The Signal Mountain Town Council on Monday night voted to put off routine paving and proceed with repaving of James Boulevard. Repairs will also proceed at the Mountain Arts Community Center (MACC).   The council had called a special meeting to make decisions about several building projects that came in at significantly higher costs than the amounts budgeted for them. ... (click for more)

Here is the latest jail booking report from Hamilton County: BAGLEY, ERIC LEE  119 KITCHENS DR DALTON, 30721  Age at Arrest: 39 years old Arresting Agency: Hamilton County FUGITIVE (ARREST FOR CRIME IN ANOTHER STATE) ---- BAKER, JOHN MARKUM  202 PINEHURST AVENUE RED BANK, 37415  Age at Arrest: 26 years old Arresting Agency: Hamilton County ... (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)

The word ‘ignobel’ is rarely used because only a few among us know that it means "characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness." About 30 years ago, a glorious group of great scholars took a literary hatchet to form the word into ‘ig nobel’ so it could be placed in the dictionary as a term that means “a satirical social criticism that identifies absurd research.” Think of ... (click for more)

The high school volleyball match at Soddy Daisy Monday night between the host Soddy Daisy Lady Trojans and the Chattanooga Christian Lady Chargers was not a district match and has no bearing whatsoever on regular-season standings, but it was one that CCS coach Sarah Stutheit wanted to win in a big, big way. Her Lady Chargers made an incredible comeback after losing the first ... (click for more)

Covenant men's soccer junior goalkeeper Paul Lemay was named the USA South Defensive Player of the Week, for the period ending on Sept. 16, announced the league on Monday. The honor is the first of Lemay's career. The junior from Apopka, Fla., played all 270 minutes at the net for the Scots and helped the team to a 2-1 week, with both wins coming against conference opponents. ... (click for more)