Ashland Terrace Road in Red Bank will be closed to all traffic from Dayton Boulevard to Tacoma Avenue beginning on Wednesday, for work on replacing a culvert. The anticipated completion date is Dec. 6, weather permitting. For more information and updates, including detour maps and alternate routes,  go to:  http://ashlandterraceproject. com   or   to:  ... (click for more)

The candidate forum for U.S. Congressional District 3 scheduled for Monday, Oct. 22, has been canceled. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann and Dr. Danielle Mitchell were invited to participate and give input on possible dates back in September. Dr. Mitchell responded, but Rep. Fleischmann did not. After a month without a commitment, a date was announced last week. Rep. Fleischmann’s ... (click for more)

A Soddy Daisy ROTC instructor has denied having a gun in a road rage incident with a 17-year-old girl at Northgate Mall, but General Sessions Court Judge Gary Starnes bound the case to the Grand Jury. The judge said,"It's a very close issue. It's he said, she said. I don't think it's going to get out of the Grand Jury, but I am going to find there is probable cause." The girl ... (click for more)

A Crandall, Ga., man is facing multiple charges after a high-speed chase on Wednesday that ended in a crash that involved four vehicles of the Bradley County Sheriff's Office. Randall Wade Cooper, 58, was booked into the Bradley County Jail, after the chase that ended in Bradley County. His charges are four counts of aggravated assault, evading arrest, resisting arrest, ... (click for more)

I attended the meeting to discuss the placement of the sewage treatment plant at the Cambridge Center in Ooltewah today. My problem with the meeting (aka) dog and pony show, is that the meeting started out with the agenda of the Ooltewah Community Council.  After living in this area for 45+ years I have never heard of this group.  I would like for someone to answer ... (click for more)

It has been my experience that of all the tribes and herds of different people on earth, sports writers are among the funniest people of all. Oh, there isn’t anything real sexy about Villanova beating Georgetown or a baseball player hitting for the cycle. Now, if a player hits a single, double, triple and homer in that order, that’s “a natural cycle,” and that is kind of fun to ... (click for more)