Five residents of Alabama are each charged in separate indictments with TennCare fraud. The Office of Inspector General today announced the indictments, which accuse the five of claiming to live in Tennessee when in fact they were residing in Alabama which would have disqualified them for enrollment healthcare insurance benefits through the program. “Providing false ... (click for more)

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Waking up this Sunday morning (Father's Day), I learned of the passing of three friends who had an impact on my life - Glenn Draper, Marshall Roberson and Betsy Anderson. Glenn was a guest on my radio program many times. He and his musicians represented Chattanooga around the world. In the 50's, Glenn had a national weekly radio program on NBC. He recorded several dozen CD's ... (click for more)

‘Flea’ Chambliss, who was a hale-and-hearty friend for my entire life, died at the age of 81 last week and, when the funeral is held at Lookout Mountain’s Church of the Good Shepherd this coming Tuesday (3:30 p.m.), you can bet some glorious stories will be told. After all, ‘Flea’ was indeed a Chambliss – their family Bible proclaiming he was regally known as John Alexander Chambliss ... (click for more)

With the score between Chattanooga Football Club and the Georgia Revolution tied at one a piece, the saying “it’s sometimes better to be lucky than good” most certainly applied to Chattanooga’s second goal of the game as CFC avenged an earlier loss. It all started with a lackluster clearance by Georgia off of a Chattanooga throw in. The ball flew out to CFC’s sturdy defender ... (click for more)

With 83 minutes gone by and a 1-0 lead in his pocket, goalkeeper Andrew Mangels just needed to defend his net for a few more minutes. Those minutes were fraught with danger though, as the Richmond Kickers mounted attack after attack in a desperate effort to equalize the score. But the Red Wolves came out on top for their first road win. The latest onslaught came on a long pass ... (click for more)