The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera is hosting a virtual fundraising event aimed at supporting CSO programs while also encouraging people to get out and get active. Beethoven’s 5(th)K will take place Oct. 10-17 and can be completed from any location at the participant’s own pace. The CSO performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in honor of Beethoven’s 250th birthday to a near sell-out ... (click for more)

Lindsay Street and Houston Street's traffic lanes which are to change direction will be closed starting today. Houston Street will open to two-way traffic between McCallie Avenue and E. 4th Street on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Lindsay Street will open to two-way traffic between McCallie Avenue and E. 4th Street on Wednesday, Oct. 21. For more information on the Downtown two-way ... (click for more)

The Election Commission, following a lengthy meeting on Wednesday morning, voted 4-1 to terminate Administrator Kerry Steelman, who has been on leave recently. Jerry Summers was the only no vote, saying Mr. Steelman is innocent until proven guilty. Election Commission Chairman Mike Walden said Mr. Steelman is "a nice guy who made some positive strides for our office over five ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the report of a black bear found consuming a deceased human body near Jellico in Campbell County. Just before midnight on Tuesday, Campbell County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call to check on a person in the Duff community near Jellico ... (click for more)

Much has been said of the accolades of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and rightfully so. I wanted to remind everyone that Chattanooga had its own lady attorney who made many in-roads for females in the legal field. Selma (Sunny) Paty actually began her legal career before Justice Ginsburg. She likewise was Jewish and being a female in the 1950's, when she started her practice, was ... (click for more)

Well, in my monthly walk through my garden I broke the sad news to my annuals and biennials that Monday would be our last weather with temperatures in the 80s, and that Father front would soon come knocking. My perennials were saddened, of course, because we’ve had a happy year. So, as my man Cleo dished out a round of Miracle-Gro and Osmocote to those that wanted a nudge before ... (click for more)