The Good Old Days Museum is open this Saturday for an Old Fashioned Christmas complete with homemade ornaments, a real Santa and live tree. Santa is scheduled at the museum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Visitors are encouraged to come by for a photo and to explore the museum and artifacts. The museum is run by the Soddy, Daisy & Montlake Historical Association and ... (click for more)

Here is the weekly road construction report for Hamilton County: I-75 at I-24 Interchange Reconstruction: Phase 1 traffic shifts have been implemented. Traffic should expect multiple lane shifts traveling through the interchange. Lane closures will occur Sunday nights through Thursdays night between 9 p.m.-6 a.m. at the following locations: I-75 NB at state line, I-75 NB MM 2, ... (click for more)

A motorcyclist was seriously injured on Thursday afternoon in a collision with a Hamilton County school bus. Police said the driver of bus number 389 was cited for failing to yield to the motorcyclist and failing to exercise due care. The bus was going north on S. Hawthorne Street on its way to pick up students. No students were on the bus at the time. The motorcyclist ... (click for more)

The Lookout Mountain, Ga., Town Council on Thursday night selected a builder for the long-awaited Town Center and also moved to issue an RFP for a developer for the planned commercial part of the center. Mayor David Bennett, saying next year will be a banner one for the town, said the Town Center, 12 years in the making, is on schedule to be built during the year. Ground breaking ... (click for more)

The Trump Administration has released a new executive order that could change the way that the refugee resettlement program is run in the United States. The first - and most shocking - change that is being implemented is the huge drop in refugees being allowed in the country. For the past decade, on average, around 80,000 to 90,000 refugees have been admitted per year. According ... (click for more)

There is a famous class that I’ve heard about years at Sewanee, one that is eagerly anticipated in the theology halls of the Episcopal seminary, where those hopeful of becoming priests must come to grips with one of life’s most daunting realities. Through the years I’ve talked to several of my friends who deeply appreciated the lessons because men and women of faith are each forced ... (click for more)