The 13th annual MainX24 parade and street festival will take place on the Southside on Saturday starting at 6:30 a.m. with a pancake breakfast fundraiser at Fire Hall #1. This year, the $5 pancake breakfast will benefit the Forgotten Child Fund of Chattanooga, a non-profit run by the fire and police departments. Attendees to the festival are encouraged to bring a new toy or winter ... (click for more)

History has made little mention of the fact that a football game was played between the University of Hawaii and Willamette University of Salem, Oregon on Saturday, December 6, before the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Sunday morning, December 7. The Shrine Bowl round robin football games had been in existence since the 1920’s. They were the biggest and most popular sporting event ... (click for more)

A woman was shot late Saturday night on 4th Avenue. At approximately 10:53 p.m., Chattanooga Police were called to a local hospital after a person arrived with injuries from a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, police spoke with the woman suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound. She stated to police she was shot as she was exiting her vehicle. Chattanooga ... (click for more)

One person was killed in Whitfield County on I-75 on Sunday afternoon. Authorities said a wrecked was picking up a disabled green Nissan Xterra in the right emergency lane northbound. A white Jeep Commander that was also going north struck the Xterra and then hit the tow truck in the incident about 2:45 p.m. The Jeep rolled several times as it went down an embankment. ... (click for more)

With regard to the ongoing saga of the old Quarry golf course and its proposed development, I reject the proposed plan endorsed by the North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy (Chattanoogan - Breaking News 11/30/2019) and believe a better outcome can be achieved. There is a middle ground that involves all R-1 construction including preserving the tree, greenspace, streams and ponds. ... (click for more)

I have always enjoyed a strong belief in American justice. I believe in our courts system, most especially the foundation that “everyone is innocent until proven guilty.” I believe in every judge we entrust to do the right thing and hope my trust in both our prosecutors and our defenders will rarely waver. Sure, there are times when I have doubt and the way I have overcome that ... (click for more)