The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security's Driver Services division is now offering a new online service, "At-Home Knowledge Testing," for Tennessee teenagers. Teenagers between the ages of 15 to 17 may now take their written knowledge test online under a proctor's supervision (parent/legal guardian) via the Tennessee Proctor IDentification (PID) app. Those ... (click for more)

Here are the new business licenses from the County Clerk's office: 2 GIRLS AND A LASER KIMBERLY KOSAL 2130 N FORK DR SODDY DAISY TN 37379 ADH CONSTRUCTION AVERY HALLORAN 8460 JAY TRENT CT OOLTEWAH TN 37363 ALEX GRAYSON HAIR STYLIST ALEXANDRIA M GRAYSON 5591 HIGHWAY 153 STE 156 CHATTANOOGA TN 37343 ANGIE'S FABRICATIONS ANGELA N SIMS 307 W RIDGEWOOD AVE CHATTANOOGA ... (click for more)

Outgoing County Mayor Jim Coppinger said Tuesday morning that his final budget to the County Commission does not include a property tax increase. He noted that the county schools did not ask for a tax hike, and he said county general government will not either. Spending in the current fiscal year is at $833 million. The county fund balance (rainy day fund) is at $130 million. ... (click for more)

The new Hamilton County District Attorney (either John Allen Brooks or Coty Wamp) will have a lot of room to refashion the office with many experienced prosecutors and staff choosing to either go elsewhere or retire with the change of administration. The first to go after the recent election defeat of District Attorney Neal Pinkston is Division I supervisor Andrew Coyle, whose ... (click for more)

“And so we come to commencement, that glorious moment of achievement when a high school or college graduate will be awarded a hard-earned diploma and venture into a complex world full of promise and fright.” Uh-huh. Except for over 40 million young Americans who are saddled with a collective debt of well over $1.5 trillion, and who are being “blamed” by conservatives like Roy ... (click for more)

Victor Davis Hanson is, in my opinion, one of the great conservative minds in America and I relish everything he has to write. I join him in my concern over so many things that are happening in our country. The violent crime that we felt this weekend in Buffalo and at a Presbyterian Church in California is for starters but deeper is the inflation, with the white supremacy hatred, ... (click for more)