Children’s Hospital at Erlanger is collecting miniature Christmas trees to decorate the rooms of young patients in December. These small decorated trees will add a little brightness during difficult times for children and their families. Child life specialists will deliver the trees to children’s rooms and when patients leave the hospital, they may take their trees home. Those ... (click for more)

Over 15,000 people sought treatment for drug or alcohol addiction last year in the state of Tennessee, up 21 percent since 2016, according to the state’s Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Department. The increase is due in large part to the opioid crisis that plagues the U.S., said officials. Locally, Adult & Teen Challenge is fighting the crisis by helping individuals ... (click for more)

A Chattanooga man attempting to dodge the electric chair will have to wait a few days to know his fate after Criminal Court Judge Don Poole heard his petition. Leroy Hall, 53, is set to be executed on Dec. 5 if his petition is denied. Hall, who was convicted of murdering girlfriend Traci Crozier in 1992, alleges a juror in the case was biased against him. Hall has been on death ... (click for more)

The "East Chattanooga Rising" Tax Increment Financing (TIF) was delayed when the city's Industrial Development Board did not get a quorum on Thursday morning. Chairman Skip Ireland said two of the seven members became ill. Also present were Ray Adkins and Jelena Butler. A public hearing still went forward including a full explanation of the TIF from three speakers. Chairman ... (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)