The Master Gardeners of Hamilton County, in association with the University of Tennessee Extension, are holding a “Fall Garden Festival” on Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. outdoors around the Hamilton County Extension Ag Center and Bonny Oaks Arboretum, 6183 Adamson Circle, off Bonny Oaks Drive. Admission is $5 for adults; children 12 and under are free. Free parking is available. ... (click for more)

In honor of Public Lands Day this Saturday, Chattanooga Park Stewards will host an environmental stewardship event from 9 a.m.-noon at the Stinger's Ridge, Spears Avenue trailhead. There will be opportunities to create park improvements, learn trail maintenance skills and participate in plant management. Join Chattanooga Park Stewards, Reflection Riding, Southern Off Road Bicycle ... (click for more)

Prosecutor Neal Pinkston told a Criminal Court jury that Janet Hinds is solely responsible for her role in officer Nicholas Galinger’s death during Thursday’s closing arguments. Ms. Hinds is charged with vehicular homicide in the death of the rookie officer in a February 2019 hit and run. Officer Galinger was inspecting an overflowing manhole on a rainy night when a car ran into ... (click for more)

Six juveniles from Chattanooga have been charged with shooting a Bradley County K9 in the head. The K9, Joker, is listed in "very serious condition." At approximately 1:40 a.m. on Wednesday, the Cleveland Police Department responded to an auto burglary in progress at Park Oaks Apartments on Harrison Pike. Upon their arrival, units made entry on both sides of the apartment ... (click for more)

With the number of homes, apartments and condos built downtown, why is a 40 percent property tax increase necessary? Are these new structures on the paying property tax role? I need to know what’s going on downtown and why isn’t that money benefiting the city? Georgia Vaughn (click for more)

The email comes my way from a nurse at Erlanger Hospital: “I wanted to thank you for the columns you have written recently regarding the need to get vaccinated. If people could see the COVID-affected patients that I see every day in the hospital I believe they would run to the nearest health department to get the vaccine. It is the worst thing I have ever seen. Watching young, previously ... (click for more)