Bert Poston of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit has been named District Attorney of the Year for 2018 during the 2018 Summer Conference sponsored July  22 - 25,  on Jekyll Island by the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia (PAC). Each year during the conference, held at the Jekyll Island Convention Center, the District Attorneys Association of Georgia presents ... (click for more)

Here is the latest jail booking report from Hamilton County: BAILEY, KYLIA DESHAE  1924 ROBBINS ST CHATTANOOGA, 37404  Age at Arrest: 22 years old Arresting Agency: Chattanooga THEFT OF PROPERTY CRIMINAL TRESPASSING --- BAKER, ROBERT EMILIO  8366 OLD LEE HWY CHATTANOONGA, 37363  Age at Arrest: 27 years old Arresting Agency: Hamilton County ... (click for more)

Thank you to whomever is responsible for the massive clean-up project that began yesterday at Brown's Tavern in Lookout Valley.  It already looks 1,000 percent better. Ricky and T.J. Hendricks Smith  (click for more)

Fall classes began at the University of North Carolina on Monday and, before the day was spent, those in quest of a higher education were offered a great lesson. At about 9:30 at night in Chapel Hill – this in the university’s aptly-named Peace and Justice Plaza – a mob of about 300 defied UNC officials and state law by tearing down a Civil War statue. The statue, which was given ... (click for more)

There are two logical reasons for Sale Creek volleyball coach Debbie Hill to schedule Cleveland and Ooltewah to start the 2018 regular season. “I want the competition and the money,” Hill said prior to Tuesday’s match with the unbeaten Lady Owls. The competition the Lady Blue Raiders and Lady Owls was extremely good, considering both compete in the tough District 5-3A, ... (click for more)

On Monday, Baylor Swim Club Tri-Masters Coach Jenny Smith finished the North Channel Swim in 13 hours and 6 minutes.  The open water ultra-distance swim began in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland and finished in Portpatrick, Scotland on the Mull of Galloway, which is about 21.5 miles long.  The North Channel swim is approximately the same distance as the English Channel, but ... (click for more)