The UTC Fiddle Fest is a new venture into American folk music for the Department of Performing Arts at UTC and will be held Saturday, Oct. 29.  Award-winning fiddlers Jim Wood and John Boulware, and guitarist Inge Wood, will lead a day-long festival for participants to learn about and play American fiddle tunes and folk music in an informal orchestra setting with musical arrangements ... (click for more)

Signal Mountain's first Zombie 5K Trail Run, 1 mile "not so scary" fun run and Halloween Festival benefiting the Signal Mountain Middle High Sports Boosters will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29 at McCoy Farm, 1715 Anderson Pike on Signal Mountain from 5-9:30 p.m.  There are several options for family members of all ages. 1 - 5 p.m. - 1 mile Trail Fun Run for the ... (click for more)

Hamilton County Republican Party Chairman Tony Sanders said Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke "should immediately resign after admitting that he and his senior staff employ an encrypted message application that neither records or stores messages sent and received for the purpose of official city of Chattanooga business on a government-owned server." He said he was guilty of "deliberates ... (click for more)

City Councilman Larry Grohn said Friday  that the use of an encrypted message service by Mayor Andy Berke was a deliberate attempt to avoid the Open Records Act. Councilman Grohn, who is running for mayor, said, " In recent days, there has been one story after another come out concerning how the Mayor and his head staffers have used end-to-end encryption apps to ... (click for more)

Today, when I finished my shift, my wife and I had a rare kid-free time where she and I could enjoy a nice quiet dinner. So, when I left my extra job and she left her job, we met at a neat local place in St. Elmo. She and I had been looking forward to and planning this dinner all day. You see, between my work with the city of Chattanooga, my many hours of extra jobs, and our responsibilities ... (click for more)

I’ve seen some beautiful things in my life. I’ve eaten dinner inside the Eiffel Tower with the city of Paris all aglitter below. I’ve been sprayed by champagne in the Dallas Cowboys’ dressing room after they won the Super Bowl. I’ve stood both at the top and at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. I’ve snorkeled in the Great Exuma islands, learned to snow ski in the Austrian Alps, and ... (click for more)