Happy Feet International, a producer of luxury vinyl plank and tile headquartered in Chattanooga, hired three team members to their management team. Scott Jones, John Thompson and Andy Friedlander are the company’s new territory sales managers for south and east Texas and eastern North Carolina. “Happy Feet is experiencing steady growth and we are successful because of our ... (click for more)

Vince Champion, Southeast Region director for the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, has defended the actions of the East Ridge High School SRO in handling an unruly student. He said, "On Sept. 20, East Ridge High School officials called Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Deputy and SRO, Tyler McRae, to handle what amounted to handle unruly student Tauris Sledge. Though ... (click for more)

A 42-year-old Hamilton County man drowned at a boat dock on Chickamauga Lake on Saturday afternoon. It was near Erwin Marina, but marina officials said the incident happened at a public boat dock, and not at the marina. TWRA Officers responded to a 911 call around 2 p.m. for a missing person. A man loading a Bayliner cabin cruiser boat had disappeared. Witnesses said ... (click for more)

Representative Chuck Fleischmann on Saturday praised the release of Tennessee resident and Marine Corps veteran Matthew Health, who had been held captive in Venezuela for over two years. “Praise God that Matthew Heath has been released from his wrongful captivity and is coming home to his family. Throughout the over two years that Matthew was held, his family never gave up ... (click for more)

Dobbs v. Jackson, reversing almost 50 years of abortion on demand, is existentially a legal and moral/ethical vaccine for the United States. Why? While the legal challenges and political fighting will continue for some time, this is the greatest reversal of a Supreme Court in its history. It is worth noting that official Reconstruction lasted almost 25 years in the old Confederacy. ... (click for more)

The frost has yet to get to my garden but as I collect orchids and onions for an October delivery it is downright chilly. Thank goodness for the afternoon sun as we prepare to plant our winter rye grass seed and wish for more rain. As is my monthly custom, there is an abundance of orchids and onions to deliver on this first day of October so let’s get going … AN ORCHID to Dr. ... (click for more)