Chattanooga’s historic hotel, The Read House, announces the appointment of Tennessee native Andrea Richey as director of sales. With an impressive resume, including more than 20 years of successful, recognized achievement, Ms. Richey joined The Read House in late September. Throughout her career, Ms. Richey has worked at both big brand and independent hotels across the country. ... (click for more)

Here are the new business licenses from the County Clerk's license: 20/20 SALON AND SPA JEASAMI D BROWN 3 HAIR SALON & SPA 3913 BRAINERD RD STE 110 CHATTANOOGA TN 37411 ADRIENNE R RAY, OD ADRIENNE R RAY 3 EYE EXAMS - NOT LIABLE - NEEDS FOR BANKING PURPOSES 6101 LEE HWY CHATTANOOGA TN 37421 ALAN HINCHLIFFE ALAN HINCHLIFFE 4 CONTRACTING - CONSTRUCTION 930 HICKORY ... (click for more)

County School Board member Rhonda Thurman said Monday that teachers are quitting the county schools because they face attacks from unruly students and they don't get backing from the administration. Supt. Bryan Johnson said, "We absolutely have challenges," but he said he puts his focus on academic improvement. He said a disciplinary committee meeting took two hours, and he would ... (click for more)

An expressive witness, general disorder, and a circus-like atmosphere defined a preliminary hearing involving four men accused of the July murder of Tracy Calloway. On July 21, Antonio Watkins, 25; Prandel Reid Jr., 27, Gary Cross, 23, and Jamichael Smith, 26, allegedly drove up to Mr. Calloway’s residence and began shooting. Calloway, who was located in a white car parked in ... (click for more)

It seems a week doesn't go by, sometimes more in one week, without Roy or someone writing some coded messages denigrating inner-city schools and the students (using another code-hint hint) that attend inner-city schools. Which reminded me of something from decades ago about teachers from foreign countries perhaps making better instructors for inner city students. At least those ... (click for more)

As it just so happened, on the same day the Hamilton County School Board held a special two-hour meeting on Monday over disturbing disciplinary concerns among its 44,000 students, the Nashville Tennessean published a revealing report on school suspensions in the Nashville Metro Public Schools. After five years and a $2 million study, the results were available -- Nashville had launched ... (click for more)