The Chattanooga Department of Transportation will host a community meeting on Thursday between the hours of 5-7 p.m at the Transforming Faith Baptist Church, 5311 Upshaw Dr. in Chattanooga, to discuss upcoming roadwork in the Washington Hills neighborhood. The roadways effected will be Irvin Road, Upshaw Drive and Lois Lane.  Access to other roads in the area may be restricted ... (click for more)

Joda Thongnopnua, the Democratic candidate for Tennessee’s 30th State House District, called for a range of debates and forums to be held in advance of the Nov. 6 general election for the state legislative race in Hamilton County and invited his opponent, Esther Helton, to participate. Mr. Thongnopnua highlighted the importance of public discourse and pledged to accept as ... (click for more)

The mother of a 15-year-old boy who was killed by his father said Michael McElrath had been acting "manic" in the days leading up to the tragic incident in Hixson on Aug. 18. Judge Alex McVeigh bound a charge of criminal homicide against McElrath, a former jail officer, to the Grand Jury. He is charged in the death of Dylan McElrath, who was a sophomore at Hixson High School. ... (click for more)

Randy Boyd, who was among the Republican finalists for the governor nomination, is being considered as interim president at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Joe DiPietro this week announced that Nov. 21 will be his last day on the job. The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees are to meet next week and consider the Boyd appointment. Mr. Boyd, a UT alumnus, would ... (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)

It’s easy for me to say that I either know, or know about, almost every person running in November for the state legislature. Yet when I describe Lemon Williams as the most exciting of the bunch, that’s because he's the only guy I had never heard of when he picked up his qualifying papers. He just turned out the best political aspirant I have had a conversation with in the last ... (click for more)