The GPS Middle School Science Olympiad team finished third in the Regional Science Olympiad Competition at Chattanooga State Community College. As a result, the students will be proceeding to the state competition on April 25 at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. "This is a big win for us and we’re so excited to be headed to state,” said Lynne Macziewski, head of Middle ... (click for more)

Each year, public schools across America celebrate the importance of literacy on National Reading Day. This year, National Reading Day will be on Monday. During this time, elected officials, public servants, and other community stakeholders will visit local public and private schools all over our nation and our community to read to students. Unfortunately, homeschooled and non-school ... (click for more)

The Chattanooga Airport Board on Friday unanimously approved the awarding of $24 million to Hoar Construction in order to design and build a new parking garage for the airport. While the current lot can house around 500 vehicles, the proposed parking garage will almost double the amount of spaces available. If all goes well, the project could be finished by next year. ... (click for more)

Jacob Coyne told a Criminal Court jury on Thursday he barely knew murder victim Jalen Little and did not shoot him. The jury in the courtroom of Judge Tom Greenholtz will resume deliberations on Friday morning in the case in which Coyne is charged with first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery. The March 2017 incident occurred at the Little residence on Oak Tree Drive. ... (click for more)

Chattanooga is enjoying a robust movement to plan developments in a number of downtown neighborhoods, and there is good reason to believe that well designed development should be welcomed. The opposite is also true, that bad or poorly designed development should not be welcomed, especially if it seriously degrades the existing neighborhood. In the case of a sought after rezoning ... (click for more)

About 48 hours ago, William Barr, the Attorney General of the United States, delivered the keynote address at the 2020 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville at the Opryland complex. As many of you know, Barr has been the subject of heavy barrage in Washington and from The White House. In the last two weeks, over 2,000 Department of Justice types have, in a written ... (click for more)