Two of the four colleges from across the U.S. earning the prestigious Leader College status from the Achieving the Dream Network for steady improvement in student success outcomes, are Tennessee community colleges. Chattanooga State Community College and Southwest Tennessee Community College were awarded the honor at Achieving the Dream’s national conference Thursday at National ... (click for more)

Chattanooga State Community College is one of ten community colleges from across the country to earn National Leader College status, and one of four to earn that honor for the first time. This honor comes to Chattanooga State as a member college of the Achieving the Dream Network, a growing network of 277 community colleges committed to helping their students, particularly low-income ... (click for more)

A head-on crash on South Moore Road late Thursday night resulted in both drivers being killed. One victim was a man, 27, and the other was a woman, 49. A male passenger, 23, in one of the vehicles was injured. At approximately 11:22 p.m., the Chattanooga Police Department's Traffic/DUI Unit responded to 100 South Moore Road on a two-vehicle traffic crash. Police said ... (click for more)

The County School Board voted 7-2 on Thursday night for a new four-year contract for Supt. Bryan Johnson that includes a significant raise to a base pay of $240,000. His base pay was $197,500 when he got a four-year contract in 2017. That contract was not due to run out until 2021. In favor were Tiffanie Robinson, Joe Wingate, Tucker McClendon, Karitsa Jones, Joe Smith, Jenny ... (click for more)

To Memorial Hospital doctors, nurses, staff and executive leadership, I want to offer and to express my sincere and profound gratitude for the extraordinary care and caring that you recently provided to one of my dearest and most beloved relatives. Last week, my loved one, who was suffering from flu symptoms, suddenly became seriously and critically ill with pneumonia in both ... (click for more)

My word of the day, compliments of my friends at Dictionary.com, is phronesis (pronounced “froh-NEE-sis). It is a wonderful word that we should include in our daily prayers, asking God to mercifully instill phronesis within each of us in our every hour. It means “the wisdom in determining the ends and the means of attaining them, practical understanding, sound judgement.” Centuries ... (click for more)