As part of its ongoing piano festival, Lee University's ninth annual piano competition for high school students will showcase 10 different performers beginning Monday.  The competition from June 20-22 will conclude the week-long festival of concerts and professional instruction. Of the festival’s 20 participants, 10 students will showcase their skills in the competitive ... (click for more)

Chattanooga State Community College announced generous donations from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Fujifilms Hunt Chemicals U.S.A., Inc. in support of the Summer Camps at the College’s Dayton site at 200 4 th Avenue in the Skills Center.   TVA provided the overall funding for the camps that emphasize skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ... (click for more)

Police said several shots that were fired at a house on Union Avenue with several children inside came from a car occupied by three women. Clarissa M. Strickland, 30, of 722 Sylvan Dr., was charged with reckless endangerment and 10 counts of aggravated assault. Ms. Strickland has a lengthy criminal record involving assault, drug and traffic charges. In the incident on May ... (click for more)

One week after 21-year-old Colby David Knecht was hauled to jail for threatening Collegedale police officers, the would-be political activist has lost his position as president of Hamilton County Young Democrats. During an organizational meeting held Monday evening, Matthew Plott was selected as the club’s new president, according to longtime local Democratic ... (click for more)

As the annual Riverbend Festival has come to a close I seem to be at odds with one particular thing and no it has nothing to do with seeing CeeLo’s rear-end. That one thing is the Bessie Smith Strut and the lack of what it used to be. It is just my opinion but there seems to be a driving force of setting the event up for failure and for what?    The event survived a ... (click for more)

I got back from my two-week vacation at the Mayo Clinic "spa" late Saturday night and spent most of the day in the bed yesterday, nursing my way through the latest round of infections. All day long I was pretty miserable and, as I am wont to do with things turn downwards, look for something funny to ease my pain and anguish. So the Lord reminded me of my famous bout ... (click for more)