David Carroll is in the final phase of working on a book about the nationally known celebrities who have visited Chattanooga. It started out as a history of Memorial Auditorium, the Tivoli Theater, and the UTC Arena, but it has become much more than that. While listing all the acts that have performed at those venues (starting in the 1920s at the Auditorium and Tivoli), Mr. Carroll ... (click for more)

Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians will be holding another drive-through cookie booth on Saturday, Aug. 1, at their Chattanooga Girl Scout Service Center, 6101 Enterprise Park Dr., from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Since the disruption of cookie booths back in March due to COVID-19, GSCSA has had to get creative with cookie sales. They sold nearly 27,000 boxes of cookies through the national ... (click for more)

Based on the recent mandate from the city of Chattanooga in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Little Debbie IRONMAN Chattanooga presented by McKee, A Family Bakery triathlon originally scheduled for Sept. 27 cannot take place in 2020 and will return on Sept. 26, 2021. Additionally, the Sunbelt Bakery IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga presented by McKee, A Family Bakery triathlon ... (click for more)

County Commissioner Warren Mackey on Wednesday pulled a controversial resolution that would give each commissioner $100,000 per year for doling out to non-profit community groups. Commissioner Mackey said he believed that he had the necessary votes to pass it. However, he said "race has been injected in the issue." He said he was referring to a column in the Chattanooga ... (click for more)

For the sake of clarity, transparency, and community, I want to address the redevelopment of portions of Northgate Mall that I am working on, which have been commented upon in news reports, editorial pages, and social media. Misunderstanding begets disappointment, and I want to make sure we are all on the same page. We stand on this beloved Chattanooga soil together, and when I ... (click for more)

Once again, the subject of discretionary funds rears its ugly head as the county commissioners seek to buy votes and consolidate their power. And once again, it is time for the commissioners who care about sound fiscal policy to say “enough is enough.” It is time for this Commission to get it through their collective heads that these taxpayer dollars are not to be used for whatever ... (click for more)