Saturday, Oct. 1 UTC at ETSU 3 p.m. ESPN+ Georgia at Missouri 7:30 p.m. CBS Alabama at Arkansas 3:30 p.m. CBS Tennessee and Vanderbilt have byes Thursday, Sept. 29 South Carolina State at South Carolina | 7 p.m. | SEC Network Utah State at No. 19 BYU | 8 p.m. | ESPN Friday, Sept. 30 Tulane at Houston | 7 p.m. | ESPN Penn at Dartmouth | 7 p.m. | ESPNU ... (click for more)

If it’s October 1, then it is college basketball time in Tennessee. With the official practice opening for NJCAA basketball, Cleveland State’s Head Women’s Basketball Coach Evelynn Thompson and Rafael Howard, Head Men’s Basketball Coach enthusiastically release their 2022-2023 season schedule. Falling just one game short of going to the 2021-2022 National Tournament, the Lady ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Code Enforcement has closed down an East Brainerd hotel. Signs have been posted on the Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham on McCutcheon Road saying the facility is unsafe. Owners have since posted signs saying "No Trespassing. Violators Will Be Prosecuted." Neighbors said there had been a number of police calls to the hotel. (click for more)

A 20-year-old was killed in a collision with a dump truck in Cleveland on Thursday afternoon. After the preliminary investigation, Cleveland Police said it appears that the Kia Soul was traveling northbound on Georgetown Road when the driver, Evan Stoops, lost control of the car and swerved into oncoming traffic where he collided with the dump truck. There are no pending criminal ... (click for more)

Thank you for the Chattanoogan article excerpting comments expressed about "Pride Week" at the Chattanooga City Council meeting this week. Apparently now June is LGBT Pride Month but now October has been declared LBGT History Month, in case you did not get enough of it in June. There have been strong objections raised about events targeting "youth" after videos of very young ... (click for more)

The frost has yet to get to my garden but as I collect orchids and onions for an October delivery it is downright chilly. Thank goodness for the afternoon sun as we prepare to plant our winter rye grass seed and wish for more rain. As is my monthly custom, there is an abundance of orchids and onions to deliver on this first day of October so let’s get going … AN ORCHID to Dr. ... (click for more)