The Nursing and Allied Health Division at Chattanooga State offers monthly information sessions for students interested in the healthcare professions.  The sessions are held at the main campus; some sessions are required for program admittance, while others are strongly encouraged. Visit the Nursing and Allied Health website at http://www.chattanoogastate.edu/nursing-allied-health ... (click for more)

Cleveland City Schools was awarded the Read With A Raider grant funded by the Noonday Rotary Club. Every first grade student in Cleveland City Schools received a book to take home for fall break. These same students will receive additional books the week before each extended break (Thanksgiving, winter, spring and summer). With a focus on literacy and family engagement, the ... (click for more)

Brennan Wilson, 26, was killed in an accident on Sunday on Highway 153. The Chattanooga Police Department's Traffic Unit responded at approximately 7:56 p.m. to a fatality crash at 5200 Highway 153. A Ford Fiesta, driven by Rachael Daniels, 19, was facing southbound in the left turn lane waiting for northbound traffic to clear the intersection. She stated to police she waited ... (click for more)

Sears at Hamilton Place Mall is on the list of the latest Sears department stores to close.   It is one of four on the list in Tennessee to shut its doors.   The Sears at Northgate Mall will remain open for now.   The annoucement case as Sears on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.   It announced the closing of 142 Sears ... (click for more)

For the past several months, the Democratic Party has reached a tipping point. “Their Resistance” is to oppose anything and everything Republicans are doing to deliver a stronger economy and better economic opportunities for all Americans.  Yet, I find it very interesting that the public outcry we are seeing from the Democrats on a national level is nowhere to be found when ... (click for more)

I couldn’t tell you the first time I met John Gagliardi … 30 years ago? 40? … and I never saw him nearly enough. He was a Division III football coach at some monastery of a place in Minnesota and that’s a long way from the Southeastern Conference. Our orbits rarely overlapped but somewhere down the line we were at the same table for dinner. Once that happened, it seemed like the ... (click for more)