Each year, public schools across America celebrate the importance of literacy on National Reading Day. This year, National Reading Day will be on Monday. During this time, elected officials, public servants, and other community stakeholders will visit local public and private schools all over our nation and our community to read to students. Unfortunately, homeschooled and non-school ... (click for more)

Cleveland State Community College and Taylor Elementary School partnered for “Taylor Day” at L. Quentin Lane Gymnasium Saturday. Taylor Elementary and Cleveland State are BEST (Business and Education Serving Together) Partners through Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. Taylor Elementary sent some of their top Tigers to the Cleveland State vs. Dyersburg State basketball ... (click for more)

A company is planning a $225 million expansion in Chattanooga, County Commission members were told Wednesday. There will be 87 jobs added by the project, it was stated. However, officials said they could not disclose the name of the company yet. The county is applying for a $870,000 Fasttrack Economic Develop grant to assist with construction costs. (click for more)

The Chattanooga Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be making significant improvements along Shepherd Road and Airport Connector Road as part of the Airport Master Plan, officials said. Upgrades will include traffic calming narrowed lanes, bicycle lanes, curb and gutters, pedestrian ways and sidewalks, and landscape improvements. The new roadway cross section will ... (click for more)

More brilliant thinking from the city of Chattanooga. Let’s take a five lane road leading from Highway 153 to the airport and make it three lanes, add some bike lanes, sidewalks and landscaping. Who are these idiots that come up with ways to waste money? Bike lanes? Really? How often are the ones on Shallowford at 153 being utilized? Never! I traveled Shallowford to and from ... (click for more)

Today, and every Ash Wednesday to come in my life, will be the anniversary of the longest one hour I ever spent. And, what’s more, either this year or next will mark the 50th year I attended an early Ash Wednesday service that provided one of my life’s greatest lessons. Back in the day a gaggle of us swells from Ole Miss had descended on what was brazenly called “an adventure” in ... (click for more)