few miles north of Dayton. Scottish clans will be there to help research possible family ties.  Bagpipes and drums, Scottish Highland Dancers and Scottish food and baked goods ... (click for more)

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond and the HCSO Safe Journey Program, in a joint partnership with the AAA Motor Club of Chattanooga, hosted a press conference and community car seat check on Tuesday afternoon in recognition of National Child Passenger Safety Week. In honor of the occasion, Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger proclaimed the week of Sept. 17-23, National Child Passenger ... (click for more)

Three Chattanooga firefighters early Wednesday morning carried an unresponsive woman from a burning house in Lookout Valley.   At  3:08  a.m., firefighters were dispatched to a house fire at 111 Centro Ave.The 911 dispatchers told the responding firefighters that someone may be trapped inside. Upon arrival, the firefighters observed smoke and flames coming ... (click for more)

Prosecutor Cameron Williams on Tuesday asked a Criminal Court jury to find Derek Morse guilty of three counts of first-degree murder as well as attempted first-degree murder in a massacre at a Lookout Valley RV Park on April 9, 2014. Morse, who was 19 at the time, is standing trial in the courtroom of Judge Barry Steelman. Skyler Allen, who was 22 when the shots rang out, ... (click for more)

To all concerned, I believe there was mistake printed in a recent article stating to send donations to me at the school. I would ask that all donations be sent to the Greater Chattanooga Community Foundation to the attention of the Ed Johnson Memorial. This project is in no way affiliated with HCDE schools. All funds are housed there and are tax deductible. Mr. Savage ... (click for more)

Over half of Florida is still trying to catch its breath and now there is another murderer, one named Maria, mauling Puerto Rico this morning on her way to the United States. On August 25 Hurricane Harvey hit Texas. It killed an estimated 50 people, displaced more than a million people and damaged some 200,000 homes in a path of more than 300 miles. The bills haven’t been sent out ... (click for more)