Randy Fairbanks, challenger for assessor of property, hit incumbent Marty Haynes for not owning any property in Hamilton County. Mr. Fairbanks said in mailers and a youtube video, "It's no wonder he's lost touch with the taxpayers of Hamilton County." He said in a poll that 94.8 percent of respondents felt the assessor should be a property owner. Mr. Fairbanks also said, ... (click for more)

Police making a warrant arrest at 1431 Carousel Road on Terrance Vaughn Hayes wound up charging him and a female at the house with drug charges. Hayes, 42, was charged with possession of meth for resale, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and theft of property. Lisa Marie Blake, 34, was charged with possession of heroin ... (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)

I am not a big fan of Bill Hagerty, the early front-runner to replace Lamar Alexander as Tennessee’s next Senator, because I dislike the thought of six more years with a partisan puppet. Hagerty was in Chattanooga earlier this week to tell the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club how loyal he is to President Donald Trump, how much he enjoys laughing at the Democrats’ presidential field ... (click for more)

Tennessee (18-9, 8-6 SEC) is back at Thompson-Boling Arena on Thursday night for the final regular season home game. Ole Miss (7-20, 0-14 SEC) comes to town for a 7:02 p.m. ET contest vs. the Lady Vols. UT and the Rebels met in Oxford, Miss., on Jan. 9, with the Big Orange cruising to an 84-28 victory in the Pavilion at Ole Miss. This will mark the 56th contest in a rivalry that ... (click for more)

Now that Major League Baseball's spring training is officially underway it is becoming more and more evident that the Houston Astros are completely despised by other MLB teams. Yesterday when Houston played a spring training game at Detroit, Jose Altuve was booed loudly every time he came to the plate, and was cheered when he was hit by a pitch. How long this disdain for the Astros ... (click for more)