December 31, 2020
November 24, 2020
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULES (all schedules subject to change) Prep Football Playoffs Division I Semifinals (All game times at 7 p.m. local) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Class 1A Coalfield ... (click for more)
Prep Basketball WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Boys East Hamilton 75, Buckhorn (AL) 72 East Hamilton 22 18 19 16 - 75 Buckhorn(AL) 14 24 18 16 - 72 East Hamilton (75) – Darwin Randolph ... (click for more)
The Whitwell wrestling team started off the 2020 wrestling season with a pair of home wins Tuesday, taking down Scottsboro, 39-27, and Farragut, 36-27, in new head coach Houston Clements’ debut. ... (click for more)
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULES (all schedules subject to change) Prep Football Playoffs Division I Semifinals (All game times at 7 p.m. local) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Class 1A Coalfield (11-0) at South Pittsburg (11-1) Fayetteville (10-2) at Lake Co. (7-1) Class 2A Meigs Co. (12-0) at Trousdale Co. (10-2) Waverly (9-2) at Peabody (12-0) Class 3A Alcoa ... (click for more)
Prep Basketball WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Boys East Hamilton 75, Buckhorn (AL) 72 East Hamilton 22 18 19 16 - 75 Buckhorn(AL) 14 24 18 16 - 72 East Hamilton (75) – Darwin Randolph 26, Flemmons, Marcus Long 21, Cade Pendleton 15, Mason, J. Harris 7, Eller 1, Scruggs, Munson 3, N. Long, Laboo 2 Buckhorn(AL) (72) - Jamar 5, Alex Garcia 12, Harris 3, Nylan Thomas 21, ... (click for more)
The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is 352,376 on Thursday with 4,404 new cases. There have been 53 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 4,519, said state Health Department officials. The state currently has 2,178 people hospitalized from the virus, 5 less than on Wednesday. There have been 312,885 people who have recovered from the virus in Tennessee (89 ... (click for more)
Georgia state health officials reported on Thursday there have been 26 additional deaths due to the coronavirus. The current total is 8,716. There were 2,946 new cases as that total reached 413,909 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Hospitalizations are at 34,587, up 174 from Wednesday. Here are the numbers by county: Catoosa County: 1,997 cases, up 25; 29 deaths; ... (click for more)
A few weeks ago we learned that Sheriff Jim Hammond was asking for a second raise. Earlier this year Hamilton County employees were notified that "due to COVID-19" there would be no raises for employees of any kind this year. I guess Mr. Hammond didnt get that memo about no raises. Why is it that some employees will be getting a raise and others are not? That doesn't really ... (click for more)
For the life of me, I can’t remember when it started but back in the ‘70s, I began devoting my sports column on Thanksgiving Day to off-the-wall stuff of which I was truly and genuinely thankful. Back then I would go to from “76 reasons”, then “77 Reasons”, and then “78 reasons” with every new year. We climbed through 80’s, and the 90’s and it became a tradition. By then it had ... (click for more)