Miss Chattanooga Christine Williamson’s rendition of “Never Enough” from the film “The Greatest Showman” propelled her to her second Miss Tennessee preliminary victory on Friday night in Jackson when she snagged the talent award and a $1000 scholarship. The UT-Chattanooga graduate student at the College of Business who had never won a state preliminary round in five years ... (click for more)

The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild, City of Chattanooga Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Chattanooga Public Library will hold The Chattanooga Readers and Writers Fair 2018 on Saturday.  The free event will be held at Chattanooga City Library, 1001 Broad St. in Chattanooga from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The Chattanooga Readers and Writers Fair gives local authors/writers, ... (click for more)

A storm with wind gusts up to 70 mph did considerable damage in downtown Chattanooga around 2 p.m. on Saturday. Fencing along Miller Park was twisted onto a nearby lane of traffic on Market Street. A sizable tree was split, causing it to fall across Cherry Street between Third and Fourth streets. In Hixson, a tree fell on a house. A number of traffic lights were knocked ... (click for more)

Two people were shot early Saturday morning in separate incidents. The first incident was at  3:30 a.m. when the Chattanooga Police Department responded to a person shot on the 1000 block of North Willow Street.  Upon arrival, officers made contact with the victim who was suffering from a gunshot wound.    HCEMS transported the victim to a local hospital ... (click for more)

The Signal Mountain Town Council will vote at their upcoming July 9 meeting on whether to approve a controversial rezoning application regarding property located at the northwestern corner of Albert Road and Taft Highway.  Prior to the rezoning request, Albert Road was the redline on Taft Highway past which commercial development within the town did not extend. This rezoning ... (click for more)

There are some who believe this last week has been a devastating one for our community, losing two of our most beloved “builders” within three days of one another. Claude Ramsey, who spent over 40 years in public service and because of the type man he was never lost a political race, died on Monday after a hard fight with illness at the end. On Thursday we lost “Mr. John” Franklin, ... (click for more)