The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga will hold a free entrepreneur workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners on Saturday, from 10 a.m.-noon, at the Urban League Office, 730 M.L. King Blvd., Chattanooga.    Krysta Chapman, owner of the Internet businesses Modern U Boutique and Hampton's Closet, will share her knowledge on how she came up with ... (click for more)

Tennessee’s top agricultural leaders on Tuesday announced a 10-year strategic plan to increase agriculture and forestry in the state by building production capacity and incentivizing the private sector. The plan, which has been a year in the making, was developed following a challenge by Governor Bill Haslam a year ago to make Tennessee the No. 1 state in the Southeast in the ... (click for more)

A $125,000 Federal Court settlement was reached Monday in the Adam Tatum case after nine hours of negotiations. Attorney Robin Flores said $112,500 would be paid by the city of Chattanooga and $2,250 by Erlanger Medical Center. He said the remaining $10,000 was from an undisclosed source. Attorney Roger Dickson of the Miller and Martin law firm provided over the lengthy mediation ... (click for more)

James Melvin Cosey III pleaded "no contest" to a reduced charge of attempted aggravated child abuse on Tuesday and was given an eight-year suspended sentence. It will be served on supervised probation. Cosey had been charged in a case in which a child has lingering injuries from apparently being shaken. The child continues to have cognitive and motor skill problems that will ... (click for more)

This situation with Police Chief Snyder’s alleged affair reminds me of a story my dad once told me when he was in the military. One day a woman came running to his commanding officer screaming that she caught her husband, who was one of this commanding officer’s soldiers, cheating on her with another woman. The woman demanded that the commander make an example of this man and dishonorably ... (click for more)

I like to think I that I am “good on my feet,” creative and adept when it comes to saying something nice, or reaffirming, when I think it might be helpful to another soul. The other day I came across an article during my morning reading entitled, “10 Insanely Nice Things You Can Say to Anybody,” and I read every one of them. Trust me, this is important stuff in a world that increasingly ... (click for more)