Eleanor “Snickie” Haymore Hofmeister, age 97 , of Chattanooga, passed away on Friday, October 18 , 2019. Eleanor was born in Chattanooga to the late Doctor German P. and Beth Haymore. She attended Wiley School of Business for six months to hone her secretarial and bookkeeping skills. She worked for her father, Dr. German P. Haymore, Erlanger’s first internist. She also worked ... (click for more)

Samuel W. McBride, 86, of Chattanooga, passed away at his residence on Monday, October 21, 2019. Sam was the son of the late Bessie Fay Wilson and her late husband, Millard Reece Sr. Millard owned and operated Reece Café in Chattanooga, and Sam worked in his dad’s café as a pie deliverer. He was the football manager and graduated from Tennessee School For The Deaf in 1954. ... (click for more)

Imogene Kilgore Vinson, 90, of South Pittsburg, Tennessee died Monday, October 21, 2019. The daughter of the late Melvin Ras and Ella Mae Locke Kilgore, she was a longtime member of the Richard City Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Raymond E. Vinson; son, Dr. Randall Vinson; and brother, ... (click for more)

Claudia Ann Rhodes, age 83, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Friday, October 18, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 25, 1936 in High Springs, Fl., a daughter of the late Grover and Lina Register King. She was also preceded in death by her son, Ricky Rhodes; brothers, Lamar King and Johnny King; and sister, Addie Willis. She is survived ... (click for more)

Two brothers who in 2017 pledged to build a textile plant in economically distressed Bledsoe County that would provide 1,000 jobs have been indicted by federal authorities on a variety of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering charges. Governor Bill Haslam had been among those attending the announcement at Pikeville by Karim and Rahim Sadruddin. Prosecutor Steve Neff ... (click for more)

The head of the citizen watchdog group, Accountability for Taxpayer Money (ATM), says both the Market Center and the The Maclellan apartment building should give up their PILOT tax break agreements. Helens Burns Sharp noted that both have changed their business models and now include short-term rentals. Ms. Sharp sent an email to members of the board of the city's Health Educational ... (click for more)