Thaddeus Gerard Sims, 65, of Chattanooga, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022, in a local hospital. Arrangements are by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga, Inc. (click for more)

Grace Audrey Shipp, 96, of Ringgold, Georgia, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022 at her home. A resident of the Chattanooga area since 1950, Mrs. Shipp was a member of The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and had attended Graysville Methodist Church in her later years. In her young years she was a member of the “3 Little Maids Trio” in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Shipp ... (click for more)

Melissa Jo Osburn, age 62 of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Saturday, August 6, 2022 at a local hospital. Melissa was born, April 21, 1960 in Grand Prairie, Tx., the daughter of the late Richard Philip Winston. Melissa is survived by her husband, Danny Osburn; mother, Joy Winston; and sisters, Melody and Eugene Goudy and Merrily Winston. Condolences may be expressed ... (click for more)

Surrounded by her loving family, Tyrene Teasley Thompson Epperson, 94, of Dalton, Georgia, passed away at Hamilton Medical Center on Friday, August 5, 2022. She is preceded in death by her husband, Erwin Epperson; parents, Jess and Jessie Teasley; brothers, Brad, George, Chubb, Farris, and her triplet brothers, Troy and Tasker Teasley; sisters, Pearl Simpson, Francis Beal, Beulah ... (click for more)

The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the $80 million Southside Stadium project. The action puts in motion the ability for a new city/county Sports Authority to convene and issue $80 million in bonds for the "community" facility on nine acres at the U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site. Councilman Chip Henderson added several provisions that he said would add "transparency" ... (click for more)

Officials of the Chattanooga Housing Authority said the plan to re-envision the Westside includes building 1,783 new housing units. Betsy McCright, CHA executive director, said the College Hill Courts and the Gateway Tower will be taken down, but she said residents in those 629 have been promised a spot in some of the new housing. She said the demolition will be in stages ... (click for more)