County schools Superintendent Rick Smith's decision -- and the school board's quick approval -- to quit a critical No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program, which let minority students in predominately black schools transfer to majority white schools, is deeply discouraging.
Tennessee Walking Horses are among the finest naturally gaited horses in the equestrian world.
The Memorial Day holiday is an apt timer to offer a propitious and potentially life-saving warning: The area's attractive waterways are often dangerous places. Understandably popular, the rivers, lakes, creeks and bays that lace the countryside are incr
The offering of a Christian prayer before every Hamilton County Commission meeting is so customary that most people assume the invocation is a part of the agenda. If it is, it should not be.
Kevin Dawson of Ooltewah was arrested Wednesday and charged with violating federal weapons laws. Normally, such a routine arrest would attract little attention. Not this time. Dawson, police say, traded guns with Jesse Matthews, a felon later charged in t
By their decision Tuesday to effectively shut down the city's Office of Sustainability, it now seems obvious that city officials are willing to embark on an annual series of steep fee increases over the next decade for sewer system improvements and needle
When Chuck Fleischmann first ran for his 3rd District congressional seat two years ago, he adamantly refused to participate in public debates.
Economists and real estate officials no doubt wish the April numbers were higher, but the 2.2 percent increase in Hamilton County and North Georgia and the 3.4 percent national rise in home sales compared with a month earlier are positive signs of local and national economies on the rebound.
The rise of super-PACs has been chartered well enough through coverage of the Republican primaries that by now Americans surely know these advertising behemoths have become the pivotal political playground of largely anonymous wealthy tycoons.
While Memorial Day is a solemn holiday with rituals all its own, many Americans see the day as more than a time of remembrance. For decades, it's been considered the unofficial start of summer and the vacation travel season.
The U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center on Shallowford Road, initially on the agency's short list for closure, will continue to operate a bit longer -- probably until spring 2014.
The Bicycle Ride Across Georgia, perhaps best known by its BRAG acronym, is one of the nation's premier events of its type. The decision by ride organizers to start this year's excursion in Fort Oglethorpe and to make an overnight stop in Dalton is a coup
Democrats haven't had much of chance to win the 3rd Congressional District since Marilyn Lloyd retired in 1994, leaving the seat to Zach Wamp and ascendant Republicans. The decennial redistricting following the 2000 elections further solidified the GOP's grip.
Dr. Headrick's commitment to medicine and quality health care doesn't end with her office practice: she takes it into the field as both a volunteer physician and as an advocate for health care reform and the principles of affordable universal care.
