Chattanooga’s only live music series is celebrating two local bands on Saturday. Chattanooga Unite: Healing & Uniting on the River will showcase Behold The Brave and Maria Jordania & No Pressure. Headlining the family friendly concert is Chattanooga’s own Maria Jordania & No Pressure. They offer a range of Neo-Soul, R&B and Psychedelic funky feels. Maria Jordania ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Ballet announces its new partnership with and satellite location at Silverdale Academy, 7236 Bonny Oaks Dr. in Chattanooga. Classes for early learners ages three to seven, Creative Movement, Pre-Ballet & Level 1, will be held at the school this fall in anticipation of moving into their new state-of-the-art theatre and rehearsal space in the spring of 2021. ... (click for more)

Police Chief David Roddy said a surge in violence in Chattanooga since late May is mirroring that of many other cities across the country. He said homicides and aggravated assaults here are up 17 percent and criminal shootings have risen 24 percent. At the same time, other categories or crime are about the same or trending down. Chief Roddy said, "There are a lot of theories" ... (click for more)

The Hamilton County Health Department reported Tuesday that the total number of Hamilton County resident deaths has risen to 56, an increase of one since Monday. Total cases now are 6,278 in Hamilton County, up 87. There are 4,763 people that have recovered from the virus in the county. The number of COVID patients in Intensive Care has increased one since Monday to 27. ... (click for more)

I have filed many open records requests over the years, and no open records administrator has performed as HCDE’s Tim Hensley. It is truly lala land seeking public records from governments and their agencies. There are many methods utilized to render public records unattainable to citizens, such as making the records cost prohibitive, government attorneys declaring their entire ... (click for more)

You’ll remember the COVID crisis abruptly ended the 2019-20 school year in April and then followed a miserable four months where the flu effectively prohibited our children from seeing their friends, playing Little League baseball and being on the swim team. Our psychologists tell us the children have also suffered from “negative mental health issues.” Children need to begin catching ... (click for more)