Crye-Leike Real Estate Services announces that Rusty Lacy is now affiliated with its Chattanooga – East Brainerd branch office as a licensed realtor. Mr. Lacy will serve the residential real estate needs of buyers and sellers throughout the Greater Chattanooga and North Georgia regions. Prior to joining the real estate industry, Mr. Lacy worked in the Information Technology ... (click for more)

We’ve all felt the heat the past few weeks, and the real estate market has been just as hot as the summer sidewalk. As we reported locally, for the month of June, pending sales in the greater Chattanooga market were up almost 42 percent, or 142 houses, over the same time last year. The greater Chattanooga area wasn’t the only market to “heat up.” Recent data released by the National ... (click for more)

Hamilton County Schools Supt. Dr. Bryan Johnson on Monday said the schools plan to open Aug. 12 with two groups of students at each school each attending two days a week. However, he said it is hoped that students will be able to go five days a week by Aug. 30. The opening format includes Group A going on Wednesday, Aug. 12, and Group B on Thursday, Aug. 13. Friday will be ... (click for more)

Hamilton County had just 52 new coronavirus cases on Monday and deaths remained at 48. However, the number of COVID patients in Intensive Care continued to go up and is now at 37. Total cases now are 5,669 after the numbers have dropped in recent days. There are 86 COVID patients hospitalized as well as four more suspected cases. The number of active cases in Hamilton ... (click for more)

The recent controversy over the monument to our town's founder, C.E. James, is more than a completely unnecessary and avoidable waste of time and possibly money - it is contrived and downright silly. Race-based restrictions on residential real estate sales weren't just common a century ago, they were universal in both the North and South. Such "red-lining" didn't start to die out ... (click for more)

When I was in high school, I would love it when the “Newspapers in Education” would roll around once a week. The Chattanooga Times was a real Godsend because it offered me something interesting to read during class and, man, I would pounce on the paper. I would immediately find the syndicated columnist, Jim Murray, and revel in his every word. He was - and this I believe to this ... (click for more)