Attorneys Matt Brock and Garth Best, partners at the law firm of Best Hayduk Brock PLLC, in Chattanooga, were named as “2018 Rising Stars” for the Midsouth region. The two attorneys shared space for two years in the Flatiron Building before deciding to join forces in September of 2018 along with Andrea Hayduk. Mr. Brock has handled cases from simple speeding tickets to first-degree ... (click for more)

The Hamilton Firm LLC, a regional plaintiff’s personal injury law firm, headquartered in Chattanooga, at 2401 Broad Street, announced that two of its four trial lawyers have again been recognized by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers Magazine as among the Top Rated Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Attorneys in Tennessee for 2018. Both Hubert Hamilton and Patrick Cruise have again achieved ... (click for more)

The Planning Commission on Monday afternoon recommended denial for a sewage treatment plant for Ooltewah on Mahan Gap Road. The final decision will be by the County Commission, which will hold a zoning committee meeting on Dec. 12 and a regular session on Dec. 19. Opponents to the project overflowed the meeting room at the County Courthouse and dozens who could not get inside ... (click for more)

Chattanooga police officers responded to a shots fired call at 6:13 a.m. on Monday in the 5000 block of 15th Avenue. A reporting party said the suspect was walking in the street, displaying a firearm, and firing shots at houses. Upon arrival, officers encountered an armed male suspect matching the description given by the reporting party. Officers engaged with the suspect, ... (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)

Sometimes I don’t tend to myself quite like I should. Think of it as a bad habit. So last week I took some time away from the computer, away from my morning readings and newspapers and TV, so I could tap my reset button. Things happen when you get old and some of them aren’t good. Thank goodness there is hardly anything today that has no solution if you keep trying and stay in the ... (click for more)