The Rotary Club of Chattanooga Hamilton Place has added Rotary club member Beth Lofgren. "We look forward to serving with Beth," officials said. Dr. Tom Devlin from Erlanger Medical Center spoke at a recent meeting. Dr. Devlin serves the local community in a number of positions that include director of the National Stroke Prevention Training Center, chairman of the Department ... (click for more)

The City of Red Bank has announced a second delay in the Ashland Terrace road project. In addition to the numerous periods of heavy rains and below normal temperatures, the upcoming holidays and length of time the concrete needs to cure are additional factors delaying the completion date to Jan. 4, 2019. The city will take every step possible to reopen Ashland Terrace before ... (click for more)

Bill Bennett, who served Hamilton County as assessor of property and a member of the County Commission, has died at 82. One of Chattanooga's most popular public servants, his experiences in a two-room schoolhouse helped hone his career. He was one of six boys, along with one girl, born to Ernest and Mary Roberts Bennett on the Cumberland Plateau. Ernest Bennett farmed and ... (click for more)

The Chattanooga Red Wolves professional soccer team may be coming to East Ridge. In Thursday night’s Agenda Session of the East Ridge City Council meeting, Red Wolves owner Bob Martino told the council that he wants to enter into a public/private partnership with the city to build a practice facility near the existing Weldon Osborne Stadium in Camp Jordan Park. The facility would ... (click for more)

In an era of political haughtiness and ego, we should recognize the life example of public service demonstrated by Hamilton County Assessor Bill Bennett. As I told my friend Bill many times, he and former Governor Winfield Dunn were the best “gentlemen” I knew in politics. He was kind, humble and honest. To honor his legacy, we should all try to carry ourselves a little more ... (click for more)

All right, this one is on me. I knew what I wanted to suggest in this week’s Saturday Funnies and about mid-afternoon yesterday I crafted a story I think a lot of people will like. As soon as I was done, I put the story “in the can,” which is to say I saved it, and then caught up on my phone messages and chores. A couple of hours later I went to retrieve the story and – zip! nada! ... (click for more)