Chattanooga State Community College students Michael Szemborski and Michael Kaylor were two of 21 winners awarded scholarships from the Chattanooga Technology Council (ChaTech) during June. The $22,500 in scholarships was made possible by a grant from Volkswagen Chattanooga, individual donations; support from the 2018 CxO Auction, and a contribution from Chattanooga’s DevOpsDay ... (click for more)

Kirkman Technical High will have a reunion for the classes of 1964, 1965 and 1966. There will be a dinner and dance at the Walden Club, 633 Chestnut St. on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m. A bar-b-que picnic will be Sunday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. at Camp Jordan Park in East Ridge. The cost is $50 per person. Please contact a class representative below for more information. ... (click for more)

Tracy Calloway, 28, has died after being shot multiple times on Trailwood Drive on Sunday afternoon. He had earlier been listed in critical condition at the hospital. At 2:13 p.m. , Chattanooga Police responded to a person shot call in the 4600 block of Trailwood Drive. U pon arrival, officers located the victim with multiple gunshot wounds as well as a vehicle that ... (click for more)

A 16-year-old girl was listed in critical condition at a Chattanooga hospital after a rafting accident on the Ocoee River. The incident happened around 10 a.m. on Sunday on a trip by Quest Expeditions. The girl was reportedly on life support. Ryan Cooke, president of the Ocoee River Outfitters Association, said, "I would like to extend my sincere sympathy to the family ... (click for more)

I am very concerned about the direction of our country. Everyone has to be on a “side” – no one working together. With that attitude we will get nowhere. Let me say up front, I have always been (and so has my family, dating back generations) a Democrat – now, seeing their behavior, I can’t imagine that I was ever one of them. I was even a volunteer when Carter ran for office. Here ... (click for more)

Many moons ago I flipped over what is now being called a poem by the great Shawnee warrior and chief, Tecumseh. The fact the chief didn’t like the “Pale Face” is understandable – they (we) blatantly stole the Indians’ land in a reign of terror after the Revolutionary War – yet Tecumseh is arguably the finest Native American who ever lived before he died at age 45. It can be argued ... (click for more)