Rickey O.L. York, 61, of Trenton, passed away Saturday December 7, 2019 at his home. Mr. York was retired from Muller Corporation of Chattanooga, and he was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. He loved spending time with his family, fishing and hunting. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. York was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph O.L. York and Hazel Nell Clines ... (click for more)

Timothy “Tim” Rex Mahan, 56, of Trenton, passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2019 in a local hospice facility. Tim was raised in the Cole City area and was a butcher at Food Lion in Trenton for a number of years. He attended Davis School and New Home Baptist Church, and was a born-again believer in Jesus Christ. Tim would give the shirt off his back to make sure others would ... (click for more)

Leon Hardeman, 87, of Rossville, Georgia, died on Monday, December 9, 2019, in a local health care facility. Born June 6, 1932 in Ft. Payne, Al., Leon has lived in the Atlanta and North Georgia area for most of his life before moving to Rossville in 2012. Leon was an All-American Football Star since his high school days at LaFayette High School, as well as The Baylor School ... (click for more)

Robert Lee Rayburn, 95, of East Brainerd passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019, in a local healthcare facility. A lifelong resident of Chattanooga, Mr. Rayburn was retired owner of Chattanooga Heating & Air after 35 years of service. He proudly served his country in the US Navy during World War II aboard the USS John C. Butler in the South Pacific. He was recipient ... (click for more)

Improving reading among K-3 students and bolstering classroom discipline were topics when the County Commission and School Board got together on Monday night. However, County Mayor Jim Coppinger said the joint session at Red Bank Middle School did not produce the consensus he had hoped for on a number of school improvement goals. A school employee was stationed at a blackboard ... (click for more)

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission on Monday chose to take no action on the zoning ordinance previously approved last month by the Walden Town Council, clearing the developer to proceed with a controversial Walden Town Center. The development slated for Taft Highway on Signal Mountain will include a full-service grocery store, fuel station, retail, offices ... (click for more)