The Southeast Tennessee area has had many war heroes in both World Wars and Korea. The acts of courage of Charles Coolidge of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, Desmond Doss of Flintstone, Georgia, and Paul Huff of Cleveland, Tennessee, have been well documented in the news media over the years and the accolades are well deserved. However, there is a young man from Athens, Tennessee, ... (click for more)

Fresh off a year that included the opening of their 12th station and the arrival of two new fire engines, Whitfield County firefighters received recognition for their efforts during 2019 at the 42nd Annual Firefighter’s Appreciation Banquet on Nov. 5 at the Dalton Golf & Country Club. “Our department is now 42 years old and going strong,” Chief Ed O’Brien told the crowd. ... (click for more)

Governor Bill Lee was at Enterprise South Industrial Park on Wednesday to celebrate the start of an $800 million electric vehicle plant by Volkswagen designed to employ about 1,000 workers. The Chattanooga facility, with 700,000 square feet of space, will be the first to produce Volkswagen's modular electric toolkit chassis, also known as MEB. The new electric model may be out ... (click for more)

Brothers Rahim and Karim Sadruddin on Wednesday entered guilty pleas in Chattanooga Federal Court to two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with a promised textile mill in Bledsoe County that never materialized. The Sadruddins were charged as part of a scheme greater than $30 million to defraud FEMA, TVA, and the state of Tennessee related ... (click for more)

A wise man once wrote that reading about tax increment financing is about as exciting as watching paint dry. Yes, it is boring, but it is important that the city use this tool wisely to create economic development opportunities and to build community trust. On Thursday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m., the Industrial Development Board (IDB) will hold a public hearing regarding a proposed ... (click for more)

For a guy that endured the evolution of personal computers, I’ve never forgotten one of the earliest truths: “GIGO -- Garbage In, Garbage out.” As a newspaper reporter who started with Royal portable typewriters, then went to “telecopiers,” and then “Telerams,” and then Radio Shack’s first really portable computer and on down the line, I still marvel at mankind’s genius. When I ... (click for more)