The CSO Barnett & Company Masterworks Series Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 will be presented Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tivoli Theatre. Kayoko Dan is the conductor and Holly Mulcahy will be on violin. This concert will feature the world premier of The Rose of Sonora: a concerto in five scenes. Written by Chattanooga native George S. Clinton, this concerto was crafted specifically ... (click for more)

Center for Creative Arts Dance Department presents Project Motion in their spring gala performance, Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. in the CCA Auditorium at 1301 Dallas Road. Tickets are $5 and available at the door or online at centerforcreativearts.net . The concert is an evening of original choreography in modern, jazz, and ballet. Choreographers featured in the program are ... (click for more)

Walker County Commissioner Shannon Whitfield said on Wednesday that the county will pay off its $8.7 million debt to Erlanger Health System within the current tax cycle. The announcement was made on Walker County's Facebook page and can be found here . The debt was incurred during the prior administration of Commissioner Bebe Heiskell, when she backed $10 million of an infusion ... (click for more)

Former Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield is proposing that the city and county take $1 million each from the hotel/motel tax to operate a new homeless center. Mr. Littlefield told members of the County Commission on Wednesday that he believes it would be a justified use of the hotel/motel funds because restaurant and hotel operators often complain that homeless people are disturbing ... (click for more)

A wastewater or service utility is simply a defined service in exchange for a fee. What if I pay a utility fee in exchange for a defined service, and the utility fails to deliver the service as agreed? As an example, I pay a private solid waste collection service to collect, transport, and dispose of garbage. Municipalities also operate waste collection and disposal. ... (click for more)

There are two things that I suspect I am far better-versed than you are. The first is that after a half-century as an unquenchable student, my list of the greatest athletes in the history of UT athletics is better than yours. Oh, you can get the record books, the stat sheets, and an easy-to-find list of victories and do right well. But my edge is that I know what it took, the back-story, ... (click for more)