Hamilton County superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson was mostly positive, even congratulatory, during his annual “State of the Schools” address. After meeting-goers were serenaded by a middle-school jazz band, he began his breakdown of the past year. Dr. Johnson stressed the amount of growth the county schools has seen in the last few years. He did so while shifting the audience’s focus ... (click for more)

The King University board of trustees has unanimously voted to approve Robert H. “Scott” Maclellan as the board’s new chair and Nell King Bieger as vice chair, effective immediately. Mr. Maclellan and Ms. Bieger were selected during the board’s semi-annual meeting, held Oct. 17 and 18. Both will serve in their respective roles through October 2021. “We are delighted to ... (click for more)

The report concerning Collegedale’s police department that MTAS (Municipal Technical Advisory Service) was asked to do, is close to being finished. Honna Rogers, the city’s liaison with MTAS, has told Mayor Katie Lamb that she will be notified when it is ready. The mayor asked the commissioners how they would like to proceed when it is complete. City Attorney Sam Elliott said ... (click for more)

Investigators have determined that two fires that occurred right down the street from one another were intentionally set. The Chattanooga Fire Department was called to a shed fire in the 4000 block of Dodds Avenue around 4:20 a.m. on Sunday. They found the burning shed and as they started working to extinguish the blaze, Chattanooga Police officers alerted the ... (click for more)

I appreciate our underpaid teachers here in Tennessee so much. We as a whole have a moral obligation to make sure we contribute to their pay. A wheel tax on our cars is a minimal expense to most of us. Sixty dollars is not enough for us to complain. We shouldn't even bat an eye at that if it contributes to the hard working teachers who sacrifice daily for our children. We ... (click for more)

Yes, it didn’t take long … not long at all … for a majority (remember this word) of the Hamilton County Commission to request a meeting with those teachers who still dare to bear the faces after sending a live warhead of stupid over the bow to their funding body. On Sunday there appeared a letter that chastised, by name, five county commissioners who neither deserved it nor toil ... (click for more)