The Hamilton County Schools Fund for Excellence will host the second annual Swing for Kids golf tournament at The Bear Trace course on Friday, June 3. Last year’s event raised nearly $30,000, proceeds from which funded art and music programs in 23 Hamilton County Schools. More information can be found at https://app.eventcaddy.com/events/swing-for-kids or by calling 498-7212. (click for more)

Rhea County Emergency Management Director Brad Harrison honored members of the Kiuka Fire Department for their 20 plus years of service at Tuesday night's commission meeting. Mr. Harrison also surprised County Commissioner Rusty Rogers by giving him a plaque as well for his some 32 years of service. Comm. Rogers was a junior fireman with Kiuka fire department when it was first ... (click for more)

There's 137 acres of prime land in Hixson now being eyed by several different groups - it's the Valleybrook Golf Course. Chattanooga businessman Henry Luken, who bought it at an auction nine years ago for $950,000 (plus six percent sale commission, is shopping it for $3.4 million. He said a Florida group is eyeing it along with some groups in Chattanooga, but no deal has yet ... (click for more)

District Attorney Steve Crump said he has requested detention of two 16-year-old boys facing aggravated animal cruelty charges, though he said under the law they could not be transferred to adult court. One of the youths allegedly videoed the other beating a dog to death. They are scheduled for a detention hearing on Thursday in the Juvenile Court of Bradley County. DA ... (click for more)

I nearly bit off my tongue trying to restrain myself with regard to the attacks on Sheriff Jim Hammond in recent weeks. For over 25 years I have known Jim. I know him to be a fine Christian gentleman, a patriotic American, a genuinely compassionate leader. For many years, at his church, he taught Sunday School. On behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, he taught constitutional ... (click for more)

On Monday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill to combat bad behavior, which most laws do, but HB 1571 should have never been necessary. It bans angry mobs and profane picketers from going into neighborhoods to protest in front of somebody’s house. We’ve seen the upraised middle fingers and the insidious language spewed out of megaphones in recent weeks in front of some Supreme ... (click for more)