PREP SPORTS SCHEDULES: Baseball, Softball & Soccer District/Region Tournaments (all schedules subject to change) (All times are local) Prep Baseball SATURDAY, MAY 15 DII-A State First Round 3:00 pm: Franklin Grace at Silverdale Prep Softball FRIDAY, MAY 14 DII-AA State First Round 4:30 pm: Ensworth at CCS SATURDAY, MAY 15 DII-A State ... (click for more)

Manny Velazquez just needed one more out. The young man who had pitched just four innings the entire season had a chance to go the distance in Hixson’s biggest game of the year, and was protecting a slim two-run lead with runners on second and third. The senior shortstop had been dotting the zone with strikes all night, and he just needed to find a way to turn Central’s Hunter Davis ... (click for more)

Roadtec, Inc. officials announced on Wednesday that the paving equipment manufacturer will expand its operations in Chattanooga. Roadtec will invest $6.2 million to make building and site improvements and relocate its Washington operations to its headquarters in Tennessee. The project represents the creation of 128 new jobs in Hamilton County. Roadtec, a subsidiary of ... (click for more)

County Commission members said Tuesday they are anxious to expand the number of officers at county school campuses - even if it means using a number of security guards in addition to School Resource Officers. They said they are concerned that a tragic incident will occur on a local campus with no officer present - either from not being assigned one or from the SRO being called ... (click for more)

We’re asking nicely, because we think the use of the term has been mostly well-intentioned. But let’s start with some numbers: a mere 3 percent of Americans of Latin-American descent use “Latinx” to describe themselves. This is based on a 2020 Pew Research poll of about 3,000 American Latinos. Those who want for “Latinx” to become the default say it’s preferable because it’s ... (click for more)

The worst debacle in our nation’s history, it is beginning to be proven, was when the United States was quarantined during the COVID-19 epidemic. Our economy – from employment to production – was stymied. Our next generation responded with virtually no education for an entire year and a surging teen suicide epidemic and the biggest profits that were made in the second half of 2020 ... (click for more)