Here is the Walker County arrest report for Sept. 19-25: PAINTER       ANTHONY    SCOTT           WM     33        Officer STAFFORD   POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LESS THAN 1 OZ, POSSESSION OF METH, POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE IV ... (click for more)

Here are the top 100 finishers in the Ironman race on Sunday: Vanhoenacker, Marino BEL 1 1 00:45:08 04:27:28 02:55:26 08:12:22 Symonds, Jeff CAN 2 2 00:45:10 04:39:18 02:50:13 08:19:27 Russell, Matt USA 3 3 00:45:15 04:31:04 03:04:06 08:24:53 Hanson, Matt USA 4 4 00:45:06 04:39:22 02:57:07 08:25:36 Daerr, ... (click for more)

Re: City Police donating two patrol cars to Kevin Muhammad's Nation of Islam: While I know it's unpopular to mention the wisdom of separation of church and state, this sets a dangerous precedent and should meet with concern from everyone who values religious and secular freedom. What's next? Southern Baptists getting old city parking scooters to patrol church parking lots ... (click for more)

When Jose Fernandez was killed early Sunday morning in a boating accident, he was 24 years old yet had already lived a life much larger than almost all old men. He had spent part of a year in an unimaginably cruel Cuban prison, this when he only 14 years old and sandwiched in an inhumane cell among grown criminals. There were murders daily – in his very cell -- and nobody cared. ... (click for more)

 The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s soccer team defeated Wofford 2-1 Sunday afternoon in Spartanburg, S.C. The Mocs improve to 3-7-1 overall and 1-1 in Southern Conference action while the Terriers fall to 2-9 on the year and 0-2 against the conference.   Chattanooga netted its first goal in the opening frame following a corner kick. Junior Ellie Myrick’s ... (click for more)

The blistering-hot temperature and the artificial turf was not enough to slow the Lee women's soccer team as they handily defeated host Shorter University 5-1 for its fifth straight victory  on Sunday  afternoon.   Summer Lanter and Kinsey Cichowitz combined to score all five of Lee's goals. Lanter now has six goals on the year and midfielder Cichowitz ... (click for more)