Creature Comforts Brewing Co., an Athens, Ga.-based B-Corp certified craft brewery, announces plans to expand distribution to Chattanooga on Oct. 6. Following expansion into the coastal South Carolina, Nashville, and Columbia markets over the last year, the addition of Chattanooga is the Athens brewery’s fourth expansion outside Georgia. The brewery will begin pouring four popular ... (click for more)

A Starbucks cafe has opened inside the Red Bank Food City. The store is at 3901 Dayton Blvd. This marks the company’s 42 nd Starbucks location, with a number of others planned in the near future. There was also a special presentation to Red Bank High School following the Starbucks ribbon cutting ceremonies. Starbucks offers a wide assortment of blended hot and cold coffees ... (click for more)

A 38-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times on Tuesday night. The incident happened around 8 p.m. at 700 E. 48th St. just off Wilson Road. Police were advised that the victim was suffering from a life-threatening injury. Police were told this was a potential dispute between two people that turned violent. The victim was taken to a ... (click for more)

District Attorney Coty Wamp on Tuesday announced five new leadership positions in the office of the District Attorney. The new positions include executive assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, gang and violent crime prosecutor, chief homicide prosecutor and child sex abuse prosecutor. “These prosecutors reflect my priorities,” said DA Wamp, who took office ... (click for more)

I am a longtime resident of north Hamilton County, living in what is now Soddy Daisy. A few years ago, I cut my leg using a chainsaw. My wife drove me to an emergency room in Red Bank. After waiting for what seemed like a long time, I was told I would need to go to their downtown location to be sewn up. They told me, “There’s nobody here who can sew you up!” Frustrated, my wife ... (click for more)

The picture shows a young blonde girl, her arm around her dad’s neck, as “she watches a man wearing a dog mask and (draped) in a flag that indicates he likes to pretend to be a dog at the Chattanooga Pride parade in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Oct. 2.” No, I wasn’t there but The Epoch Times was, and on Tuesday there appeared on its website a story with the headline: ‘Corporate-Sponsored ... (click for more)