The Parks and Recreation Department reports the Riverpark’s boat ramp and fishing piers are open for public use.
February 17, 2020
The Obedience Club of Chattanooga's next session of Obedience, Rally, Agility, Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog Classes for puppies and dogs will begin on Monday, March 2. Sign up online ... (click for more)
The Chatanooga Zoo announces the birth of two meerkat pups. The pups were born to first-time mother, Flower, at the Chattanooga Zoo on Thursday. Mom and pups are all doing great, said Zoo officials. ... (click for more)
Here are the new marriage licenses from the County Clerk's office: MATTHEW ELIJAH LYNCH AUTUMN MICHELLE BURT 92 TENNANT LN 92 TENNANT LN RINGGOLD, GA 30736 RINGGOLD, GA 30736 SHANNON ... (click for more)
The Obedience Club of Chattanooga's next session of Obedience, Rally, Agility, Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog Classes for puppies and dogs will begin on Monday, March 2. Sign up online or come to Open House at 1:30 p.m. to register on Sunday, March 1 and Orientation for classes from 2-3 p.m. Bring your dog's current shot records. "Please no dogs at registration/orientation," ... (click for more)
The Chatanooga Zoo announces the birth of two meerkat pups. The pups were born to first-time mother, Flower, at the Chattanooga Zoo on Thursday. Mom and pups are all doing great, said Zoo officials. The successful birth is a first at the Chattanooga Zoo and is an incredibly important step towards the Zoo’s efforts to help protect these animals in the wild, said Zoo officials. ... (click for more)
A Chattanooga man who was hit head-on by a vehicle being chased by police near Elizabethton, Tn., was killed in the crash late Sunday morning. He was identified as Thomas Taylor, 31. He was driving a BMW north on U.S. Highway 19E when his vehicle was struck by a Lincoln Towncar going the wrong way at a high rate of speed. Two other people were injured in the collision at Gap ... (click for more)
Two fishermen spotted a body in the Ocoee River on Sunday. Polk County Sheriff's deputies were then able to retrieve a man's body around noon. It was located about 100 yards west of Big River Access. The body was sent to Knoxville for an autopsy and to seek identification. (click for more)
Monday, Feb. 17, is President’s Day. The holiday was originally designed to honor our first president, George Washington, and was celebrated on his birthday, Feb. 12. In an effort to give the public more leisure time, in 1971, President Richard Nixon officially designated certain federal holidays to be celebrated on Mondays. This included President Washington’s. Since it no longer ... (click for more)
A harbinger, we have been taught, is “something that foreshadows a future event,” or “something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come.” Last week in Connecticut, the families of three high school athletes – all female – filed a lawsuit against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. The lawsuit claims a current CIAC policy is a violation of the federal ... (click for more)