Timothy L. Mickel, a partner in the Chattanooga law firm of Evans Harrison Hackett PLLC, has been elected to serve as president of the Justices Ray L. Brock Jr. - Robert E. Cooper American Inn of Court for the 2013 to 2014 term.  Modeled after the traditional English Inns of Courts, the local Inn is comprised of more than 100 lawyers and judges.  The purpose of the Inn ... (click for more)

Jennifer Ramsey, Assistant Vice President & Branch Manager, Northwest Georgia Bank, Chattanooga, is among the 155 bankers that received graduation diplomas on June 7 from the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University.  Ms. Ramsey is the only graduate from the Chattanooga area. This three-year program provides courses covering all aspects of banking, economics ... (click for more)

Police said a Highland Park woman helped crack a mystery about a rash of recent gasoline thefts involving the cutting of expensive gas lines. Thomas Bouch was arrested after Bridgitte Brody told of looking out a window of her house last Thursday and seeing a white male standing by a 24-seat van at Tennessee Temple University. She said the man had a rubber tube near ... (click for more)

Attorneys argued before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati Tuesday morning on whether former Sheriff Billy Long should get a further reduction in his sentence. He was initially sentenced by Federal Judge Sandy Mattice to serve 168 months in federal prison after his conviction on a variety of charges related to his involvement with Eugene Overstreet. That ... (click for more)

The public needs to intervene on the absolutely absurd Wilson Air Waste (WWW) at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport.  What this all comes down to is our elected officials have appointed board members to oversee the budget and decision making at the airport, and they clearly do not respect public resources.   Contrary to the Airport Authority CEO’s statement ... (click for more)

I'm betting the chances are good you overlooked a story in Monday's editions of the Chattanooga Times Free Press about our newest heroes in Franklin County. I say they are our heroes because the proud little county that stretches from Sewanee to Tullahoma is on the very brink of running its meth dealers far away from the land Davy Crockett once trod. Because our state legislature ... (click for more)