A Valentine’s Day celebration event focusing on hearing loss awareness will be held on Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Jewish Cultural Center. Guests will laugh together about the humor that hearing loss and miscommunication brings to couples with nationally known comic Moody Molavi. Mr. Molavi is originally from Chattanooga and he and his wife experience the seriousness and humor of ... (click for more)

Here is the weekly road construction report for Hamilton County: I-75 at I-24 Interchange Reconstruction: Phase 1 traffic shifts have been implemented. Traffic should expect multiple lane shifts traveling through the interchange. Lane closures will occur Sunday nights through Thursdays nights between 9 p .m.-6 a.m. at the following locations: I-75 NB at state line, I-75 NB MM ... (click for more)

Amtrak officials are interested in new train service between Atlanta and Nashville with a stop in several cities including Chattanooga. Rep. Dan Howell was part of a state Transportation Committee hearing on the topic this week. He said, " The hearing on Tuesday was a follow up to meetings in early December with Amtrak officials, TDOT Commissioner Bright and members of his ... (click for more)

The shooting of a woman in the 800 block of Arlington Avenue on Thursday afternoon has been posted in a Twitter video. The video is titled "This girl just got shot in my hood on Live." The woman, who wound up lying on her back on a sidewalk, was taken to the hospital. Her condition was not immediately known. She was alert at the scene. The video shows the woman continually ... (click for more)

County Mayor Coppinger, I hope you will sign the bill allowing Bridge refugees to settle in Chattanooga. Although not personally involved with the Bridge resettlement program, I do know a family of refugees that arrived here within the past year through this program. The father works at a poultry processing plant and is the sole supporter of his family. Contrary to what some ... (click for more)

More times than not, I stand solidly against laws, rules, or, in particular, any human beings who discriminate against others. Yet in a bill just proposed in the Tennessee State Legislature, I am very much in favor of an anti-transgender bill. I feel the legislation – which is very regrettable although necessary -- will move very fast towards Governor Bill Lee’s desk and just as ... (click for more)