The Mainstreet Cruise-In opens its 17th season on Saturday, April 28 from 1-6 p.m. in historic downtown Cleveland, around the Courthouse Square. The public is invited to join classic car enthusiasts and see restored cars and other special interest vehicles as they line the streets of downtown.   The Mainstreet Cruise-In has grown by an average of 20 percent in the ... (click for more)

The Fort Oglethorpe Thriving Communities team will hold a Community Art Event while enjoying vintage base ball on Barnhardt Circle’s Polo Field from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 5. The Thriving Communities volunteer team looks at Fort Oglethorpe’s history, arts and culture to plan events to enhance the quality of life and economic strength of the city. officials said.  ... (click for more)

Travis Reinking, 29, the suspect in the shooting at a Waffle House near Nashville on Sunday, has been taken into custody, according to police. Reinking, who killed four people and injured two others at a Waffle House near Nashville on Sunday morning was on the loose Monday morning and had been added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's ‘Top 10 Most Wanted’ list. ... (click for more)

Hamilton County Sheriff deputies caught up with a Dayton teen who drove off at a high rate of speed on Highway 60 on Sunday afternoon. A passenger in the vehicle was caught with drugs. At approximately  5 p.m. , deputies observed a white Chrysler 200 traveling south in the 7800 block of Highway 60 at a high rate of speed. The driver was improperly passing other vehicles ... (click for more)

Hamilton County experienced a property tax increase of about 10.7 percent in 2017. By law the reappraisal of property shall not increase tax revenue. So after the reappraisal the state certified millage rate for Hamilton County was 2.4976 per hundred dollars assessed value. The county commission voted to raise the millage rate to 2.7652 per hundred. That's about a 10.7 percent increase ... (click for more)

I adore the fact so many of America’s high school and college students are very active in our battle against violence in our schools but bemoan the fact that when you combine youth and ‘lack of experience’ they often are misguided and ill-informed. The best example came on Saturday when a reporter for Campus Reform walked around the Cal State-Santa Barbara campus asking the students ... (click for more)