Tickets are on sale now for the 19th Annual Father-Daughter Dance sponsored by Hamilton County Park and Recreation Department. The dance will be on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Chattanoogan Hotel from 6-10 p.m. This year’s theme is Masquerade Ball . Tickets are $30 per person. Light hors d’oeuvres’ and dessert buffet is included, as well as photo booth pictures. Professional ... (click for more)

Starting on Tuesday, trenching across Ashland Terrace, starting at the entrance to the Walmart Neighborhood Market, will be done two lanes at a time, maintaining two-way traffic. This is expected to take three to four days. There will be an overnight closure of Ashland Terrance on Friday, Jan. 25, from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. to install the gas pipe. Local detours will be posted. ... (click for more)

The City Council is set to vote On Jan. 29 on a long-awaited contract to clean up the Lupton Mill site. The contract with Wright Brothers of Charleston, Tn., is for $1,676,744, with a contingency of $150,000. It calls for the firm to complete the demolition of remnants of buildings remaining at the site along Mercer Street. The site will be "rubblized" and then material ... (click for more)

Authorities have charged Askia Witherow in the October 2018 murder of Jacob Dakota Moore of Apison. An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, the 10 th District Attorney General’s Office and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrest of the 39-year-old Ooltewah man. At the request ... (click for more)

At this point, most of us are aware of the WWTA debacle on site selection and the half-baked planning for a new treatment plant on Mahan Gap Road. There were also untruths given to the public about the basis or need for a new treatment plant on Mahan Gap Road by WWTA. That, my friends, is offensive. Pam Sohn of the Times Free Press outed the WWTA’s false contention ... (click for more)

It seems there has been quite an increase in calls from telemarketers and I asked my man Cleo if he had any idea how to stop them. “What works if you are male -- Telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Judy and I'm with XYZ Company. " You: Wait for a second and with a real husky voice ask, "What are you wearing?" If you are a female try this: Cry out in surprise, "Judy? Is that you? Oh my ... (click for more)