Lucas Lemley was honored as the 2020 Distinguished Alumnus for Lee University’s Helen DeVos College of Education. “Lucas Lemley took his training at Lee and has become an extraordinary teacher and administrator in Bangkok for the past decade,” said Dr. Bill Estes, dean of Lee’s Helen DeVos College of Education. “His work and commitment at the International Community School have ... (click for more)

Clifton Hills Elementary and The Howard School are 2020-2021 Silver-level RTI2-B (Response to Instruction and Intervention for Behavior) Model of Demonstration Schools selected by the Tennessee Behavior Supports Project at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Tennessee Department of Education funds the TBSP program. There are over 1,800 schools across the state, and each ... (click for more)

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is 345,854 on Tuesday with 1,304 new cases. There have been 73 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 4,374, said state Health Department officials. Hamilton County had 264 new COVID-19 cases on Monday. The new total is 16,945. There were five more deaths from the virus in the county on Monday, two males and three females, ... (click for more)

City Open Spaces Director Travis Kazmierzak is asking the City Council to support his plan to build a new $1.8 million Skate Park at the Tennessee Riverwalk, though the county opposes the idea. Mr. Kazmierzak said the Riverwalk is the top choice by far by skateboarders for the facility. He said the location is an open field next to Chattanooga State. He said the field is seldom ... (click for more)

The news media is in a unique position to save a lot of lives. The sheriff will not enforce a mask mandate unless he feels.. something. At some point. Driving around Chattanooga today I saw no one on the street in a mask. Not one of the people walking around, from East Brainerd to North Chattanooga. Everything is open and people are left with nothing ahead. Except death ... (click for more)

Here we are, two days this side of Thanksgiving, and to read or watch the news, there ain’t a lot of things going on around us where gratitude, and the art of sincere thanks, are most prominent in our view. As a matter of fact, it may be that never has it been as lacking. Monday afternoon I watched a video on the news channels that showed New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his ... (click for more)