Chattanooga State Community College students Shalyn Landes and Gary Satin were named as two of 456 semifinalists for the highly selective Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The pool contained 1,500 applicants attending 311 community colleges in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Selected scholars will be announced this month. Cooke Transfer Scholars are selected ... (click for more)

Online registration for kindergarten in Hamilton County Schools for the 2020-2021 school year is open now, and runs through Friday. Due to schools being closed at this time, the district has postponed the day planned during the registration period to provide on-site registration at schools. Parents can access online kindergarten registration on the district’s website at www.hcde.org ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke signed Executive Order 2020-06 , directing Chattanoogans to shelter in place to try to prevent local hospitals from being overwhelmed with coronavirus victims. He said, “I know how disruptive and painful these actions will be for many, many Chattanoogans but the fact is that the coronavirus is still infecting far too many people in our city far too ... (click for more)

Hamilton County has 12 new coronavirus cases, including a death of an adult over 70, officials said Thursday. The count has now increased to 63. Becky Barnes, health department administrator, said recent patients cannot say where they picked up the virus - indicating it is "community spread." She and County Mayor Jim Coppinger continued to emphasize the need for people ... (click for more)

Such sad news today to hear the great Richard Casavant has passed away. He was a mountain of wisdom, patience, and good counsel in so many areas of our lives. My wife and I first met Richard through his first wife, Wendy after we moved to Signal Mountain in 1997 when he was serving on the Signal Mountain Town Council and Wendy was leading the Signal Mountain Elementary School ... (click for more)

It is inconceivable to me how any hospital in America has the audacity to tuck-tail and run when the worst epidemic in our world’s history is banging at the door. ‘Shock’ is the only word to describe Erlanger Hospital’s “furlough” earlier this week and now comes word that some medical staffing companies around the country are actually cutting doctors’ and nurses’ salaries as they ... (click for more)