Dr. Linda Cash, director of Bradley County Schools, will address Lee University students at the summer commencement ceremony on Saturday, July 27, at 10:30 a.m. in the Conn Center. “Since she came to Cleveland to direct our county schools, Dr. Cash has distinguished herself as a creative and tireless leader in K-12 education,” said Lee president Dr. Paul Conn. “She has become ... (click for more)

McCallie day student and rising junior Jacks Pollard is making his presence known at one of the nation’s most intensive summer music arts training programs, the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Jacks, who plays the oboe, is participating in Interlochen’s World Youth Symphony Orchestra, as well as the center’s Oboe Intensive. As part of the orchestra, he had the chance to play ... (click for more)

A teenager was shot late Friday night on Sixth Avenue. Chattanooga Police were called at 10:54 p.m. to a local hospital after a person showed up with a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, police spoke with a 16-year-old boy who was suffering from a gunshot wound. He had been transported to the hospital via personal vehicle. Officers located a crime scene in the 2700 block ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Police Officers make a second arrest in an aggravated assault in which bleach was thrown on a CARTA employee that occurred in the CARTA parking lot on Sept. 26, 2017. Vincent Nash, 52, was arrested on Friday on aggravated assault and reckless endangerment charges for his role as co-conspirator and facilitator in the deliberate attack with a chemical substance. ... (click for more)

In my humble small business owner opinion or POV - #NoBID #NoSelfImposedTax #TheChattanoogaWay Please see attached presentation that several small business women owners presented to the City Council Tuesday in opposition to the proposed downtown Central Business Improvement Business (CBID or BID). As "non-Property Owners" in the proposed district, we have been unable to ... (click for more)

When I heard that the legendary “Little Johnny” had quit going to weddings because all the old ladies would pinch his cheeks and giggle, “You’ll be next!” I understood completely. But not long ago The Saturday Funnies learned our Johnny had devised a way to stop it. Living in a small town, Johnny would walk to where the matrons were huddled at a funeral, remind one who had pinched ... (click for more)