Nightfall, considered by many Chattanoogans to be a treasured ritual of summer for the past 32 years, will continue to keep its brand and its music in the public eye with an amended schedule for 2020. Typically held the first Friday of May 1 through the end of August, Nightfall was required by a City mandate to postpone all shows in May. Most of these performances have now been ... (click for more)

The Lynchburg (Tn.) Music Fest carries momentum despite COVID-19. LMF announced a new venue for this year’s festival entitled, “Music Hollow.” The farm is located in the south of the county filled with spacious fields and beautiful landscape. “ The new venue has been confirmed, and we are super excited about all the positive changes this will bring to Lynchburg Music Fest. ... (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)