Opinion: State law changes brought us to the heightened number of arrests over student mass violence threats
Why, you may ask, are we seeing Hamilton County Schools students arrested for threats of violence two and three times a week?

Why, you may ask, are we seeing Hamilton County Schools students arrested for threats of violence two and three times a week?

For years, Hamilton County officials talked about needing a strategic plan to improve public schools.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, who openly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president recently, may be the first sitting Chattanooga mayor to endorse a presidential candidate since another man named Kelley in 1968.

Fifty-one years ago, a new three- or four-bedroom home in the Shannon Hills subdivision of Middle Valley was priced "in the 30s" [$30,000s].

One easy lob shot after another came over the net to former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night, but he repeatedly would not execute the overhead smashes to return them.

Local Volkswagen officials may not have been jolted but at least must have been shaken by the news that the German carmaker is considering closing some factories in its home county for the first time in its 87-year history.

Chattanoogans who caught the abrupt late Friday afternoon announcement of Chattanooga's new police chief may not have been familiar with John Chambers, but he'll need no introduction to his fellow officers.

If Calvary Chapel emailed members on how to volunteer in church member Michele Reneau's state House campaign last month, as has been widely stated, the church is clearly in violation of the Johnson amendment, an IRS rule that says nonprofit organizations cannot remain so if they involve themselves in a campaign for or against a candidate for public office.

Fifty years ago, more than three years after the last cigarette commercial aired on television, print ads claimed that "Salem refreshes naturally," that "We (Winston) put good taste in a whole new light," and that Benson & Hedges 100s were "America's favorite cigarette break."

For several years, Tennessee has been among the top 10 states where people relocate, including many from California.
