Ricky’s Restaurant on Fourth Avenue across from the East Lake Courts was a popular eatery for at least four decades maybe longer. The restaurant closed many years ago and the building has remained empty. Early Sunday morning the Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a blaze that gutted the vacant structure and left one firefighter with minor injuries. The cause of that fire is ... (click for more)

It was 62 years ago that Gene T. Reese defeated Richard Bachus in the Chattanooga Golden Gloves classic bout at the Memorial Auditorium. Mr. Reese had won the 1949 and 1950 Chattanooga Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship. The Jan. 29 event was labeled by some as his comeback bout. Retired broadcaster Jerry Lingerfelt said he was at the event pulling for Reese. Mr. Lingerfelt ... (click for more)

Additional county schools are shifting to remote learning due to high COVID numbers. Officials said on Thursday that 1,145 students and 300 staff had active COVID cases. School officials said, "The health and well-being of all Hamilton County students and staff has and will always be our highest priority. We are monitoring the current wave of COVID-19 spreading across ... (click for more)

Circuit Court Clerk Larry L. Henry advises citizens that there is a jury scam going on locally. He said, "Citizens are receiving phone calls stating that they must pay a certain amount or will be arrested for missing jury duty. "Our office will never make phone calls such as these. If anyone receives this type of call, please call law enforcement immediately. Do not ... (click for more)

My wife woke up this morning and thought she might have COVID. We called the Hamilton County Heath Department hotline and someone answered on the third ring. Not a voice mail, a real person. She told us they they were already out of their supply for rapid testing but recommended two pharmacies, one on Highway 58 and one on Hixson Pike. We chose the one on 58. A pharmacist ... (click for more)

This Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, Greater Chattanooga Right to Life will hold its March for Life assembling at 10:30 a.m. at the Coolidge Park Pavilion. I hope you will attend. I remember the first March for Life in Chattanooga held 35 years ago on Jan. 22, 1987. The march consisted of 14 people: Dan Martino, Doyle Ratterree and his wife who was carrying their infant daughter in ... (click for more)