(Changes, Corrections Or Additions: Please Notify Dennis Norwood at dennisnorwood56@gmail.com) PREP BASEBALL MONDAY, APRIL 22 Walker Valley at McMinn Co. Soddy Daisy at Ooltewah Cleveland at Bradley East Ridge at Howard Grace at CCS Tyner at Hixson Central at Red Bank Brainerd at Signal Mountain (DH) TUESDAY, APRIL 23 McMinn Co. at Walker Valley CCS ... (click for more)

KNOXVILLE – There was a distinct echo in Jeremy Pruitt’s comments during the final week of Tennessee’s spring football practice. On April 9, the Vols’ head coach said the following about UT’s offensive line: “We have to be more consistent. We have to play with a little better pad level. We have to become better finishers.” Four days later, following the Orange & White ... (click for more)

Kevin Easley, who announced he was leaving UTC after being named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year, said he will be transferring to Texas Christian University. Easley will be eligible to play in the 2020-2021 season. He made the announcement on his personal Twitter account. Easley, at 6'6" and 223 pounds, was the first Chattanooga men's basketball student-athlete ... (click for more)

The Dalton Police Department is seeking help from the public to identify two men who broke into three vehicles parked at the Planet Fitness gym on Walnut Avenue. There have been several car break-ins in this parking lot over the past year because people using the gym often leave valuables inside of their cars instead of taking them inside. The suspects in these three break-ins ... (click for more)

The town of Walden has a population of 2,118 people. What do those citizens need with a 49,000 square foot grocery store? Or with 10,000 square feet of commercial office space? Or a fuel island? Or increased tractor trailer traffic with proportional damage to the road up and down the mountain? Or multiple traffic lights at the “W” Road intersection and at Timesville Road? When ... (click for more)

When Governor Bill Lee talks about education, or the lack of it, I’ll listen. He’s the guy who, when he found his newly-hired employees were wanting, his thriving Lee Company in Nashville started its own vocational school and paid them to learn. The investment was brilliant and the outcome obvious. But now comes the bigger gamble, vouchers for some and, for others, charter schools ... (click for more)