Gov. Bill Lee recently added Tennessee to the list of states whose leaders have provided written consent affirming they'll accept new refugee resettlements. As a citizen and business owner in this state, I could not be happier.

Not long ago, the door to the music store opened. And a deaf man walked in.

Environmental regulations that protect the public's health have either been trashed or ignored under the current administration. In multiple instances the demands of industry have overridden concerns for the wellbeing of people.

Lincoln Park and black baseball in Chattanooga

Last year my daughter, Stephanie Murphy, died from a stroke. Gracie, Stephanie's daughter, was 9 at the time and had already suffered the loss of losing her dad at the tender age of 2.

Here is my annual look-back at the year that was:

We all understand the retail exhaustion of this season, but did the driver of a random car passing by have to toss his empty soda can onto my front lawn?

The holidays always bring family and friends closer. Most of us see some family members at Christmastime whom we see on a regular basis. Others we see a few times a year, maybe even only once at Christmastime.

It's Christmas Eve, and Santa is working up a sweat on his Peloton for a big finish to the season.

Sen. Lamar Alexander always has been a leader to members of his community and constituents in our state and across the country

Tennessee businesses and manufacturers welcomed the news that our country is one step closer to a new era of free trade, supporting 12 million American jobs.

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump.

Has a child in your life asked for a smartphone for Christmas?

Before daybreak, Saturday, Dec. 16, 1944, German forces launched a massive, surprise offensive against U.S. Army units in Southeastern Belgium. The ensuing five weeks of combat would be known thereafter as the Battle of the Bulge.

Born in the District of Columbia in 1893, Joseph William Engel served as batboy, mascot, pitcher and scout for the hometown Washington Senators before owner Clark Griffith tapped him in 1929 to oversee the club's new Southern farm team, the Chattanooga Lookouts.

Chattanooga Valley Lions Club in Flintstone, Georgia, recently hosted the Georgia Lions District 18-L rally and each person attending the meeting brought canned or boxed food to the host club.

Minor league baseball was not a part of my childhood because there was no minor league baseball in Chattanooga during my formative years.

Never heard of UHBIOC? Think again. The initials stand for Uncivil, Hate and Bias Incidents on Campus and rarely a week goes by without an incident on campuses.

The weather is turning cold for this year's Christmas week across the country. It was so cold recently in Chicago, St. Louis and Atlanta that 150 murders had to be delayed.

In the 1980s I was stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany.

Hamilton County attorney Rheubin Taylor closed what is expected to be the final county commission meeting of 2019 with the caveat, "Unless something comes up."

When the students on the Ohio State wrestling team began to report they were being sexually abused by the team doctor, the wrestling coach, Jim Jordan, began to learn the techniques of weaponizing ignorance.

It's been almost two months now since 88-year-old Thomas Daugherty of Harrison had a sweetgum tree fall across his BMW roadster on his way to work.