PREP BASKETBALL TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Notre Dame at GPS Ooltewah at McCallie Tyner at East Hamilton Rhea Co. at Walker Valley Oakdale at Sale Creek CSAS at Grace Silverdale at Whitwell THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Van Buren Co. at Boyd-Buchanan Rhea Co. at Ooltewah Sale Creek at Signal Mountain Sequatchie Co. at CCS Hixson at White Co. St. Andrews-Sewanee ... (click for more)

2 019 TSSAA Prep Football Playoff Results Round 2 - all scores are final. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Class 1A South Pittsburg 57, Clay Co. 13 Gordonsville 17, Whitwell 7 Class 2A Meigs Co. 39, South Greene 7 Trousdale Co. 28, Tyner 7 Watertown 35, Bledsoe Co. 21 Class 3A Loudon 41, Smith Co. 7 Red Bank 21, Upperman 14 Class 4A Greeneville 24, ... (click for more)

County School officials are discussing whether it is necessary for the School Board to approve summer overseas student trips. Board member Rhonda Thurman said such trips are outside the school calendar and the board would unnecessarily be assuming liability by giving approval. "That's up to the parents," she said. Legal counsel noted that the trips were first discussed at ... (click for more)

The Chattanooga Lookouts are on a list of 42 minor league clubs that could be severed from the majors under a sweeping new proposal from Major League Baseball. During current negotiations with the minors, the MLB is proposing to curtail the number of minor league clubs it has agreements with and reduce the number of minor league players on its payroll. Chattanooga is one of ... (click for more)

I have advocated and fought for increases in teacher salaries for educators over the decades. Beyond mere rhetoric, I actually talk to those policymakers at the state level who set the budget which largely determines salaries. We know that many teachers still struggle to support their own families, particularly in places where the cost of living is higher. That is unacceptable. ... (click for more)

I hear people all the time whining and complaining on here and other social media outlets about how bad the Valley has gotten or it's not the same Valley we have grown up in. You know it's not. There are several reasons why this is so true. However, we the citizens are the ones to blame. When I was picking up trash along Brown's Ferry I can't tell you how many times I picked ... (click for more)