For the last several weeks, the Tennessee Poor People's Campaign Eastern Team and fellow colleagues have been engaged in raising awareness and opposition to TN SB/HB 8005. SB/HB 8005 declared that occupying the Tennessee State Capitol grounds overnight will now be a Class-E felony and punishable by up to six years in prison. The bill also specifies that overnight camping on Capitol ... (click for more)

Here are the upcoming Chattanooga Live Music weekend events beginning Thursday. Check the CLM Facebook schedule page for details of each event. Event Schedule 22-Oct Jason Lyles - 1885 Ooltewah TN at 6 PM 22-Oct Drew Robbins - Jacob Myer's Restr on the River Dayton TN at 6 PM 23-Oct Jason Lyles at Breaker 17 Album Release - Livestream at 7 PM 23-Oct Hunter South - ... (click for more)

A 13-year-old boy was shot Monday around 4:48 p.m. on Central Avenue. Police located the victim at the 5200 block on Slayton Avenue and determined he had run from the actual crime scene in the 5300 block of Central Avenue. The victim was taken to a local hospital by Hamilton County EMS for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Officers secured the ... (click for more)

Tennessee and Georgia senators were among those voting to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. Judge Barrett was confirmed by a vote of 52 to 48. She previously served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Judge Barrett is a mother of seven and is now the youngest member currently serving on the Supreme Court. Senator Lamar ... (click for more)

I feel it too. It is easy to hate. Maybe we could try harder to love. Hate seeps into our bones, rules our integrity, and convinces us to forsake those we love. Hate is toxic. It spreads to our neighbors; people we once trusted. It spreads to our coworkers and friends; people who once trusted us. We lose sight of what truly matters. That is what we have in common now. Is ... (click for more)

There have been a bunch of times in my half-century as a writer when people – especially other writers – have called me out for being different. That in itself isn’t a bad thing (I rather like it), but Alf Van Hoose, the legendary sports editor, told me once in a crowd, “You are a rarity … you’ll put the word ‘Jesus’ in a paragraph, and I appreciate that.” But it’s true - the scariest ... (click for more)