George R. Stuart Elementary hosts  Smart Goal Setting Session on Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm. Parents are invited to learn how to help students set and achieve their goals. Popcorn and drinks provided. Click here for more information or contact Savannah Shell, 423-476-8246, sshell@clevelandschools.org .    Yates Primary hosts an Open House and ... (click for more)

Riverside High School Class of 1971 will celebrate 65th years of life with a Denim and Diamonds birthday party. Ladies should wear their best denim and diamonds and gents their best denim. Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served; no BYOB. The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 13, from 5:30-10 p.m. at the Home Builders Association, 3221 Harrison Pike. Admission is $25 per ... (click for more)

Officials of the NAACP said they have "grave concerns" about an election snafu in Hamilton County that left the ballots of 43 voters uncounted in the Aug. 2 election. The group said there has been little information given on the complex problem involving an earlier shift in voter lines. They have written a letter to Mark Goins, state election coordinator, and Kerry Steelman, ... (click for more)

A hearing has been delayed on a lawsuit brought by the Tennessee Democratic Party seeking to keep Republican Robin Smith off the ballot in House District 26. Ms. Smith was the only candidate after longtime Rep. Gerald McCormick abruptly announced he was leaving his post to move to Nashville. Chancellor Jeff Atherton on Monday afternoon said he could not take the case until ... (click for more)

The city of Chattanooga currently has no history center or museum. That is because several years ago it was conveyed to the public, in the blinking of an eye, that $9 million that had been raised mysteriously vanished for reasons unexplainable to this date. In the meantime, valuable artifacts and collections are sitting in cellars, basements and storage facilities instead of being ... (click for more)

There was a time, not so long ago, when school-aged children would learn lessons from a prescribed text, such as a textbook. Today texting is far, far different and, as any of our teachers will tell us, cell phones have become the scourge of education. In almost every classroom, kids will silently text in the shadow of the desk in front of them rather than focus on the lesson. Yet ... (click for more)