FOOTBALL   FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Chattanooga Christian at Baylor Grace at Boyd-Buchanan Bradley at Rhea Co. East Nashville at Brainerd Cleveland at Walker Valley Copper Basin at Silverdale Tyner at East Hamilton East Ridge at Signal Mountain Red Bank at Hixson Lookout Valley at Huntland Coalfield at Marion ... (click for more)

The Georgia Northwestern Lady Bobcats stumbled at home  on Tuesday  night with a three-set loss to the Reinhardt University junior varsity squad, but rebounded nicely  on Thursday  with a thrilling five-set victory over Covenant College’s JV team in a match played high atop Lookout Mountain. The Lady Bobcats fell to Reinhardt, 25-9, 25-20 and 25-20. ... (click for more)

Marilyn Lloyd, who represented the Third District in Congress for 10 terms, has died at the age of 89. Ms. Lloyd got into politics after her husband, TV anchor Mort Lloyd, was killed in a plane crash in 1974. Mort Lloyd had won the Democratic primary to oppose Rep. Lamar Baker. The party chose her to go on the ballot in his place, and she defeated Congressman Baker. She was ... (click for more)

A Soddy Daisy couple reported a theft at their residence netted thieves over $56,000 in items. The couple said the thieves may have picked their residence because they posted on Facebook that they were vacationing in Gatlinburg. Michael Lee Leming, 42, has been arrested in the case. However, only $10,600 of the stolen items were recovered. Leming is from Dunlap, but was ... (click for more)

Arming teachers with guns in the classroom, as Bill Lee proposes, would be the single most dangerous thing to happen to students in Tennessee history. Students and teachers in close proximity to loaded firearms daily? Across this state, in middle schools alone, there are probably hundreds of student/teacher conflicts a day. What if a student got hold of gun in a struggle with ... (click for more)

As half of America wonders how a Texas school superintendent still has a job, the other half of the country now understands that being dumb is no crime. Minutes after the Houston Texans dropped a ugly 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, an upset educator – obviously with a full head of steam -- pounded this sentence out on his Facebook page: “That may have been the most ... (click for more)