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Municipal Judges Find "Workaround" For Residency Issue

  • 3/18/2025

Local municipal judges who live outside the boundaries of the city where they preside have found a "workaround" after a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that put them in limbo. The opinion says municipal judges have to live in their municipality. Some city judges here do live within the confines of their towns - such as Gary Humble of Signal Mountain, Stevie Persinger of Lookout Mountain and Marty Lasley of Soddy Daisy, but others don't. Those living outside the limits include East Ridge Judge Tracy Cox, Red Bank Judge Johnny Houston and longtime Collegedale Judge Kevin Wilson. Initially, General Sessions Court judges were coming out to the municipalities to hear cases. ... (click for more)

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New Lookouts stadium is taking shape at old foundry site on the Southside
New Lookouts stadium is taking shape at old foundry site on the Southside
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Former Chattanooga Prep Basketball Coach Gets Jail Sentence, Diversion In Assault Case

  • 3/18/2025

The former coach of the Chattanooga Preparatory School basketball team was led away on Tuesday morning to begin serving a 30-day jail sentence in a domestic assault case. After that, Christoffer Collins, 41, will be under judicial diversion for four years. If he gets in no further trouble, the charge will be wiped from the record. The ... (click for more)

Airport To Start In Fall On "Twin" Parking Garage

  • 3/18/2025

Change is in the air at the Chattanooga airport with the arrival of ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, announced earlier in March. The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority board of commissioners on Monday discussed fast-moving plans for a second four-level parking garage and predicted that more competitive ticket prices are on the ... (click for more)

Whitwell Man Arrested, Charged In Homicide Investigation
  • 3/18/2025

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, working alongside deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department and members of the 12th Judicial Drug Task Force, have arrested a Whitwell man in connection to a homicide. At the request of 12th Judicial District Attorney General Courtney Lynch, special agents began investigating the death of Danny Durham (DOB May 19, 1958) shortly after deputies found the man deceased in a home in the 100 block of Big Rock Road on March ... more

Cleveland Baseball Continues Mastery Over Bradley Central
  • 3/18/2025

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — After going 4-1 during Spring Break Cleveland continued their success with a victory over archrival Bradley Central Monday evening, at the McKenzie Baseball Complex. Taking advantage of five hits, a half dozen free passes and a pair of Bear errors, the Blue Raiders held off the hosts by a 4-1 tally. The teams will square off again this evening at Bill Talley Stadium, with a 7 p.m. first pitch. Three straight two-out hits in the game's opening at bat put Coach ... more

Mark Wiedmer: Carolina's Bubba Cunningham Has Some Splainin' To Do
Mark Wiedmer: Carolina's Bubba Cunningham Has Some Splainin' To Do
  • 3/17/2025

North Carolina athletic director and NCAA Tournament Selection Committee chair Bubba Cunningham has some explaining to do when it comes to the 68 teams selected on Sunday ... more

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