Here are upcoming street closings: Wednesday: Grace Healthcare - W 8th St between Chestnut St and Pine St will be closed on Wednesday, from 2PM until 10:30PM for a private event. Thursday: Ales on 8th - W 8th Street between Pine Street and Chestnut Street will be closed on Thursday from 2PM until 11PM. This closure will be in effect each Thursday ... (click for more)

Here are the new marriage licenses from the County Clerk's office: IRA ALAN JOHNSTON DOWDY CATHERINE LAYNE 403 SWEET PECAN LN 403 SWEET PECAN LN CHATTANOOGA, TN 37421 CHATTANOOGA, TN 37421 MARK JEFFREY ROBERTS BRITNI PAIGE TAYLOR 4112 E FREEDON CIR 4112 E FREEDON CIR OOLTEWAH, TN 37363 OOLTEWAH, TN 37363 BRENT ALAN FIDDLER HANNAH CHRISTINE KEEN 8567 DAJU COURT ... (click for more)

An investigation by special agents with the Human Trafficking Unit of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, detectives with the Cleveland Police Department, and investigators with the Bradley County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in the arrest of two Tennessee men, and two men from Georgia. Over a three-day period beginning Aug 15, as part of an undercover investigation aimed ... (click for more)

The Dalton Police Department is investigating a late-night shooting incident on Sunday that sent two people to local hospitals with injuries that are not considered to be life-threatening. The man who investigators have identified as the shooter, Jobanie Martinez, 21, is still at large. The victims and the shooter were known to each other. The incident happened at approximately ... (click for more)

Our community is blessed with many good Southern Gospel singers and groups. One such person was LaVaugh “Whitey” Cantrell. “Whitey” as he is known around here passed away on Friday. “Whitey” received His nickname at Rossville High School where he graduated. Mr. Cantrell worked at Combustion Engineering as a welder until his retirement in 1991. I first became acquainted with ... (click for more)

I was sitting on my porch last week with a pair of churchmen and reveled in the conversation when it coursed into the topic of friendship. The Bible's King Solomon had much to say about the beauty of friends when he wrote the Book of Proverbs … “As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend” … and I was moved to be in the same circle of these two friends who met long ago ... (click for more)