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)

Save the date and make plans to attend Chattanooga State’s Dinner of Firsts 10 th anniversary celebration on Thursday evening, Oct. 28, at the Chattanooga Convention Center. The Dinner of Firsts is the signature “FUNdraising” event with a toast and roast honoring a community leader who is the first in their family to attend college. This tenth annual dinner event will honor the ... (click for more)

Businessman Greg Vital, who lost a squeaker of a race to Todd Gardenhire for state Senate in 2012, has picked up papers to run as a Republican for House District 29. Attorney Hoyt Samples also picked up to run on the GOP side. D'Angelo Jelks is a Democratic candidate. The County Commission has appointed Joan Carter to serve until the election. She is the widow of Mike Carter, ... (click for more)

Chattanooga VA National Cemetery Director Deborah Kendrick said the VA has identified six possible sites for cemetery expansion in Chattanooga. She said those locations have not been made public. Ms. Kendrick said the VA hopes to break ground for a new cemetery in 2027 or 2028. The federal government said last year that it was running out of ground at the cemetery and was ... (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)

It was noted by the national media – and me – earlier this week when President Joe Biden failed to salute one the greatest days in America’s history. D-Day, the June 6th attack at Normandy, France, was celebrated on Sunday and what I believe was the first time in about 80 years the hard-fought triumph over evil was ignored by The White House. As I watch more and more of the ‘woke’ ... (click for more)