Tickets for Riverbend 2020 will go on sale Friday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. at riverbendfestival.com. The festival runs May 27-30. Here are the performers that have been announced: Ashley McBryde, Blackberry Smoke, Brothers Osborne, Chirstone "Kingfish" Ingram, Cody Jinks, Darius Rucker, Here Come the Mummies, Mavis Staples, Ohio Players, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Samantha Fish, The Cadillac ... (click for more)

Lee University’s School of Religion and School of Music will present the ninth annual Lessons and Carols on Thursday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. in the Lee Chapel. This service will unite biblical lessons relating to Christ’s birth with beautiful Christmas music. “The faculty in the School of Religion always looks forward to the evening of Lessons and Carols,” said Dr. Terry Cross, dean ... (click for more)

A man, 36, was shot on Shawnee Trail Thursday night. At approximately 9:32 p.m., Chattanooga Police were called to a local hospital after a person arrived with injuries from a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, police spoke with the person suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound who arrived at hospital via personal vehicle. The victim said he was involved in a ... (click for more)

An inner city youth who once had a $22 per hour job with the Gestamp automotive supply firm is now headed to federal prison. Shimel Clifton Knowell, 20, was sentenced by Judge Travis McDonough to serve two years. He earlier had a term of 13 months and one day after a guilty plea to gun possession while under the influence of drugs. However, he was given the higher sentence ... (click for more)

With regard to the ongoing saga of the old Quarry golf course and its proposed development, I reject the proposed plan endorsed by the North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy (Chattanoogan - Breaking News 11/30/2019) and believe a better outcome can be achieved. There is a middle ground that involves all R-1 construction including preserving the tree, greenspace, streams and ponds. ... (click for more)

It’s about 90 miles from Chattanooga to Bell Buckle, Tn. Get on I-24 and go west, as you would towards Nashville, and you’ll see the sign. In mid-October about six dozen competitors turned off at the Bell Buckle exit to find their way to Gary Cantrell’s house. It is there that the Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra is held every fall under the watchful eye of ‘Big’ himself, who is better ... (click for more)