PREP BASKETBALL (All times local) WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Division II-A Boys First Round Boyd Buchanan at ECS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Division I Girls Region Quarterfinals Region 2-1A 7:00 pm CSAS at Oneida 7:00 pm Midway at Lookout Valley 7:00 pm Sunbright at Tellico Plains 7:00 pm Sale Creek at Wartburg Region ... (click for more)

Prep Basketball Round-Up TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Girls: Sale Creek 53, CSAS 52 Tellico Plains 31, Lookout Valley 29 Meigs Co. 45, McMinn Central 22 Red bank 45, Signal Mountain 34 USJ 76, Silverdale 40 Boys: Bradley 62, Cleveland 60 Walker ... (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)