Tennessee State Veterans’ Homes Board announces the appointment of Courtney Bledsoe Washington as administrator of the new Tennessee State Veterans’ Home in Cleveland. "In this role, Courtney will lead the opening of the new Cleveland facility and oversee the daily operations of the Home," officials said. "She will direct the hiring and training of employees as well as oversee ... (click for more)

Arts at Erlanger announces the “All Abroad” gallery opening at Erlanger Baroness Hospital in the gallery corridor. The juried gallery consists of a multitude of different mediums including paintings and photographs inspired by the beauty and mystique of travel beyond the United States. Artists include Gay Arthur, Anne Bordash, Donna Bourdon, Lydia Bradley, Thomas Cory, Steven ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Police said two people were shot early Thursday morning as they lay in bed at their residence in Hixson. At 1:30 a.m., Chattanooga Police responded to a shooting at 4900 Lavender Trail. Police were advised that two people suffering from non-life threatening injuries had driven themselves to a local hospital for treatment. They were a man 22 and a woman 26. ... (click for more)

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Thursday announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $63 million to support three projects in Tennessee from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program to help move forward on projects that modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports, and intermodal transportation and ... (click for more)

Assurances have been given of a much larger and varied utilization of the 141-acre former Wheland Foundry/U.S. Pipe site, not merely a new stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts. Discussion of the proposed new stadium for Chattanooga has dominated the use of the dormant site. Additional usages of the property itself as well as “ripple effects” of the development intentionally move ... (click for more)

It has been almost 20 years since Bruce Feldman, a marvelous sportswriter for theathletic.com and Fox Sports, came up with the idea of identifying the “Freaks” of college football. Wait, being called a freak is a good thing, a very good thing, on a football team. It means you are so strong or so fast or so “athletic” that your own teammates and coaches stand in awe, be it in the ... (click for more)