Most of our bags are packed. I have some small things I have to pack tomorrow morning, but beyond that we are ready to put it all in the car and head on up I75. We are leaving the dogs...
Chattanooga fire investigators arrested two men today in connection with a tractor-trailer fire on July 9, 2007. The truck was located in the parking lot
at the Bi Lo at 1600 E. 23rd Street. According to Lieutenant Henry McElvain with the...
According to Sheriff Phil Summers, an arrest has occurred in the June 29th fire at 3386 Boynton Drive which took the life of James Kohnle. Yesterday, Teresa
L. Kohnle, age 34, 3386 Boynton Drive, was arrested and charged with 1 count...
Chattanooga firefighters responded to a house fire this morning around 9:30 at 1415 Greenwood Road. Captain David Brooks, acting PIO on the scene, said
the first firefighters to arrive observed heavy smoke coming from the rear of the one-story house. The...
Bradley County Sheriff’s officers have charged two juveniles in connection with the theft of articles from two automobiles in Benwood Subdivision.
The owners of those vehicles reported a laptop computer, an Ipod, a GPS, and a DVD were stolen out of...
"I've been asked a lot recently about the difference between writing poems and writing song lyrics and have disappointed a few people, including myself, by reminding them that there may not be all that much in the way of difference....
From the New York Times, this lead: Lady Bird Johnson, the widow of President Lyndon B. Johnson, who was once described by her husband as “the brains and money of this family” and whose business skills cushioned his road to the...
I am up in Newcastle for the week and watched Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep last night. Brilliant. For the first hour of the film I was delighted--it was was whimsical, creative, fresh--then the saturation of delight, fantasy, whimsy...
Pope Benedict XVI approved the release of a document yesterday that says that "other Christian communities are either defective or not true churches and Catholicism provides the only true path to salvation." Inconvenient for the Pope, however, are the millions of...
Dear Citizens of District Six, I ran for the Hamilton County Commission because I wanted to fix some problems here in Hamilton County. The first and most important issue was that of funding education. It was clear to me that Hamilton...
This week's Civic Forum column is up at The Pulse, and is all about the biggest (to some) trial to come out of Operation Tennessee Waltz, in these parts — Sen. Ward Crutchfield goes before a Memphis judge and jury...
Such examples of "low density sprawl" increase services without increasing enough revenue. Taxes And Sprawl By Candy Corneliussen [As published online at www.Chattanoogan.com, posted July 10, 2007] It is significant that The Chattanoogan's top news articles on Monday were about the threat of overdevelopment...
REPUBLICAN TOM FOOLERY WITH OUR MONEY By Stuart James I remain flabbergasted at people who twist the facts to create untruths because they are angry. Some are attempting to blame Sheriff Billy Long for something that Republican County Mayor Claude Ramsey,...
Photo courtesy of our friends at Spirit, Water, Blood. I keep trying to find the guys who are trying to route this juxtaposition out of American reformed circles for good--beyond the occasional document, comment, or lip service but the "grassroots" guys...
Maybe it's just the hologram, but I think Al Gore's pledge to his cause and determination not to run for president is swaying me. Is he cool or not? Man-Bear-Pig aside, I think he's really coming into his own....
FORA.tv has a wonderful video of the author of 'Lives Per Gallon' discussing our energy issues. FORA.tv is a great site for any interested in issues.
I suggest you check it out....
So I wrote that letter to my rep, basically asking for Bush to be impeached, but figuring I'd probably never get a response. That's not exactly how it worked out. I received an invitation in my email to attend a town-hall...
Sports Illustrated reports on the game: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- On a night of tricky hops, Ichiro Suzuki and the American League also bounced back to win. Instead of a Barry Bonds splash shot, the defining hit at Tuesday's All-Star game was...
Sophia is now 2 months old and is really coming into herself. We are amazed at how quickly she is growing and changing. What has been the most fun for me is to see her smile and "talk" with me....
As you may know, we just got back from our family vacation from Orlando, FL. We got back around 4:30 am Monday morning and of course, all immediately slept. Later that evening after everyone was gone and it was just...
So you've got a government official accused of taking bribes to approve medicines. Some of these are unsafe and have been linked to consumer deaths. The government's response? Perhaps they'll fire him, prohibit him from holding public...
Some baby-hating think-tank in Britain is urging parents not to have more than two kids. Why? Because it's bad for the environment. A child born in Britain will use more resources than a child born in Ethiopia...
Ive spent some time today trying to convince a friend that Bruce Springsteen is probably the greatest live performer on the planet and that an immensely overrated band like U2 has nothing on him. His argument against me had something...
SOS | Live Earth | 7.7.07 Madonna can play guitar? WHO GIVES A CRAP?!? Is Will Ferrel the drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers? Apparently watching 18 hours of concert programming on TV is good for the environment. Where did WolfMother come from?...
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