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)

 Silvia Sartori powered home a career-high 33 kills as the Lee volleyball team scored an impressive, 3-2 road victory over Alabama Huntsville to remain undefeated in the Gulf South Conference on Friday night.   The Lady Flames trailed 13-11 in the final set before using a 4-0 run off the serve of freshman Hannah Longley to ground the Chargers. Fittingly it was Sartori ... (click for more)

Federal Judge Curtis Collier has issued a 48-page order denying a new trial for former Pilot Travel Centers president Mark Hazelwood. He said initial Hazelwood attorney Rusty Hardin of Houston, Tex., did not follow federal rules of filing notice of an appeal within 14 days of the verdict. Judge Collier also denied a request by Brad Henry, the new Hazelwood lawyer, for time ... (click for more)

Earlier Friday afternoon, during dismissal at Central High School, a fight broke out, at which time the SRO assigned to the campus called for additional deputies to respond to the school to assist.  The fight involved several students. Of those involved, three juvenile students were transported to the Juvenile Detention Center for disorderly conduct. Joshua Maddox, ... (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)