The fifth of six races in the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model series was Tuesday night at East Bay Raceway Park and it produced the fifth different winner on the "Reopening Tour" mini series as Evans, Georgia's Brandon Overton (# 76) got the $7,000 victory over Monday's winner Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville and Jimmy Owens of Tennessee. Overton and Owens brought their respective ... (click for more)

Two Super Late Model races took to dirt tracks Memorial Day as Tampa's East Bay Raceway Park kicked off three nights of action with the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model series and near the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, 411 Motor Speedway hosted an Iron-man series SLM event. Tampa drew 35 race teams from 17 states for the fourth $7,000 to-Win reboot of the season. Normally, for almost ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Police are cracking on a new fad of paintball battles. There were a total of 120 warrants issued against 62 persons identified as taking part. The criminal charges stem from 21 identified paintball incidents. In one incident, a man said he was shot multiple times in the eyes and lost the vision in one of his eyes. Charges include reckless endangerment ... (click for more)

Chattanooga-based CBL & Associates reported a $133.9 million net loss , or $0.75 per diluted share, for the first quarter. That compares with a net loss of $50.2 million, or a loss of $0.29 per diluted share, for the first quarter 2019. Net loss for the first quarter 2020 was impacted by a $133.6 million loss on impairment of real estate to write down the carrying values ... (click for more)

It was sad to see that Mendon John Price had passed away. He was the wheelchair bound street musician that many of you saw outside of the Lookouts games and the Tivoli events. He would be playing his harmonica. He once was cited in front of me for panhandling and blocking traffic on the street or sidewalk down where the Lookouts play. Fortunately for him, he came in front ... (click for more)

I am a child of World War II. Actually, I was born four years after the Japanese surrender – the 75 th anniversary of which will be celebrated this summer – but in my formative years I can very distinctly remember sitting on the floor of DeSales Harrison’s family room at the foot of Lookout Mountain’s East Brow Road and holding the Gendaito (a type of Samurai sword) that ‘Dee’ accepted ... (click for more)