Betty Jo Wooten, age 85, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Thursday afternoon, September 23, 2021 at Erlanger Medical Center East in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.pondersfuneralhome.com . Arrangements are by Ponders Melrose Chapel, 138 Melrose Dr., Dalton, GA 30721, (706) 226-4002. (click for more)

Donald Ray Harvey, age 79 of Dayton Mountain, passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton. He was born in Hamilton County on July 24, 1942, the son of the late Arlen and Sylvia Harvey. He graduated from Sale Creek High School, was a welder at TVA and Aztec, and lived on Dayton Mountain for the last 30 years. Taking care of his cattle, playing ... (click for more)

Barbara Beck Lord passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, after a two-year battle with cancer. She went peacefully in her sleep, at her Chattanooga home that she loved. Barbara was born on Dec. 5, 1937, in Troy, Alabama. She graduated from, and later taught at, Auburn University where she met and married Carlisle Towery. The couple moved to New York City in 1961, ... (click for more)

Beatrice Virginia Fox Hicks, 93, went home to be with her Lord on September 22, 2021. Bea Hicks was born to Fred R. Fox and Grace Irons Fox on December 11, 1927 (or December 12, according to the family Bible) in their home in Rossville GA, the first of the three Fox girls. Those threegirls shared a bed, clothes, and lots of work as they grew up together thinking alike about just ... (click for more)

The Nashville jurors in the Janet Hinds case deliberated 13 hours on Friday before stopping for the night. The panel was to resume talks at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Jurors reported making good progress an hour before they were dismissed for the night by Judge Don Poole. But they returned an hour later still without a verdict. Ms. Hinds is charged in the February 2019 traffic ... (click for more)

Six juveniles (ages 13-17 years old), who were arrested for their criminal involvement in auto burglaries and shooting of BCSO K9 Joker, attended an arraignment hearing on Friday. They were ordered to be held at the Bradley County Juvenile Detention Center until their detention hearing next Thursday. Prior to their arraignment, the Cleveland Police Department charged them ... (click for more)