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New County Mayor Weston Wamp has asked longtime County Attorney Rheubin Taylor to resign. Attorney Taylor, who is 73 and has been in the post for 28 years, declined, saying he has two years remaining on his current contract and wants to stay. County Mayor Wamp asked that County Attorney Taylor hire former General Sessions …
The city/county Sports Authority voted on Tuesday to hire PFM Consultants, which has handled stadium projects, to help carry out a community Southside stadium. Officials said it is expected that up to $80 million in bonds will be issued for the project in December – with an April groundbreaking slated. The Sports Authority also voted …
Neighborhoods are for neighbors. The passage of Measure A in La Quinta on Nov. 8 will enshrine this message into law, which can only be modified by another vote of the electorate. In January 2021, I read a letter to the mayor and city council into the record at a special meeting of the city …
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Businessman Joseph Colville Vance had a long tenure at 212 Prospect St. (later Boynton Terrace) on Cameron Hill. His equally successful younger brother, John Corwin Vance, chose a perch on Lookout Mountain instead after first living at Fourth and Houston streets. The Vance brothers were born on a farm outside Urbana, Ohio. Their grandfather, Joseph …
The Southern Conference announced its volleyball preseason coaches’ poll on Wednesday afternoon and the Mocs were selected to finish ninth. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their respective team or student-athletes in the balloting. Chattanooga earned 13 points in the voting. Wofford was tabbed as the preseason favorite with 57 points and three first-place …
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During the 1971-72 school year, the Chattanooga City Schools began an even greater desegregation push to get in line with the court order that had been in place before the 1962-63 year. Many students who had attended a historically black high school like Riverside were now zoned for such schools as Chattanooga “City” High, Brainerd …
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A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board cites weather as the main factor in a Sept. 5 crash in Bradley County that claimed the life of pilot Dr. William Edward Gist and his wife, Beth Ann. The report says the 68-year-old pilot left Arlington, Tex., with his 59-year-old wife at 10:12 a.m. local …
The Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a plane crash on Tuesday at 11:35 a.m. The single engine plane went down off Jubilee Drive just short of the airport runway at Lovell Field. There were two people on board. There was no fire and there were no serious injuries. Both passengers were out of plane on …
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The Highway Department will be closing Mowbray Pike on Tuesday, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. to complete work on some storm drain tile. The road will be closed to all traffic Between Millsap Road and Indian Ridge Road as there will be an open trench for a good portion of the day. Detours will …
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John A. Hart, who was twice elected mayor of Chattanooga, was among those living on the East Terrace of Cameron Hill. He was born in Illinois, but his parents moved to Ohio. As a youth, John A. Hart made his way to Montgomery, Ala. He then joined the Union Army and rose to second lieutenant. …