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Unemployment Rates Below 5% In Nearly Every Tennessee County In March

  • 4/24/2025

Nearly all counties in Tennessee reported unemployment rates below 5% in March, according to newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). Only four of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded unemployment rates of 5% or higher, with the highest at 5.7%. Unemployment rates decreased from February to March in 70 counties. Rates remained the same in 17 counties, and they increased in eight counties. Williamson County once again reported the lowest rate for March at 2.4%, down two-tenths of a percentage point from February. Cheatham had the next-lowest rate at 2.6%, a decline of one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous ... (click for more)

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GPS sophomore Maud Fiorello has been selected as a member of the inaugural TSSAA Student Advisory Committee
GPS sophomore Maud Fiorello has been selected as a member of the inaugural TSSAA Student Advisory Committee

Cambridge Square Announces Luxury Pet Boutique

  • 4/24/2025

Chattanooga entrepreneur and small business owner Kimberly Thompson will open Ooltewah’s first luxury pet boutique at Cambridge Square this spring. Fetch & Fifth will occupy 1,000 square feet on the development’s public square with space preparations now underway in anticipation of a grand opening in late June of this year. Cambridge ... (click for more)

GPS Sophomore Maud Fiorello Selected For Inaugural TSSAA Student Advisory Committee

  • 4/24/2025

Girls Preparatory School is proud to announce that Maud Fiorello ’27 has been selected as a member of the inaugural TSSAA Student Advisory Committee —and is the only student representing Chattanooga on this distinguished panel. Launched this year by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, the Student Advisory Committee is composed ... (click for more)

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Grand Jury No Bills, True Bills, And Dismissed
  • Government
  • 4/24/2025

Here are the Grand Jury No Bills, True Bills, and Dismissed: No Bills: 1 JONES, JADEN LEBRON DRIVING WITHOUT DRIVERS LICENSE / EXPIRED LICENSE 04/23/2025 True Bills: 319737 1 BEARD, MICA DEVIN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 04/23/2025 319737 2 BEARD, MICA DEVIN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AGAINST LAW ENFOREMENT OFFICER 04/23/2025 319737 3 BEARD, MICA DEVIN POSS. OF HANDGUN WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE 04/23/2025 319738 1 BIBBINS, FITZGERALD IAN BURGLARY OF AUTOMOBILE ... more

Benchmark Testing Is Expensively Flopping
  • 4/21/2025

Open Letter to the Hamilton County School Board and HCS District Leadership: My name is Jeremy Barrett, and I teach high school mathematics here in Hamilton County Schools. For 24 years I’ve taught through six superintendents, several curriculum changes, a dozen iterations of class schedules, two statewide grade scale overhauls, and, most recently, the overcaffeinated rise of benchmark testing. Benchmark testing. Three times a year. Every year. Like a redundant, blinking cursor in ... more

Dan Fleser: Vol Athletes Excelling In Multiple Sports
Dan Fleser: Vol Athletes Excelling In Multiple Sports
  • 4/24/2025

Danny White adds the hashtag “#EverythingSchool” when retweeting social media posts by the University of Tennessee’s sports teams. The school’s athletic director has ample ... more

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