Five temporary beer permits for special events were approved at the City Beer Board meeting on Thursday. At “Fire up the Fields” at the Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, 2001 Polk St., a sculpture will be set on fire. There will also be food available and beer from Odd Story Brewing, a “fire cabaret,” and booths for artists. Officers from the Chattanooga Police Department ... (click for more)

Here is the weekly road construction report for District 29: BRADLEY COUNTY I-75 resurfacing from north of SR-311 (US-74 / MM 21) to north of SR-60 (MM 25.5): During this reporting period, the contractor will have intermittent lane and shoulder closures from 7 PM to 6 AM to perform final cleanup work and to remove construction signs. Motorists are advised to reduce speed in the ... (click for more)

Updating the rates that the city allows towing companies to charge has not been done for 18 years. At the Thursday meeting of the Chattanooga Wrecker Board proposed changes to the ordinance were approved by the board. If approved by the City Council, daytime tows will go from $125 to $250, night/weekend/holiday tows from $135 to $275, daily storage (after eight hours) from ... (click for more)

General Sessions Court Judge Lila Statom on Thursday set a $500,000 bond along with a $1,500 bond on failure to render aid on a vehicular homicide case that happened in September. Police said Neil Peter Meyer, 36, was driving a motorcycle with his girlfriend as a passenger when he hit a guardrail and wrecked. He then left the scene. Killed was 39-year-old Kristie Leigh ... (click for more)

When I travel up and down Hixson Pike, my car alerts me to the traffic cameras that monitor vehicles for speeding. Sure enough, if I speed through these zones, I get a ticket in the mail a few weeks later. The radar is incredibly accurate at detecting speeders. The cameras are a technological marvel with their ability to zoom in on a moving car and read the license plate. When ... (click for more)

The Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association is greatly concerned about the rapid pace of development that is currently encircling our community. While we realize that the pace of growth in the city is rapidly occurring, we were startled to see an editorial in the Times Free Press that implied that plans the city of Chattanooga have for building the Central Avenue Extension through ... (click for more)