The Happy Little Book Garden and More in East Ridge at the Chattanooga Mercantile, 6725 Ringgold Road invites children to go hear the story of a five-year-old boy who travels to Paris, France with his grandfather. Local author Janie Dempsey Watts will read from her children’s picture book, Pap Pap Goes to Paris, and so does Ricky, on Saturday, March 2 at 1 p.m. The book follows ... (click for more)

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host the first presentation in its new “Emerging Scholars Lecture Series” on Saturday, Feb. 23. This one-hour lecture, entitled, “Bountiful Land and Poor Distribution: East Tennessee’s Agriculture and Its Impact on the Civil War” will be presented in the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center’s theater at 2 pm. Some of ... (click for more)

The first round of a week of showers and heavy rain may cause flooding in the Chattanooga area. The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement that is effect through Monday morning. It could bring up to an inch and a half of rain. Additional heavy rainfall is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday with rain staying in the forecast after that. SPECIAL ... (click for more)

A man was found dead in McMinn County early Sunday morning in water near his home. Authorities said a woman who was doing meth at the residence on County Road 788 first wandered out into the water. The man then went out after her. He was later found unresponsive. The woman was rescued from the water and taken to a hospital to be checked out. (click for more)

So in 2003 Chattanooga and Marion County and more people below Chickamauga Dam suffered a 100 year flood because TVA had not prepared for the amount of rain that fell. Since then up until 2018 they have done a great job with controlling the flooding problems. On Feb. 14 they started dumping water at Chickamauga Dam and raising the river, bringing the river level up. Feb 15 it's ... (click for more)

I guess many people confuse racism with racial injustices. They're only related in the sense when racism is used to make legal and physical racial injustices take place. Racism is an emotion anyone is entitled to. That's their cross to bear. Something the racist will one day have to give an accounting for. Racial injustices takes physical, emotional, psychological and mental actions ... (click for more)