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Skyuka Hall’s Head Of School Tapped For National Organization

  • 6/19/2025

For just more than a decade, Skyuka Hall School has been meeting the challenge of providing a high-quality education to students who learn differently. That success is in no small part due to the leadership of President and Head of School, Dr. Ronald (Josh) Yother. Dr. Yother’s dedication, methodology, and results have now caught the attention of a prominent national organization, Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). CHADD was created in 1987 to give support to parents of children with ADHD. From one parent support group in Florida, CHADD is now a nationally recognized source of information and advocacy for the estimated nine percent of children ... (click for more)

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McCallie rising senior Calder Gant earned a Top Ten national finish in the National History Day paper category
McCallie rising senior Calder Gant earned a Top Ten national finish in the National History Day paper category

Rising McCallie Senior Is Top Ten In National History Day Competition

  • 6/19/2025

By the time rising senior Calder Gant learned he was just the second McCallie student in history to earn a Top Ten national finish in the National History Day paper category, he was driving a golf cart on the Bronze Buffalo course in Idaho, hanging out with friends. "It meant a lot," he said of his reaction when he first heard the news. ... (click for more)

1st 2 State Funding Releases Approved By Senator Watson For Tennessee State

  • 6/18/2025

State Senior Senator Bo Watson, Chairman of the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee, has formally approved the first two funding releases for Tennessee State University (TSU) under a new $91.2 million agreement between the state of Tennessee and TSU. The agreement, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed earlier ... (click for more)

McDonald Farm - 'The Farm'
  • 6/21/2025

I have followed the aftermath of The McDonald Family Farm purchase by Hamilton County with great interest and an immense sadness. My great-grandfather (Charles Virgil McDonald) sold 'The Farm' many years ago (for the first time) due to the family's growing grocery business interests in Chattanooga and lack of interest in staying on 'The Farm' at that time in the family's history. That was around the time Mr Roy started 'The Free Press' as an advertising flier highlighting weekly specials ... more

Lookouts Sweep Doubleheader, Have Won Six Straight
  • 6/22/2025

The Chattanooga Lookouts continued a dominating week against the Rocket City Trash Pandas sweeping a doubleheader on Saturday by the scores of 6-3 and 4-1. The have won all six games in the series with the pitching staff not allowing more than three runs in any of the games. In Game One starting pitcher starting pitcher Kevin Abel went four strong innings allowing two runs on three hits. He struck out four. Reliever Carson Rudd picked up his second win of the season and Simon Rudd earned ... more

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