Chattanooga Police Officer Brian Smith was arrested Thursday for domestic simple assault.   The criminal investigation has been completed by the CPD Family Violence Unit; however, the internal affairs investigation is still ongoing.   Officer Smith has been relieved from duty with pay pending the outcome of the IA investigation.    (click for more)

Governor Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry “Max” Haston of the Tennessee Military Department to pay tribute to three Tennesseans killed in action, including a soldier previously missing in action for 62 years. Sergeant Jacob M. Schwallie of Clarksville, was fatally injured ... (click for more)

We do not have to pander to those in our country who were not invited and made their way here on their own. They are here against our laws that are already on the books which are not enforced.  They do not have negotiation rights to dictate to the United States government nor does our government have the right to pick and choose which laws are to be enforced or ignored so ... (click for more)

I’ve gotten hundreds of jokes since Tuesday when I wrote about feeling a little puny lately and expressing my belief that laughter is the best medicine. After breaking some bones in my arm as I slept last week and having no idea there were already some other fractures, it looked pretty certain I had a case of “The Big C.” I’ve always felt that stands for “courage” but the medical ... (click for more)

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Baylor’s Lady Red Raiders beat St. Benedict on Friday to earn a spot in the Division II-AA state softball championship game. Baylor (33-7) rode the four-hit pitching of Sarah Moore and an 11-hit attack – three different players each had two hits – to a 7-2 win over St. Benedict at the Starplex softball complex. The Lady Raiders will play Pope John ... (click for more)

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Talk about resiliency. Three-time defending state Class A champion Decatur County Riverside routed Silverdale Baptist Academy, 18-1, Thursday to force a winner-take-all showdown and determine the upper bracket winner at Middle Tennessee Christian’s Joe Baron Field. Decatur County had the momentum. Silverdale had its horse on the mound – senior ... (click for more)