To start off with I am not opposed to the consumption of adult beverages in moderation and having a designated driver available. I attended the University of Chattanooga before and after UT arrived. Fraternities used to bring mini-kegs to Chamberlain Field during football games and plenty of people brown bagged. There was probably to much drinking going on. I know I was immoderate ... (click for more)

On the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 26, I was driving up Lookout Mountain taking my mother home. My 2-year-old granddaughter was also along for the ride. Halfway up Ochs Highway in the middle of a blind curve, at rush hour, my car simply died. Smoke poured out from under the hood, and we were completely stranded. There was a long line of cars stuck behind us unable to go around because ... (click for more)

County Mayor Jim Coppinger charged Wednesday that the sewage treatment issue facing the county "has gotten totally out of control. It has become totally political." He said, "The people who deal with this every day are telling us one thing and we are responding differently." The County Commission voted earlier 5-4 not to approve a site on Mahan Gap Road that had been recommended ... (click for more)

A Highland Park woman out looking for her dog was carjacked and strangled, police said. Police later spotted the vehicle and arrested Kermyca Hester, 18, of 2801 Taylor St., and a juvenile male. In the incident on Monday evening, the woman said she was in her car on Union Avenue trying to spot the dog when two people came along and said they had seen the dog and would help ... (click for more)

This is the last of four March Madness stories involving those with Chattanooga ties. Since his days as a basketball star at McCallie School in the late ‘70s, Curtis Shaw always imagined his career path would lead him into coaching. He just never envisioned the 30-year detour that would carry him to the forefront of college basketball’s center stage along the way. Over the ... (click for more)

If you were looking for a pitcher’s dual, McCallie’s baseball field wasn’t the place to be Wednesday night. If you wanted to see a lot of offense and a bunch of home runs, then maybe you should have come. Whatever the case, Baylor remained unbeaten after scoring 10 runs for the second straight day. Improving to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in region play, four different Red Raiders ... (click for more)