Firefighters quickly stopped a kitchen fire from spreading at an apartment complex in East Brainerd on Tuesday night. Fire crews were called to 115 Timber Knoll Dr. around 7 p.m. at the Timber Ridge Cooperative Homes. A kitchen fire in one of the units spread to an adjacent wall. Quint 8 made an interior attack and got the fire under control. Quint 8, Quint 21, ... (click for more)

The City Council is planning a number of tweaks to its Short Term Vacation Rental ordinance. The revisions do not include any boundary changes. Council members said there did not seem to be any outcry for boundary changes. Short Term Vacation Rentals are allowed in certain parts of the city, but not in others where council members said they are generally not wanted. The ... (click for more)

Chattanooga lost a valuable community member and leader this week. I had the privilege of serving with Ron on the Erlanger Board of Trustees. In addition to being a very competent, strong, and thoughtful leader of the Board, I found him to be the ultimate gentleman. He always conducted himself in a quiet and dignified manner, even during a tumultuous time of change. He was a gentle ... (click for more)

I don’t exactly when it first began, but I have assembled the most fun “Hall of Fame” that I could have ever imagined. There is ‘Sully,” for example, the pilot who emergency landed a US Airways jet on the Hudson River after the plane lost all power due to a flock of geese. Chesley Sullenberger not only saved every life of those on Flight 1549, only two were kept overnight at Manhattan ... (click for more)

It looked like a bad night for the SEC, Tennessee trailed Murray State, 44-35, at the half, and #1 Kentucky suffered an improbable loss at Rupp Arena to Evansville, which won only 11 games last year. But the shots stopped falling for the Racers and the Vols came roaring back to win 82-63. Tennessee scored the final 16 points of the contest. Senior Jordan Bowden finished with ... (click for more)

After eight years under Bill Elliott, the Chattanooga Football Club will have a “new” head coach lead them into their future as a professional club. Former assistant head coach Peter Fuller will become the full-time head coach for the 2020 season . This “promotion” comes after a “trial run” of sorts du ring the latter part of the NPSL Member’s Cup season earlier this Autumn. ... (click for more)