Earlier Friday morning, over 30 homeschoolers and their parents and grandparents visited the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office West Annex to participate in the 2nd Annual HCSO Read Across America Homeschool Event. Each year, public schools across America celebrate National Reading Day. During this time, elected officials, public servants and other community stakeholders visit ... (click for more)

Los Angeles-based artists, Sean Cheetham and Kate Zambrano, will be visiting the Townsend Atelier studio, 301 E 11th St. in Chattanooga, to teach painting and drawing workshops in March. While there, they will be conducting a free portrait drawing demo with a live model on Friday, March 13 from 6-8 p.m. This event is open to the public free of charge. "This a chance to watch ... (click for more)

A Criminal Court jury on Friday night found Jacob Coyne guilty in the March 2017 slaying of 19-year-old Jalen Little, who was shot down in the driveway of his home on Oak Tree Drive. Coyne was ruled guilty of first-degree murder, felony murder and especially aggravated robbery. He was sentenced by Judge Tom Greenholtz to life in prison on the two murder charges. He will be ... (click for more)

The Chattanooga Airport Board on Friday unanimously approved the awarding of $25 million to Hoar Construction in order to design and build a new four-level parking garage for the airport. While the current lot can house around 500 vehicles, the proposed parking garage will almost double the amount of spaces available. If all goes well, the project could be finished by next ... (click for more)

Chattanooga is enjoying a robust movement to plan developments in a number of downtown neighborhoods, and there is good reason to believe that well designed development should be welcomed. The opposite is also true, that bad or poorly designed development should not be welcomed, especially if it seriously degrades the existing neighborhood. In the case of a sought after rezoning ... (click for more)

At a recent self-help workshop for adult trauma victims, the main group was split into teams of eight for lunch. Each table was assigned a question, “What was your worst moment in your comeback?” At our table, everyone laughed about each other’s life-changing event but a beautiful girl, who had been a surgeon before a rare eye disease quickly took her sight, was dazzling. Currently, ... (click for more)