Submitted by Heather on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 8:12am
State Sen. Jeff Mullis wants to know if Fort Oglethorpe council members and the mayor abused their powers when they set in motion events that ended with the departure of three city leaders.
Mayor Lynn Long also wants to review the city’s charter, but for different reasons. Long thinks the charter gives the city manager too much power.
Mullis, of Chickamauga, authored a resolution calling for a committee to look at the city’s charter and whether city officials overstepped their bounds.
Submitted by Heather on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 9:00am
Catherine Taylor, a coordinate algebra teacher at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School, has been selected as a member of the 2013 LearnZillion Dream Team.
Taylor, who has been teaching at the school for two years, was selected from more than 3,000 teachers, instructional coaches and administrators who applied. Only 200 educators were selected to this highly selective team.
The selectees were chosen based on their understanding of the Common Core State Standards and their ability to create high quality, highly conceptual lessons that are easily understood by students.
Submitted by Heather on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 8:44am
At the March meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Chattanooga Airport Authority approved a $7.2 million renovation project for the airport terminal. The nine month, multi-phase project will modernize the main terminal building, improve the building’s environmental sustainability and enhance the passenger experience.
Submitted by Heather on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 8:22am
Resolutions for Sunday alcohol sales made it to last week’s Fort Oglethorpe council meeting. But that’s where it ended.
Council members Earl Gray's motion to approve the Sunday alcohol sales referendum, presented in the council’s March 25 meeting, failed for lack of a second.
Mayor Lynn Long was confident about Sunday alcohol sales making it on the November ballot, and it still might. It all came down to new council member Clay Kissner, who abstained from voting.
Submitted by Todd on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 10:24am
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Submitted by Heather on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 9:41am
RINGGOLD, CATOOSA CO., GA (WRCB) - A mother and son are dead after a fire breaks out in their home.
Dispatch says it happened around 12:30 Thursday morning on County Haven Lane in the Tunnel Hill area.
The Catoosa Fire Department responded to the house fire and found Andrea Clair Coots and her son, five-year-old Riley Stone Coots attempting to escape the home, but neither made it out.
The bodies have been taken to the Georgia State Crime Lab for autopsy.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Submitted by Heather on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 9:31am
There’s something cooking along Nashville Street in downtown Ringgold with the opening of the new family-owned Home Plate Grill restaurant, which opened its doors to the community on Tuesday, March 19.
“We’re excited to be in Ringgold, and we’re looking forward to our place becoming a popular option for people as the City tries to make our downtown area a prime destination,” said owner Jeff Beagles
Submitted by Todd on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 8:44am
The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, during March 1-7, answered 1,298 calls, including 79 that were booked on a total of 140 counts. The violations included both misdemeanor and felony charges and were as follows:
Submitted by Todd on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 8:41am
Hutcheson Medical Center officials released financial results for February at Monday’s board of directors’ budget and finance committee meeting showing three consecutive months of positive operations.
Hutcheson leadership reported that positive February earnings were $601,202, which represents an improvement of $768,899 over budget and a $1,684,586 gain as compared to February 2012. Hospital officials noted the ongoing trend in the percentage of hospitalized patients with commercial insurance and Medicare as compared to last year.
Submitted by Heather on Wed, 03/27/2013 - 9:23am
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court today again will confront the issue of gay marriage, hearing arguments on a U.S. law that denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples.
Almost two hours of oral argument before the court will focus on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), just a day after the nine justices considered the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage.
The Obama administration's lawyers agree that DOMA is unconstitutional, and U.S. Solicitor Gen. Donald B. Verrilli Jr. will urge justices to invalidate it.
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