Safety Fest TN announces that registration is now open for Safety Fest TN 2019. The annual community event offers over 100 free safety classes, sessions and demonstrations to residents and companies from April 29-May 3. This year’s training will be offered at Y-12’s New Hope Center, ORAU’s Pollard Technical Center, and other venues in Oak Ridge and Knoxville. Registration and ... (click for more)

Here are the new business licenses from the County Clerk's office: ARCHER PLUMBING, LLC WILLIAM M ARCHER 4 PLUMBING CONTRACTOR 1220 SCHOOL ST STE 10 SPRING HILL TN 37174 AUTO MEDICS GUADALUPE ESQUIVEL 3 GENERAL REPAIR SHOP, AUTO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 6116 RINGGOLD RD CHATTANOOGA TN 37412 AXIOM-CYCTRONICS INCORPORATED JOHN EDMONDSON 3 COMPUTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 515 ... (click for more)

Attorney Joseph Hollis Jr. was the top choice of lawyers in a Chattanooga Bar Association poll to replace General Sessions Court Judge Clarence Shattuck. He is a member of the firm of Baker, Kinsman, Hollis, Clelland & Winer. Nineteen attorneys are seeking the appointment from the County Commission. Attorney Hollis got 57 first choice votes. Kevin Wilson, the Collegedale ... (click for more)

A new UTC Title IX report on Sexual Misconduct, Relationship Violence and Stalking said reported cases of such incidents among students continues to rise. There were 42 reported cases in 2014 and 56 in 2015. That jumped to 153 in 2016, 192 in 2017 and 221 last year. The report says of last year's 221 cases that 120 were allegations of sexual misconduct. There were 52 cases ... (click for more)

A septic tank functions beautifully until it doesn't. When a septic tank or field line ceases to function properly, E. coli and other bacteria will leak. It can move into the surrounding land or ground water. Anyone who has lived next door to a home with a progressively failing septic system will eventually notice the smell of sewage when it discharges. Raw sewage can leak for long ... (click for more)

Chattanooga being a finalist for the 2021 Ironman is great news. The business gained at the local bicycle repair shops from bent rims, busted tires and warped frames should produce some great local revenue. The local physicians should see a surge as well from the twisted ankles and busted up knees from dips, humps and pot holes on our area roads that could swallow a small child. ... (click for more)