The City of Collegedale has cancelled their annual July Freedom Celebration for 2020. Officials said, "After careful consideration, the difficult decision was made to cancel the popular event out of an abundance of caution. The City plans and is looking forward to hosting its Freedom Celebration in July 2021." (click for more)

The Chattanooga River Market will open for the 2020 season the weekend of June 20 and 21. The new Saturday and Sunday format will provide more opportunity for customers and artists to connect at the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza. The hours for both days will be 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends through the summer. "The idea to add Sundays came as a natural result of the essentials-only format ... (click for more)

Friends of the Festival, the nonprofit organization behind Chattanooga’s premier music festival Riverbend, has made the decision to cancel this year’s event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Friends of the Festival is unveiling new plans to continue to deliver music to the city’s riverfront in light of the new realities brought on by the pandemic. In what would have ... (click for more)

City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod on Tuesday night made an impassioned plea for an end to black on black crime. She did so after a recent Chattanooga murder left her granddaughter without a father. Councilwoman Coonrod spoke strongly in favor of protests against police brutality, but said there was no place for violence or destruction as part of that movement. Other black ... (click for more)

In the aftermath of the tragic death of the young man in Minneapolis, Democrats and their sycophants in the media are carrying on the biggest scam perpetrated on the American people since LBJ with his Great Society and Tonkin Gulf incident in 1965. Thanks to Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod for publicly standing up to black on black crime, especially homicide, yesterday. Once again ... (click for more)

I do not believe “Black Lives Matter.” Rather, I believe “All Lives Matter.” And using the latter over the former, I am mad too. The rioting that is taking place all over America is against the law. It restricts my freedoms, bridles my trusts, is contrary to my beliefs, and – if it still matters – is blatantly unconstitutional. That the President of the United States has no choice ... (click for more)