The Moccasin Bend Chapter of DAR held their annual Christmas lunch and auction on Saturday at the Mountain Creek Church of Christ. The auction raised over $300 which benefits the Fisher House Foundation, Inc. Members also brought their saved soda tabs for the Col Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter of CAR to donate to the Chattanooga Ronald McDonald House. (click for more)

Ten business professionals graduated from the Inclusion By Design Executive Leadership Program sponsored by the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga on Dec. 5. Friends, family, and co-workers of the graduates and business leaders gathered for the ceremony. Harry Allen, co-founder, executive vice president and chief relationship officer of Studio Bank located in Nashville, served ... (click for more)

A county detective said he was bit, kicked and spit on during a controversial arrest of an aspiring rapper on Dec. 3. District Attorney Neal Pinkston, after reviewing video taken by a neighbor on Donaldson Road of the Dec. 3 incident, has referred the investigation to the U.S. Justice Department. Detective Blake Kilpatrick, who has since been placed on desk duty, said he and ... (click for more)

A popular young reporter for NewsChannel 9 has been terminated by Sinclair Broadcasting as she battles cancer. Alex George wrote on her Twitter account on Friday, " Hi all, I want to clarify for those who asked. I want to assure you that treatment is going incredibly well. The decision was not made by me it was @WeAreSinclair . They terminated my contract." The 22-year-old ... (click for more)

The Georgetown land grab is just ‘Business as Usual’ for TVA. For the past 80 years they’ve shown their stripes in this matter - 170,000 acres seized at LBL, countless acreage taken in the Tennessee River Valley. Land taken for coal and nuclear sites. All by the same play book. All from average people. We want this, you have this, we get this. I worked with TVA as a ... (click for more)

After spending half of a century in the newspaper business, you will find it universal that one’s “personal ethics” demand you leave children off the news page. You don’t interview an 11-year-old who just watched her house burn down and now can’t find her kitty. You don’t take a kid’s picture at his daddy’s trial and, more than anything, never publish a word that would cause a child ... (click for more)