People who had a way with words in the news last week:
“It could be the heat wave of the decade.”
— Brandon Wasilewski, a meteorologist at the weather service office in Morristown, Tenn., about a potential stretch of 100-degree temps in the region.
“We would like for the next police chief of the Chattanooga Police Department to be local, someone within the ranks of the police department.”
— Jermaine Freeman, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly’s chief of staff, on former Police Chief Celeste Murphy’s replacement.