Tyner High School Class of 1976 is celebrating its 45th reunion this year. The event will be held at The Car Barn, 6721 Heritage Business Ct. (across from TN Baptist Children’s Home on Lee Highway), on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 6-11 p.m. (dinner at 7 p.m.). Cost is $60 per person; cash bar available; casual dress. Reservation and payment must be received by Monday, Aug. 16. ... (click for more)

The Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence wants to purchase the former Franklin Middle School in Alton Park. Bud Helton bought the school from the county schools. The charter school said there is currently a restriction preventing it from again being used as a school. School officials said that restriction was put in at a time when charter schools were seen as competition ... (click for more)

The Georgia State Patrol said a new Dodge Ram that crashed and burned on I-75 South near Dalton on Monday afternoon belonged to the Edd Kirby Adventureland car dealership in Dalton. Authorities have still not given an identity of the driver, who perished in the wreck six days ago. A number of people in the auto industry said they believe well-known car dealer Joe Kirby was ... (click for more)

Billy Burson, 34, was shot and killed early Saturday morning outside the Mapco on Brainerd Road. Chattanooga Police were dispatched to a hold-up alarm at 4711 Brainerd Road at approximately 12:30 a.m. Officers located Burson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and secured the scene. Hamilton County EMS responded and pronounced Burson deceased on the scene. Investigators ... (click for more)

Marsha seems obsessed with Dr. Fauci. Does it always have to be about her? I wish it was more about us. If it was more about us, instead of Marsha, she would be hard at work finding compromise on the federal infrastructure bill. No other city in the nation would benefit more from the infrastructure bill than Chattanooga. But Marsha has never read the bill and does not ... (click for more)

Hooray for the Sunday Funnies, which usually show up when technical difficulties take place just before midnight on Friday, snuffing out the customary Saturday Funnies. It should be known technical difficulties include “Operator Error” as the fault for delay but there is neither rhyme nor reason to what happened on Friday. Suffice it to say this version of the Sunday Funnies was ... (click for more)