- The Chattanooga Mocs men’s tennis team saw the ninth-seeded doubles duo of Tomas Rodriguez and Peyton Gatti advanced to the main Round of 16 after claiming a thrilling 8-7 (6) tiebreak victory over Northern Kentucky’s Santiago Casamayor and Emilien Burnel on the second day of action at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional on Friday. “The guys battled throughout the day. We had some ... (click for more)

Playing with tremendous hustle the entire 90 minutes, junior Ellie Crisler broke open a scoreless battle with a goal in the 64th minute to propel Lee to a 1-0 victory on the Robert P. Longabaugh Field. The win improved the Lady Flames to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in GSC play. Host Mississippi College dropped to 4-2 and 2-1. Crisler’s winning shot was unassisted and sailed past the ... (click for more)

The Nashville jurors in the Janet Hinds case deliberated 13 hours on Friday before stopping for the night. The panel was to resume talks at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Jurors reported making good progress an hour before they were dismissed for the night by Judge Don Poole. But they returned an hour later still without a verdict. Ms. Hinds is charged in the February 2019 traffic ... (click for more)

Six juveniles (ages 13-17 years old), who were arrested for their criminal involvement in auto burglaries and shooting of BCSO K9 Joker, attended an arraignment hearing on Friday. They were ordered to be held at the Bradley County Juvenile Detention Center until their detention hearing next Thursday. Prior to their arraignment, the Cleveland Police Department charged them ... (click for more)

With the number of homes, apartments and condos built downtown, why is a 40 percent property tax increase necessary? Are these new structures on the paying property tax role? I need to know what’s going on downtown and why isn’t that money benefiting the city? Georgia Vaughn * * * The answer is that tax exemptions for these projects have been given out freely and ... (click for more)

Debbie Moore-Black, is a registered nurse whose blogs regularly appear on the medical news website, KevinMD.com. With the unearthly demands of COVID and historic lack of concern for the nursing populace, she wrote this week on the degradation and the devaluation of the nation’s nursing force. Perhaps we should all listen: * * * TIME WILL TELL IF LESSONS WILL BE LEARNED ... (click for more)