Every year La Paz Chattanooga organizes a week-long series of activities to celebrate and include the region's Latino community.  Semana Latina (or Latin Week) is an opportunity for Chattanoogans to celebrate Latin American culture by participating in activities offered by several organizations throughout the week leading up to Latin Festival on May 5.  The ... (click for more)

Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga announces that Hamilton County has been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.  Hamilton County has been chosen to receive $152,367 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. ... (click for more)

A McCallie School coach from the 1990s who is now deceased is being accused of abusing students at the private prep school. Two former students said Steve Carpenter sexually abused them. Carpenter was the basketball coach at McCallie for 11 seasons - through 1999. He was boys basketball coach at Ridgeland High School beginning in 2000. Carpenter was arrested ... (click for more)

A committee of the County Commission has recommended that county magistrates have two-year terms, instead of one year, and for the commission to take applications on two open seats. The commission will proceed with advertising for the two posts and make an official announcement next Wednesday. Applications will then be taken until May 8. The commission will interview candidates ... (click for more)

Exit 174 on westbound Interstate 24 is closed again as is the westbound entrance ramp. Cummings Highway is shut as well. I inquired at TDOT on Dec. 28, 2015, why this continues to happen. The engineer’s response was that the drain from ground west of the interstate runs under private land and cover over it has caused that pipe to collapse. Obviously flow still goes through, ... (click for more)

A guy who I admire and respect wrote me yesterday. He had just read my story defending Bob Corker for honoring “The Code” due to his true friendship with Phil Bredesen. He is also no stranger to my vivid dislike of the Republican choice to replace Corker in the Senate. Marsha Blackburn is no match against Bredesen on any tier and it is clearly the Republican Party itself that has ... (click for more)