Chattanooga Rugby will go into action against Baton Rouge on Saturday at Notre Dame High School. The B-team kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. The A-team kickoff is 6 p.m. Chatterbox Food truck will be on site along with the Hits 96 radio truck. There will be a $100 VISA raffle and a $50 Mike's Hole-in-the-Wall raffle. The raffle tickets are free. Gates ... (click for more)

The Mocs briefly fluttered upward during in their matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers, leading 4-2 after a little under two minutes. The Mocs were able to get the Boilermakers on a few back-cuts, and their defense looked lively. But by the end of the 66-34 Purdue blowout, there was no doubt who the better team was in McKenzie Arena. The Mocs brief flight crashed under ... (click for more)

James Robertson, 62, died in a house fire in East Ridge on Thursday night and Lisa Crowe, 62, was in critical condition. East Ridge Fire Chief Mike Williams said at approximately 10:39 p.m., East Ridge Fire, East Ridge Police and Lifeguard EMS, were dispatched to a reported residential fire at 1302 Adonna Lane. Upon arrival heavy smoke and fire was coming from a single-story ... (click for more)

A man, 21, was shot Thursday night near UTC. At approximately 11:02 p.m., Chattanooga Police responded to the 900 block of Douglas Street on a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers were able to locate a possible crime scene in the hallway of an apartment building. A short while later, police were notified that a man had arrived at a local hospital suffering from ... (click for more)

A wise man once wrote that reading about tax increment financing is about as exciting as watching paint dry. Yes, it is boring, but it is important that the city use this tool wisely to create economic development opportunities and to build community trust. On Thursday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m., the Industrial Development Board (IDB) will hold a public hearing regarding a proposed ... (click for more)

For a guy that endured the evolution of personal computers, I’ve never forgotten one of the earliest truths: “GIGO -- Garbage In, Garbage out.” As a newspaper reporter who started with Royal portable typewriters, then went to “telecopiers,” and then “Telerams,” and then Radio Shack’s first really portable computer and on down the line, I still marvel at mankind’s genius. When I ... (click for more)