Legendary blues-rock guitarist and vocalist Coco Montoya, touring in support of his latest Alligator Records release, Hard Truth, will perform at Songbirds Guitar Museum on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and available here . Review for Coco Montoya: Taught by the "Master of the Telecaster," Albert Collins, and schooled by a decade on the road with John Mayall, ... (click for more)

Lee University Opera Theatre will present its fall Musical Revue, comprising various scenes from a variety of musicals, on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. in the Squires Recital Hall. The first half of the program will celebrate American composer Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday with his complete musical composition “Trouble in Tahiti.” First performed in 1952, “Trouble in Tahiti” ... (click for more)

County officials are committing $10 million toward a new shelter for the Humane Education Society (HES). Only Commissioner Tim Boyd spoke against the allocation at a commission meeting on Wednesday. He said a more urgent need was a $5 million training center for police, fire and emergency workers. County Finance Director Albert Kiser said the county came up with a total $14 ... (click for more)

Lookout Mountain, Tn., Commissioner Jim Bentley said there has been a lot of concern with large trucks on Ochs Highway. In the past month five different trucks have been stuck at the top of the road. Additionally, a large truck hit and demolished the rock wall at the top curve of Ochs Highway. The destroyed walls were near the intersection of Fleetwood Drive and Forest Avenue. It ... (click for more)

Thank you to the Highway 58 branch of First Volunteer Bank. On behalf of the Ernie Pyle Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, I would like to express our appreciation to the manager and staff of the HIghway 58 Branch of First Volunteer Bank for putting on a Veterans Day lunch in the lobby of your bank on Friday, Nov. 9. It was a cold and rainy day and Army, Marines ... (click for more)

Being a child of the South, I’ve marveled at our funny sayings for all of my life. I’ve been at a football game and heard a disgruntled fan in the stands say of his team’s quarterback, “That boy couldn’t play dead in a cowboy movie.” I’ve been at the Sunday supper table and heard, “I’m of a mind each one of his sermons is better than the next.” And I’ve sat in a Saturday morning ... (click for more)